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October 30, 2007
This week’s question was posed by citizen, Cynthia Woods. She wants to know how to avoid losing your creative side, especially when your job is kind of a snore.
She heard a statistic that while 98% of kids are creative, only 2% of adults are. So, Oddpodz, how have you nurtured your creativity?
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October 28, 2007
Our pal in NYC, Zorbot, was out for an afternoon stroll on a beautiful fall day.
Zorbot always runs into interesting characters (how can you not in New York?). Anyway, there is a man on the street in midtown who has a makeshift ’shop’ on the sidewalk. He sells things like cordless phone handsets from the […]
October 27, 2007
Article courtesy Billy Roberts
www.billyrobertsdesign.com
There it was. I was at Starbucks getting my daily Chai Latte and staring back at me was this little sock puppet owl. It had a feeling of yesteryear and grand mom sewing it up just for me. I realized the owl a bit ‘odd’ having nothing to do with coffee, so […]
October 26, 2007
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The Choice Hotels International recently announced a new, hip, upscale all-suite hotel concept to its portfolio of brands and Savannah is one of the lucky cities.
The all-suites hotels will boast a contemporary design […]
October 24, 2007
Article courtesy of Jennifer Iannolo & The Gilded Fork
If a guest can come away from the table with that kind of inspiration, it should stress to you the kind of importance ambience can have on the experience of a dining guest. The entire premise for this section of The Gilded Fork is to perpetuate […]
October 19, 2007
Oddpodz usually don’t fit into one category, so it’s tough to pin them down. Myers-Briggs, or the Bird, Horse, Muffin test all get close to classifying us. But, it’s usually a case of triangulation - a little bit of this and a little bit of that.
Apparently, handwriting can tell a great deal. This page told […]
October 15, 2007
A while back we told you about one of our favorite books, Inspirability by Pash. It contains interviews with artists, designers, ad folks and others who create for a living. Scattered among the profiles are photos of different workspaces. They are not your standard 4ftx4ft cubicle. It’s easy to see how your surroundings can make […]
Josh Spear is the managing director of the eponymous agency Spear Creative Group, a unique team of seasoned strategists, cutting edge designers, and proven trend spotters dedicated to supporting companies to effectively evolve to the next level of visibility, efficiency and excellence.
A Brand Intuitive, Josh is currently touring a presentation nation- (and world-) wide […]
October 9, 2007
If you’re like us, heck if you’re just breathing, you run into obstacles as you go along. But, if you’re an oddpod that means that you are (among other things) clever, creative, curious and tenacious. You realize that challenges will arise, but that they do not signal the end of the world.
Believe it or not, […]
