Archive for the ‘Comics and Sketches’ Category

PBS – ‘This Emotional Life’ Visual Series, Page I

PBS – ‘This Emotional Life’ Visual Series, Page I

Thursday, June 3rd, 2010 - Filed under Comics and Sketches, Visual Book Summaries

PBS released a documentary called “This Emotional Life” and I saw it and went to pieces. If I could narrow down one aspect of human education without which we all suffer, it would be the lack of education around emotional intelligence and emotional management. “This Emotional Life” discusses a broad range of the emotional trials [...]

The War of Art – Visual Book Summary Part I and II

The War of Art – Visual Book Summary Part I and II

Tuesday, May 11th, 2010 - Filed under Comics and Sketches, Infographics, Visual Book Summaries

Steven Pressfield’s The War of Art left an indelible impression on me (and many others I’m sure), so I decided to memorialize some of the lessons in a visual format. Both visuals were done by hand in one sitting, with calligraphy pens, no white-out and no first-try pencil marks. On occasion I would forget to [...]

Never no children?

Never no children?

Friday, April 2nd, 2010 - Filed under Comics and Sketches

How am I supposed to know?

Love or Nihilism

Love or Nihilism

Thursday, April 1st, 2010 - Filed under Comics and Sketches

Dangerously close.

Zappos Images for ‘Delivering Happiness’ Book

Zappos Images for ‘Delivering Happiness’ Book

Monday, February 1st, 2010 - Filed under Comics and Sketches, Infographics

As many of you know, Tony Hsieh (CEO of Zappos) is preoccupied with the pursuit of a little thing called happiness. He studies it, he gives presentations about it, and he successfully incorporates it into Zappos’ best practices for corporate culture. Since I met Tony, Alfred Lin and Brian Kalma at SXSW 2009, I’ve had [...]

The Power of a Good Story

The Power of a Good Story

Tuesday, August 11th, 2009 - Filed under Comics and Sketches

So I’m reading a book called Tell Me a Story: Narrative and Intelligence, by Roger C. Schank, as a part of my research for Duarte Design. This is my 2nd book on the power of storytelling and the reality of that power is starting to dawn on me. According to Schank, the virtual entirety of [...]

Labels Lead Us Astray and Back Again

Labels Lead Us Astray and Back Again

Saturday, July 18th, 2009 - Filed under Comics and Sketches