The Creative Factor

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This week, photographer Sanjay Suchak shares what he calls “the spiral,” a process he’s come up with in his work that helps him get the best material in a day’s work. We believe creatives in all fields can learn from his style to start their next project without overthinking the final outcome.

Keep up with the best and brightest in the creative world by subscribing to The Creative Factor's weekly newsletter: https://lnkd.in/eniT_PuS We've doubled our audience size each year for the past two years and continue to grow, grow, grow. For a taste of who we have interviewed recently, watch the video clip below.

Every Friday we share our “finds” of the week, including the best designer-recommended tools; our interview subjects’ dream studios; and some cultural happenings that you need to know about.  Discover... ▸ The camera for capturing the good stuff, recommended by Ryan Chung ▸ CD at Planned Parenthood Ande Campbell Hubbard’s Old-School Dream Studio ▸ Your next watch: "Geoff McFetridge: Drawing a Life"

Here, we learn what creativity is, where it comes from, and why it has a place in everyone’s life from music producer Rick Rubin. Then, Laura Feinstein at Kickstarter shares why the unconventional career path can bring you so much pride. Finally, we share some of the brightest ideas from our interview subjects on how to build a creative career. 

New Interview: "How James Cook Uses a Typewriter to Push Boundaries and Create the Spectacular" James Cook isn’t an artist in the typical sense. Instead of using oil paints, brushes, and pencils to make his work, he uses a much more unconventional, even antiquated tool: the typewriter. Turns out, it is perfect for turning language into visual art. Now in his 10th year as a “typewriter artist” (for lack of a better term), Cook has carved out a career path uniquely his own. As far as we know, no one else sells this kind of artwork. From his home base in London, he has “typed” everything from a picture of London’s Royal Albert Hall to its Battersea Power Station. Right now, he’s working on a longer-term project — 50 portraits of famous authors through history for his upcoming book. His aspiration is to visit New York City and create drawings on-site of some of the most famous landmarks in the world, including the Empire State Building. After all, being on location and having hundreds of people watch him at work is at least half of the spectacle. (Often, people have no idea what he is really doing.) Here, Cook shares how he creates these pieces of art, including the things he sees when he looks at a keyboard; what he learned from designing buildings that he applies to drawing them; and the ways a piano influenced how his brain works: https://lnkd.in/gRWrgwcq

Keep up with the best and brightest in the creative world by subscribing to The Creative Factor's weekly newsletter: https://lnkd.in/eniT_PuS We share interviews about how people build their careers and master their crafts, tactics on how to work smarter, product recommendations, dream studios, and more. For a taste of who we have interviewed recently, watch the video clip below.

Every Friday we share our “finds” of the week, including the best designer-recommended tools; our interview subjects’ dream studios; and some cultural happenings that you need to know about.  Discover... ▸ The foldable TRC Brass Ballpoint Pen, recommended by High Tide founder Danny Miller ▸ Jason Kreher’s abandoned-DMV-turned-art-experiment that you need to hear about ▸ The Art of the Olympics, on display until September 7th

This week, Geoff McFetridge, the icon behind the Apple Watch wallpaper designs, discusses his wild, prolific, and slightly obsessive creative life as an artist, father, and ultra-marathoner. Then, we revisit the archives and share the story behind how two women entrepreneurs created a successful creative partnership and redesigned womens outdoor rec pants. Finally, we share some creative wisdom from Tom Petty on music, art, and dedication.