the idea: raise enough money to send a NYC kid on a Wild West Adventure the ideator: Brandon Stanton from Humans of New York I’ve been following Brandon’s work on HONY for a while now and am, like millions of other people, always amazed by what he does. Not only is he a good photographer, …
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the idea: make a tampon advertisement starring a brassy 12-year-old giving some real talk the ideator: HelloFlo There’s not much more you can say after this commercial except how true it is. There was always that one girl who knew things (imagine “things” said in a coveted, preteen whisper). For a little while she reigned supreme …
the idea: an eraser that creates hairstyles whenever you erase something the ideator: Megawing As an abstract painter, I’ve always had a bit of a problem with pencils. Let alone erasers. Those rubbery trapezoids that leave pink stains all over your paper as you try to take away the shame of your mistakes. But Megawing, …
the idea: create a comic of Taylor Mali’s incredible poem, What Teachers Make the ideator: Gavin Aung Than, creator of Zen Pencils There could be no better way to start the next iteration of the Idea Blog then with a truly inspirational piece of art that brings to life an honest, spot-on performance. Particularly if it’s about what teachers really …
the idea: create the next iteration of the Idea Blog through celebrating the ideas of others One of the good things about having a series of ideas is that inevitably you will hit significant numbers. When the post for the day is just some random number, say Idea No. 134, there isn’t much pressure. (Thus the …
the idea: sew a wooden dowel into the back of the knitted canvas, make sure it’s at the very top You may or may not remember that I already posted about this idea waaaay back for Idea No. 9. At that point I only had one or two knitted canvasses finished and the first one had …
the idea: trace the outline of shadows during the day so that they remain when the sun goes down A while ago I was walking up Mass Ave in Cambridge when I realized that there was something on the sidewalk. Drawings. But not just any drawings, these were drawings attached to objects and I quickly …
the idea: ask kids to create their dream playground For the past two years I have spent almost all of my time teaching for the Museum of Fine Arts. Because of this, I have spent that time basing every lesson off of the museum’s collection. This is, actually, quite helpful. It gives you a place to …
the idea: create two-colored sculptures and their environments the ideator: Amy Beth Harrison I recently taught a studio art class with Amy Beth rather than our usual one-off tour/art activities. There are a lot of things you teach differently if you’re working with a group that you see multiple times versus a group you see only …
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the idea: when waving goodbye, lift one leg, put your hands facing out by your ears, and wiggle your fingers. I honestly have no idea how this started. It’s one of those family traditions that you just do without thinking about it. If I had to try, I’d say that it was some random weird-on-purpose things …