Idea No. 231: Dance to Stop the Traffik
the idea: dance to stop the traffik the ideator: stopthetraffik.org This idea is strong, it is important, and you should just watch it:
Idea No. 230: Food Flags
the idea: make a nation’s flag out of its national food the ideator: WHYBIN\TBWA Ad Agency for the Sydney International Food Festival I love when AD’s are smart. It doesn’t seem to happen often, but every once in a while some really cool ads come out and they get spread everywhere. (If you didn’t see it, don’t forget …
Idea No. 229: Princess Avengers
the idea: draw the Disney Princesses as Avengers the ideator: Christopher Stoll I’ve heard people say that they don’t “get” fan art. “Why spend so much time making something unoriginal when you could be make your own work?” What those people don’t understand is an idea I stole from Austin Kleon’s great book, Steal Like …
Idea No. 228: It’s Kind of a Funny Story
the idea: write an honest book about teenage depression and suicidal thoughts the ideator: Ned Vizzini I go through binges with my various art forms and recently I’ve been on a writing binge. When I feel the writing urge coming, I also do my best to read because when you’re a writer nothing is as inspiring …
Idea No. 227: The Song of the Lioness
the idea: write about a girl who disguises herself as a boy to become a knight the ideator: Tamora Pierce I first read Tamora Pierce’s quartet, the Song of the Lioness, when I was in 2nd grade. They were, perhaps, too advanced for a seven-year-old to read but I loved every bit of them. In …
Idea No. 226: Italian Renaissance Ninja Painters
the idea: Italian Renaissance Ninja Painters the ideator: 80sTees Sometimes ideas change the world, inspire a generation, or create a new innovation. And sometimes, they just make you giggle. (P.S. It’s also a shirt!)
Idea No. 225: Fred’s Song to Lorraine
the idea: write and record a song for his wife of 75 years, who passed away last month the ideator: Fred Stobaugh and Jacob Colgan (from Green Shoe Studio) A truly endearing video is making it’s way around the web, so I thought I’d take a moment to pat tribute to the ideas of these two …
Idea No. 224: Disney Princesses for Equal Pay
the idea: rewrite “Part of Your World” with a feminist swing the ideator: Tex Pats I was never a Disney princess girl. I grew up on the Lion King, the Artisocats, and the Fox and the Hound. However, I can still appreciate what the two women from Tex Pats are doing by turning Ariel’s song “Part …
Idea No. 223: Nir Arieli’s “Men”
the idea: photograph men in poses of feminine vulnerability. the ideator: Nir Arieli Nir Arieli, a military photographer turned portraitist, turns the subject of fine art on its head by photographing men in typical poses of feminine vulnerability in his series, “Men.” As an artist from a women’s college, I’ve talked a lot about male gaze and …
Idea No. 222: The Sesame Ring
the idea: create a ring with 3-D printers that will scan instead of CharlieCards the ideators: Edward and Olivia, undergrads from MIT With this new iteration of the Idea Blog I’ve decided to only post on weekdays, or at least say I do, but this is too cool and too new to pass up. Two MIT …