A few weeks ago I was lucky enough to attend two conferences “back East”—the International Forum of Visual Practitioners, in Montclair, NJ, and the Applied Improvisation Network, in Stony Brook, NY (with a Learning Journey in Manhattan). As a visual...
Do you have to deal with an a-hole at work? Help is at hand! My friends Jeff Harry and Gary Ware have developed a workshop, How to Deal with the A-Hole at Work Through Play, which they’ve taken on the road (#Inbound, #SXSW). I got to get an inside look at some of...
Visual communication isn’t about art, it’s about getting your message across as CLEARLY and SIMPLY as possible. How to communicate “giving”? – Two squiggly lines – A rectangle – An arrow And what’s really neat is if you reverse the arrow, you’ve...
Think visual communication is about art? WRONG! It’s about getting your message across as SIMPLY as possible with simple shapes. To communicate the idea of “talking,” you only need: – V (triangle) – O (circle) – maybe some lines (optional!) –...
How would you communicate the idea of Independence Day in a simple picture? So many images spring to mind for me, but the easiest one to show you, that seemed like something you might use for other purposes *besides* just the Fourth of July, was the one in this video....
Think you can’t draw? Here’s a secret: even if you think you can’t draw, you can allow yourself to draw anyway, and communicate meaning when you do! A student of mine shared the other day that she still thinks of herself as “someone who can’t draw.” But she’s...
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