Making Ideas Happen is the new book from Scott Belsky – the founder of Behance, an online platform and community for visual creators, and the 99% conference an annual event that brings together creative thinkers to discuss their effectiveness and productivity. Scott is passionate about helping creative people realise their ideas and has been researching the area since his MBA.
Those that have been following this blog will know that last week was BracketLab – a 2 day project which brought together a group of freelancers to work collaboratively on a website and marketing campaign for Bracket’s new creative agency (which intends to work in the same way).
Just one more day until BracketLab takes place and the team is now all now confirmed. Now, this is nothing new, but the way the team has formed shows the power of networks.
Here is who is involved (in order of how far the network spread):
Emily Wilkinson (Empathi) – graphic facilitator/illustrator (introduced through a mutual friend)
Naomi Ray (Studio Pixie) – graphic designer/illustrator (met through Twitter)
Matthew Smith-Stubbs – front-end web developer (fellow member of THECUBE, co-working space for creative businesses)
Andrew Davey (MediaBandit) – web developer (responded to a call put out through the Open Coffee mailing list)
Joel Somerfield (Order) – filmmaker (was passed on by someone through the Open Coffee mailing list. But turns out he has done work for mutual contacts also).
So we all know how important it is to stay networked to stay in the loop, but if you want to build a collaborative team quickly – it’s essential.
Stay tuned for the progress of BracketLab, which will be taking place on 2nd and 3rd June at THECUBE.
A visit to the If You Could: Collaborate exhibition leaves visitors buzzing with ideas and excitement about what happens when creative minds get together. Alex Bec and Will Hudson of If You Could invited 33 creatives to collaborate with someone of their choice, giving them 12 months to develop a final piece. The brief was completely open so the curators had no idea what the outcomes might be.
It looks like there’s been a hub of collaborative creative writing activity happening on the web this weekend!
A group of writers have set themselves up with the task to write and publish a book in just 24 hours using online tools to work together. The group has been using Google Docs to write and edit the document, as well as using Skype and face-to-face conversation to communicate, and have been updating us on their progress through their twitter profile.
