Unknown Origins

Department Chair of Critical Practices in Graduate Media Design Practices at ArtCenter College of Design, Maggie Hendrie hosts a talk about creativity  with her practice and Roy Sharples about his journey as an entrepreneur, brand builder, marketer, designer, product developer, and engineer,  and compared perspectives along the way.

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Retail is no longer about just transacting goods. It's about creating unforgettable experiences. 

Technology has enabled new ways of shopping on e-commerce, immersive digital experiences, and algorithms to detect what consumers are likely to buy based on their purchase patterns, social media behavior, and demographic data to deliver connected and personalized experiences virtually and physically. 

Amazon has disrupted the market by provided more convenient, accessible, and affordable options to consumers through their relentless customer focus, diversity of brands to provide compelling products and services at scale through their immense distribution channels and supply chain networks.

Gary Burt provides perspective on where retail goes from here.

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David Bowie predicted that music itself is going to become like "running water or electricity," which in many cases appears to be ringing true with the music industry becoming increasingly technology-mediated, with tech titans Apple, Amazon, Google, and Spotify are providing more convenient, accessible, and affordable solutions for consumers to download and stream on-demand, making it possible to listen to music wherever and whenever we want. 

Artist Manager and owner of Trust Management, Dave Cronen, provides a perspective on the music industry and the future opportunities for artists to innovate and make a living from their art.

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Attitude. Imagination. Execution. 
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Authentic entrepreneurs can see the future coming and create solutions to problems we didn't know existed that make people's lives and society better. Swag.com co-founder Jeremy Parker provides perspective on his entrepreneurial journey. 

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Henry Ford revolutionized the automotive industry by making the assembly line produce affordable cars for the masses, which changed society and how we lived and worked by making it quicker and more convenient to get around. 

This helped the economy prosper by giving birth to many businesses and spin-off industries, which created thousands of new jobs. 

Fast forward to the current day, where Tesla has manufactured battery packs at an affordable price for mass-market consumption to make sustainable transportation a reality. 

If research comes to fruition, over 50% of the cars in the next 20-30 years will be Electric and will disrupt and significantly reduce the need for oil. 

Just how soon is the future? 

Gary Burt provides perspective the car industry's transformation toward electric, autonomous, and connected vehicles empathetic to benefiting society with improved safety, less pollution, freeing up time, and customized services and experiences through intelligent technologies.

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We exist in time where change is constant, and there is no going back. But just how radically improved will the new world of work be due to what we have experienced from a global pandemic? Gary Burt provides perspective on the "Future of Work"; the future workplace, how people will do their work, and the socio-cultural, economic, political, and technological implications. 

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The Modernist Society Eddy Rhead provides perspective about changing people's perceptions of Modernist architecture and design by producing accessible events and products which celebrate the bold, brutal, and beautiful. 

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Roy Sharples and Gary Burt provide perspectives on how Metropolises inspire creativity as a space for social integration, dreaming, making, and doing, where citizens can realize their full potential to live more enriched, fulfilled, and happy lives. Combined with the chemistry of individual human ingenuity, major creative breakthroughs are a social process that occurs when a diverse community of like-spirited come together. 

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David Llama provides perspective on his lifelong quest to bring purposeful stories to life that engage and make a difference by connecting people through branded content and documentary filmmaking that is human-led and has a social purpose. 

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Anita Kunz provides perspective on what it means to be an artist and illustrator who applies their imagination to enhance the written word and expound concepts by providing visual representation and meaning. That has been internationally shown and published over four decades as iconic covers for New Yorker Magazine, Time Magazine, Rolling Stone, the New York Times Magazine, and appeared in numerous galleries and museums and won multiple awards.

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Photo credit Bruce Heavin

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