Making Ideas Happen

“Ideas are worthless if you can’t make them happen.”  The process of turning your ideas in reality takes organization, execution, communal forces, and leadership.  For several years I have been a part of the Behance community and followed the evolution of Behance lead by Scott Belsky from a product line, to a consultancy, creative network, productivity web application, thought leader, conference, and now a book.

I’ve had this book on pre-order since February and next week on April 15th the book will finally ship.  I’m anticipating this book to be one of the more valuable books I read this year; based on Behance’s other content and the reviews I’m sure it’ll live up to my anticipation.

Many of us believe that great ideas inevitably lead to success. Nothing could be further from the truth. Whether it is the perfect solution for an everyday problem or a bold new concept for a creative masterpiece, you must transform vision into reality for an idea to have value.

This book chronicles the methods of exceptionally productive creative leaders and teams – companies like Google, IDEO, and Disney, and individuals like author Chris Anderson and Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh – that make their ideas happen, time and time again.

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Behance Action Journal

Over the years I have used all type of books, journals, and pads to take notes, stay organized, and plan.  Behance has created by far my favorite system for capturing actions, but before now my only complaint was the flimsy cover that took a beating rather quickly.  They just updated several of their products to give the journal a thick hard cover that looks comparable to a moleskin notebook.  The new journal comes in the action and dot-grid formats.  I just ordered both.

Fragments of the City

Digital artist and illustrator Evgeny Kiselev’s art has a fine balance of mathematical geometry and chaos.  Creating art for brands like Snikers, Miller, SanDisk, Billbord, and others, Evgeny has a massive portfolio full of unique work.

“The diverse work of Evgeny Kiselev oscillates between the rigors of symmetry and prolific excess. Several compositions begin with vivid tiled patterns that are mirrored again and again until they can no longer 
be contained and are forced to push beyond the confines of their logic. Others, emerge from a single outline that manifests the controlled lawlessness of the work. Each piece achieves a complexity of color and layer that continues to build infinitely into the space of the page creating a warping spatial depth.” - about Evgeny Kiselev

More of the Fragments of the City work on Behance | Evgeny Kiselev’s portfolio