Milton Glaser + Mirko Ilic speak out on their stolen work
“Sometimes life is tough—all designers want to be influential and see how their work influences others. What is problematic is when influence becomes mindless copying that misunderstands the original intention.”
“By and large, the human species survives by duplicating the success of others. You may not be happy when your ideas are stolen, but sometimes it’s inevitable.”
“The driving force,” said Bewkes, “is not cost savings it’s growth opportunity.”
The new behemoth will combine Time Warner’s hefty film and TV properties (including Warner Bros., HBO, TNT, TBS and CNN) and AT&T’s robust broadband (U-Verse), wireless (AT&T) and satellite (DirecTV) offerings.
Bill Gates hopes to solve some of the world’s biggest problems using a new kind of philanthropy. In a passionate and, yes, funny 18 minutes, he asks us to consider two big questions and how we might answer them.
How do creative people come up with great ideas? Organizational psychologist Adam Grant studies “originals”: thinkers who dream up new ideas and take action to put them into the world. In this talk, learn three unexpected habits of originals — including embracing failure. “The greatest originals are the ones who fail the most, because they’re the ones who try the most,” Grant says. “You need a lot of bad ideas in order to get a few good ones.”
A hyper-targeted audience is not necessarily the right audience. Gerry Bavaro explains how Merkle’s Publisher Addressable Marketplaces, aka PAM, will lead advertisers to exactly the right people.