Dominic Wilcox on Playful Creativity

Catching up with the English artist at this year's Design Indaba for an inside look at his open-minded approach

At last month’s Design Indaba 2015 conference in Cape Town, British artist Dominic Wilcox’s humorous, engaging talk drew the most laughter, as well as audible expressions of awe and wonder. After his time on stage, the crowd’s enthusiasm didn’t wane; his book signing sessions were filled to capacity. Wilcox, who is from Sunderland in the northeast of England, has amassed a portfolio that spans a …

StoryCorps Interview App Announced at TED 2015

12 years after launching the audacious oral history project, Dave Isay puts the power of preserving "the wisdom of humanity" into the hands of all

When Dave Isay founded StoryCorps in 2003, he hoped to create a global archive of what he calls “the wisdom of humanity by empowering people to record face-to-face conversations that could be preserved and passed down from generation to generation. His hope, Isay says, was to to help create a world where welisten closely to each and recognize the beauty, grace and poetry in thelives …

Godeleine de Rosamel: Life Forms

The European illustrator swaps children's books for ceramics in her latest exhibition

by Eva Glettner Though Godeleine de Rosamel currently resides in Los Angeles, she is most well known abroad. In her new show, “ Life Forms,” on view at LA’s Giant Robot gallery, exhibits work that is every bit as fun and interesting as her illustrations that grace children’s books throughout France and Belgium. The only thing that has changed is the medium; which is why …