K-Love

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"Branding comes from the practice of singein a cow's hide with a hot iron stamp to distinguish one rancher's herd from another." - Debbie Millman

Interview with Roy Eaton

Roy Eaton was one of the first African American creatives in the advertising business, and he was interviewed by an African American creative director, Geoff Edwards, who's most known for the Halo advertising that was done at T.A.G., SF (and who happens to be from my hometown, Detroit).

To me it was a good interview because it's rare hearing about, let alone seeing other African American creatives in the ad business, and it's aspirational knowing that creative advertising isn't just a white guy's game.

here's the interview (via Creativity-Online)

here's a blog post I wrote a while ago about a few African Americans that I know of in advertising.

Chrysler 200 - Motor City commercial

I just watched this again. And got goosebumps, again.

Movies, movies and more movies

I've seen a lot of movies over the last couple months, and I just wanted to give you my top five, of what people think will win big in the Oscars this year.

1. Inception (visually insane, but a very original storyline that inspires)
2. King's Speech (the screenwriter found a nice kernel about King George VI to run with)
3. The Fighter (good story and great acting from Christian Bale)
4. Black Swan (eerie movie that keeps you on the edge of your seat)
5. True Grit (a classic western, that's very to the point and understated)

I suggest going to see all these movies.

My little brown notebooks: The Birth of #3

I'm not sure what ideas will get produced in notebook #2, but I'm hoping 3 times a charm...c'mon #3, make me famous.

notebook #1
notebook #2

Nice 'True Grit' posters

(via Rotten Tomatoes)