Meg Coburn Design

Sharing this insightful TED Talk from Adam Grant - a must watch for creatives!

https://www.ted.com/talks/adam_grant_the_surprising_habits_of_original_thinkers

The surprising habits of original thinkers 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 ar...

An Open Letter to Working Women: We need to do more than "Lean In." We need to lead.

An Open Letter to Working Women: We need to do more than "Lean In." We need to lead. You may like me a little less after you finish this article. Study after study about women in the workplace tell me that you will label me “aggressive” maybe even “intimidating.” And you may even use

An old article, but still relevant. 3 Girls Smash Gender Roles to Smithereens - watch this! Below is a link to the article about it too!

GoldieBlox & Rube Goldberg "Princess Machine" About us: http://www.goldieblox.com/pages/about We're GoldieBlox, a toy company out to show the world that girls deserve more choices than dolls and princess...

What do you collect?

Collecting the World: Inside the Smithsonian The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History has over 144 million different objects in its collections. A sample of these collections are on display to the public, but 99 percent of the Smithsonian’s treasures remain behind the scenes. Scientists work with these objects to study and decipher t...

Check it out!

The New York Public Library just uploaded nearly 200,000 images you can use for free The New York Public Library just released a treasure trove of digitized public domain images, everything from epic poetry from the 11th century to photographs of used car lots in Columbus, Ohio from the 1930s. Over 180,000 manuscripts, maps, photographs, sheet music, lithographs, postcards, and othe…

New emojis courtesy of Dove : )

Dove Launches Curly-Haired Emojis to End Straight-Hair Dominance Unilever's Dove is launching a curly-haired keyboard to address the dominance of straight-haired emojis.

Clever and cute

The Adorable Tiny Dancer In This Insurance Ad Will Absolutely Make Your Day John Lewis does it again, and it's not even Christmas.

Learn more about Milton Glaser!
I especially like his last comment in the short : )

Milton Glaser Shares Insightful Advice From His Design Career In An NYT Short - DesignTAXI.com The New York Times has shot an insightful short film on designer Milton Glaser, in which he shares invaluable advice gleaned from his years of...

An interesting article:

Your First Choice is Rarely the Optimal Choice: 5 Lessons on Being Wrong | James Clear Your First Choice is Rarely the Optimal Choice: 5 Lessons on Being Wrong By James ClearAs a rule, we are incredibly hard on ourselves when it comes to making big decisions in life. If our first five relationships end with a break up, we think we’re destined to be alone forever. If we go to school, g…