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The Creative Condition
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An ongoing exploration of human creativity of all forms by New York Times, Guardian & Premier League illustrator, author, and creativity coach Ben Tallon.

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Hello Bluesky! I'm here to talk about creativity.

I'm an illustrator and author of 17 years and founder of 'The Creative Condition.' Here I coach people to help them better understand, embrace, and take charge of their unique blend of creativity.

Https://thecreativecondition.com

#creativity
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February 7, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Episode 256 of 'The Creative Condition podcast' is out today with a man I consider a national treasure. Pogus Caesar is must listen!

#creativity #arts #creative #podcast #design #photography

open.spotify.com/episode/1Gv9...
February 5, 2025 at 9:25 AM
The new creativity diary entry is the 1st podcast of 2024:

open.spotify.com/show/4Rs8oXi...

In the fight for time to think/breathe, I've decided to go bi-weekly with the show this year. Weekly was an intense responsibility given that I produce the show in-house.

Onwards!

#creative #creativity
January 9, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Here's the full rundown of every episode of 'The Creative Condition' podcast in 2024. The only year if the 10 I've been doing the show in which I've managed a weekly show without fail!

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#creativity #creative #design #ideas #art #illustration #imagination
December 28, 2024 at 3:52 PM
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The last few episodes of the podcast! If you've got some listening time over the holiday, there's been a fair old range of topics around creativity!

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#creativity #imagination #design #illustration
December 21, 2024 at 8:51 AM
I sat drinking my coffee this morning. 6.30am. The kids straight into a big 'Mighty pups' game. The kitchen table became the arctic, shelves various bases. One massive flow state, imaginations snowballing. Pure magic and a superb blueprint for what all creative meetings should be!

#creativity
December 21, 2024 at 8:53 AM
The last few episodes of the podcast! If you've got some listening time over the holiday, there's been a fair old range of topics around creativity!

thecreativecondition.com

#creativity #imagination #design #illustration
December 21, 2024 at 8:51 AM
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Last podcast of the year. This marks the first year I've managed a weekly show without fail and I'm signing off with a chat about Leonardo Da Vinci with a fly-fisher!

thecreativecondition.com/pod

#podcast

#fishing

#art

#creativity
December 18, 2024 at 10:01 AM
Last podcast of the year. This marks the first year I've managed a weekly show without fail and I'm signing off with a chat about Leonardo Da Vinci with a fly-fisher!

thecreativecondition.com/pod

#podcast

#fishing

#art

#creativity
December 18, 2024 at 10:01 AM
I might not be right for your show, @blindboyboatclub.bsky.social, but as an avid listener, I'm floating the idea of @jonathanhaidt.bsky.social as a potentially awesome guest.

His book 'The Anxious Generation' is incredible, and I think you'd be a valuable ally in his cause!
December 12, 2024 at 9:11 AM
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Says the CEO of HarperCollins on AI:

"One idea is a “talking book,” where a book sits atop a large language model, allowing readers to converse with an AI facsimile of its author."

Please, just make it stop, somebody.

www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
HarperCollins CEO Brian Murray on Hot Print Book Sales and the Use of AI
Deluxe editions of popular titles are driving sales of print books this holiday season, HarperCollins CEO Brian Murray said at a media conference this week. The company is also looking at various AI-d...
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December 11, 2024 at 4:25 PM
A little teaser from the new 'creativity diary' instalment on The Creative Condition podcast.

open.spotify.com/episode/5lTr...

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#creativity #creative #design #ideas #illustration #podcast #creativeindustry
December 11, 2024 at 9:24 PM
The penultimate podcast of the year is out now! This will be the first year in my 9 years doing it that I've managed a whole year of weeklies!

open.spotify.com/episode/5lTr...
December 11, 2024 at 3:44 PM
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Advertising the Beetle. Volkswagen Advertising in the 1950s
Volkswagen commissioned a fantastic range of graphic designers, including Wolf Zimmermann, Hans Looser and Michael Engelmann.
designreviewed.com/advertising-...
(images from Gebrauchsgraphik, 02, 1954)
December 7, 2024 at 5:51 AM
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New Project
Illustrations for new library lending cards for Sheffield Children's Library

#illustration #library
October 29, 2024 at 9:45 AM
This week/next week on The Creative Condition podcast.

On all good platrforms.

You can listen and also read the diary:

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10 year anniversary in 2025.

300+ long-form conversations around creativity.

#creativity #creative #podcast
December 6, 2024 at 3:30 PM
Hello Bluesky! I'm here to talk about creativity.

I'm an illustrator and author of 17 years and founder of 'The Creative Condition.' Here I coach people to help them better understand, embrace, and take charge of their unique blend of creativity.

Https://thecreativecondition.com

#creativity
December 6, 2024 at 10:46 AM
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Fantastic cover designs (mostly by Theo Crosby) for Architectural Design magazine. These mid-century designs have always remained amongst my favourites.
designreviewed.com/magazines/ar... #architecturaldesign #midcenturymodern #mcm #architecture #graphicdesign
December 2, 2024 at 7:30 AM
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Thrilled and honored that #AnxiousGeneration won the Goodreads Choice award for best nonfiction book of 2024. Thank you for each of you who read the book, gifted it, or waited in long library lines to read it. We have sparked a movement 📵🏃‍♂️🤸‍♀️🌳

www.goodreads.com/choiceawards...
Announcing the Goodreads Choice Winner in Readers' Favorite Nonfiction!
Congratulations to our winners in 15 categories!
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December 5, 2024 at 6:46 PM
I've been blown away by Jonathan's book, 'The Anxious Generation' and I've already begun conversations with many parents at my kids' primary school. I'm going to donate copies of the book to their school, and the school they'll soon go to.

It's on the reading list at thecreativecondition.com
December 6, 2024 at 9:58 AM
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December 6, 2024 at 9:02 AM