Catalyst Ranch’s
Creative Juice Blog
Supplies: Paper and pencils Many people don't realize that 70% of communication comes from non-verbal cues such as tone of voice or facial expression. According to the SunSentinel there are “80 muscles in the face that can create more than 7,000 expressions. Facial expressions are so much a part of our lives that it is easy to [...]
Looking for a break this summer, somewhere to “vanish” for a little vacation? Well here is a hotel that literally is invisible to the surrounding forest. This hotel just recently opened a few weeks ago and looks like its straight out of a sci-fi story, the perfect place for the Jetsons if they moved into the [...]
Riitta Ikonen has a strong belief in taking art out of the gallery for people to see in a wider context. I discovered her work on the creative art blog BOOOOOOOM! just recently and fell in love with her Mail Art project. In her mind, “individualism is a little space inside your head reserved just for [...]
Creativity has long been a key factor in discovery, problem solving, new product development, and even in facilitating a successful meeting. Sari Gluckin with Wishful Thinking shares with us some of her trade secrets in generating energy and keeping the enthusiasm flowing during long meetings. Name: Sari Gluckin Company: Wishful Thinking Area of Expertise: Deep [...]
Shadow puppets don’t nearly seem as cool after viewing this ‘Night Lights’ project. The projected light show called ‘Night Lights’ in Auckland let users participate in various modes of interaction. The result is a pretty cool and totally interactive light party. Talk about really unique collaborative art! Take a peak at the video to see for [...]
We know that good ice breakers will help get meetings, training and team building off on the right foot, but remember to be flexible when using them. They don’t necessarily need to be at the start of a meeting, sometimes adding it later in the agenda may prove to give a boost to lagging energy levels [...]
I know what you are thinking, How can a plastic cup or straw simulate nature? I bet at first glance these pictures looked a lot like snow mounds to you, but in reality they are made from plastic cups and straws. Crazy! Tara Donovan is yet another artist who challenges us to think outside the box and [...]
“Going Green” is nothing new to us and has become common lingo for promotion. A little while back I shared with you a company who create eco-friendly advertising “clouds," Flogos- Logos that Fly. New concepts come up everyday, well recently I ran across a photo of an ad for Shredded Wheat looking a lot like a [...]
“I consider art as an attitude towards life which offers me the chance to explore the world along new paths and look at in another way; to try time and again to reach that state which allows us to discover the crossroads in our habitual path”.- Hans Hemmert When you first think of sculpture your mind [...]
Random Acts of Kindness. They happen every day. Sometimes we are so busy and caught up in our own lives we may not see them. We may not realize how many and how often these wonderful random acts of kindness happen throughout any given day. Some acts are huge, generous and very noticeable while others are [...]