Panel discussion - Breakthrough! Strategies to Overcome Creative Block October 17, 2012

All of us struggle at one time or another with creative block. Inevitably striking at the worst moment, it can leave us feeling completely paralyzed. Take solace in knowing that you are not alone. It happens to every creative person and is an unavoidable part of the creative process. So what do top creative people do when they run into a block? When all seems hopeless, how do they get the ideas flowing again?

In this panel discussion, an all-star line-up of designers, writers, and entrepreneurs reveal their own terrifying experiences with creative block and share their personal strategies for overcoming it. This panel offers a rare opportunity to learn hard-won secrets from Paula Scher, Debbie Millman, Khoi Vinh and Blake Whitman, all of whom are contributors to the book Breakthrough!: 90 Proven Strategies to Overcome Creative Block and Spark Your Imagination.

Copies of the book are available for purchase and signing at the event.

Bios:
Panel moderator Alex Cornell is the editor of Breakthrough! He currently works as cofounder and designer at Firespotter Labs and Nosh, a Google Ventures-funded startup.

Paula Scher is a graphic designer, illustrator, painter, and art educator. Scher has created designs for a wide range of clients including Citibank, Bausch & Lomb, Coca-Cola, Tiffany & Co., Jazz at Lincoln Center, and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.

Debbie Millman is a writer, educator, artist, brand consultant, and host of the radio show Design Matters.

Khoi Vinh was formerly the design director at nytimes.com. He is now the cofounder and CEO of Lascaux, makers of the world's first social collage app, Mixel, for the iPad.

Blake Whitman is the vice president of creative development at Vimeo.

Event initiated and organized by Arezoo Moseni as part of the Artist Career Development Series, addressing the the growing needs and concerns of independent creative workforce in New York City since 2006.

Official Website: http://www.nypl.org/locations/tid/36/node/165787?lref=36%2Fcalendar