This week, Behance launched a collaboration with LinkedIn that will enable Creative Professionals to upload their Behance portfolios directly into their LinkedIn account. The Creative Portfolio Display empowers creative professionals by creating a one-stop solution for maintaining their work portfolio and broadcasting it to millions. This is a tremendous opportunity for creative talent to get found and showcase their work to millions of visitors.
Behance’s Chief Designer and Co-Founder, Matias Corea, was featured on Design Droplets this week. Check it out for a look at all the impeccable design that Matias has created for Behance over the years. Read the full interview here.
Mashable curated a list of their picks for what to bookmark “when you’re in need of a creativity jump start.” The Behance Network, in their words, “a magnet for talent,” was listed at number 2. We’re honored to be amongst such good company on this list of Design Inspiration resources.
Mashable’s Top 10 Resources for Design Inspiration
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Scott Belsky appears on Fast Company’s list of The 100 Most Creative People In Business this year. Scott shares the list with the likes of creatives ranging rom Apple’s Eddy Cure and Nike’s Hannah Jones to entertainment legends Jay-Z and James Cameron.
Typography Served has been featured on Guide to Art School’s list of the Top 50 Typography Blogs, who kindly wrote that Typography Served’s “compilation of typography and letter designs are truly amazing to view for all type designers who need inspiration on their projects.” Check out the other 49 blogs to get your fix of Typography resources.
Radio host duo Brad Forsythe and Ray Schilens of The Advertising Show (sponsored by Advertising Age Magazine) aired an interview with Scott Belsky last week. Listen to the the interview for their conversation on Making Ideas Happen and the Behance methodology.
From Ideas to Successful Creative Executive – Scott Belsky Puts it in Plain Words
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It was another huge year for the 99% Conference, which drew 400+ creative minds to NYC last Thursday and Friday. This week, bloggers have begun reflecting on their experiences from the conference by publishing recaps and reviews. It’s making ideas happen according to Jack Dorsey, Stefan Sagmeister, Leslie Koch & more…
The 99% recaps the Conference: Part 1 and Part 2
Good Magazine: Top 10 Things I Heard at The 99% Conference
Think Primed: The Benefits of Perspiration in Innovation – Recap from the 99% Conference
One blogger captured some of the most memorable #99Conf Tweets in The 99 Percent Conference NYC – Day One In Tweet Sized Bites. A Baltimore Design studio even created an (already sold out!) print inspired by a 99% Conference quotation.
Upon publication, Making Ideas Happen became a national bestseller, hitting the WSJ Bestseller List and debuting at #15 on Amazon. leading every business, management, and creative book category. Design and business blogs around the web have since had a chance to read the book and weigh in with reviews.
Last week on MSNBC, Scott Belsky joined Jen Groover, serial entrepreneur and author of the book “What If? & Why Not?” to give some advice to Small Business owners. Viewers video-chatted in with specific questions about their business for the panel to talk about, on subjects ranging from payroll to idea sharing.
Watch the “Your Business” segment here
Inquiringmind Magazine has now revealed their third curation set on The Behance Network, it’s always a pleasure to see the original projects that they’ve selected to assemble present to the community. Here, they blog about their Behance Series, and discuss their latest, March Curation Gallery.
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