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Transforming Your Creative Ideas into Personal Projects

My influences

A course by Ji Lee , Creative Director of Facebook and Instagram

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96% positive reviews (1K)

23,659 students

Audio: English, Spanish

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About the video: My influences

Overview

“Some of my influences are: Tibor Kalman, Marcel Duchamp, Fischli & Weiss, Chris Burden, Tom Sachs, Charles Ray, Nam June Paik, and Dadaism. I also find inspiration from friends like Ivan Cash and Christoph Niemann. Here are some of my favorite Instagram pages: @christophniemann, @jackwatteau, @subfolder and @pablo.rochat.”

In this video lesson Ji Lee addresses the topic: My influences, which is part of the Domestika online course: Transforming Your Creative Ideas into Personal Projects. Find inspiration through simple creative exercises and turn your ideas into shareable stories.

Partial transcription of the video

“MY INFLUENCES In this lesson, I'll share with you some of my influences. People, artists and events that inspired me to do projects in the past. Our society, and also our schools, try to define who you are. You are a designer, you are a copywriter, you are a lawyer, you are a doctor. And even in the creative field, you are defined by the title of your job. That has been the case also for me for many years. I studied Graphic Design, I worked as a designer, and later on, when I worked at an ad agency, I was an art director. It was limiting in that you only do what you're supposed to do. Growi...”

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Course summary for: Transforming Your Creative Ideas into Personal Projects

Level: Beginner
96% positive reviews (1020)
23659 students
4 units
15 lessons (2h 25m)

Category
Marketing & Business
Areas
Creative Consulting, Creativity

Ji Lee

A course by Ji Lee

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Creative Director of Facebook and Instagram

Ji Lee was born in Korea, raised in Brazil and now lives in New York. He studied Graphic Design and Advertising. His career includes working with prestigious companies such as Google, Saatchi & Saatchi, and Droga5. Currently, he’s the Creative Director at Facebook and Instagram. Ji’s passionate about working on personal projects, some of which are the Bubble Project, Word as Image and Drawings for My Grandchildren.

He was named one of the 50 most influential designers in America by Fast Company. His work has been published in The New York Times, BBC, ABC News, The Guardian, Wired and more. For many years, Ji has taught courses on creativity at School of Visual Arts and Parsons School of Design in New York.

Ji has written three books and is a frequent contributor for The New York Times and The New Yorker.