Transforming Your Creative Ideas into Personal Projects
The transformative power of personal projects 1
A course by Ji Lee , Creative Director of Facebook and Instagram
Joined April 2019
About the video: The transformative power of personal projects 1
Overview
“Personal projects are done for passion, not profit, often take on a life of their own and end up resulting in creative and professional growth you could’ve never foreseen. ”
In this video lesson Ji Lee addresses the topic: The transformative power of personal projects 1, 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
“THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF PERSONAL PROJECTS Hello everyone. Hello Madrid. Welcome. My name is Ji Lee, I'm a designer from New York, spending a few days in Madrid to make this course for Domestika. It's a pleasure and honor for me to have you here, be part of this series and also to listen to what I have to share with you in the next few slides. So I really appreciate your time and being interested in coming to this event. I'd like to share with you a little bit about myself, my background. This is me as a child. This is a very traditional Korean custom. These are my grandparents, and in K...”
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Course summary for: Transforming Your Creative Ideas into Personal Projects
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Creative Consulting, Creativity

Ji Lee
A course by Ji Lee
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.
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