Transforming Your Creative Ideas into Personal Projects
The transformative power of personal projects 2
A course by Ji Lee , Creative Director of Facebook and Instagram
Joined April 2019
About the video: The transformative power of personal projects 2
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In this video lesson Ji Lee addresses the topic: The transformative power of personal projects 2, 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.
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“THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF PERSONAL PROJECTS When I was a student, during those four years, when I was having so much fun, no one prepared us about what was about to come after the school, which is the job part, the making money part. My parents were not rich, so after graduation, I had to take care of myself, pay for the rent, pay for my living. So I had to find a job to do that. And I thought when I went to my job, I'm just going to continue doing all the fun things I did as a student, but I didn't realize that I was going to work on things like designing annual reports for a big corpora...”
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Course summary for: Transforming Your Creative Ideas into Personal Projects
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Marketing & Business -
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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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