“The creative is the place where no one else has ever been. You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. What you’ll discover will be wonderful. What you’ll discover is yourself.” — Alan Alda
Have you ever wondered how some people are struck with a flash of creative brilliance and how they make connections between seemingly unrelated things to bring out something exceptional? We all wish to have such eureka moments, don’t we?
Most of us have confined our definitions of creativity and somewhere we lack that attitude of risk-taking to share our weird ideas with the world.
We at Zingohub has curated a list of the ‘creative geniuses’ from different walks of life who have gone past their fears and believed in the power of creativity.
PS: Creativity cannot be ranked! The following list is in random order.
1. Elon Musk
This man’s creative spirits knows no bounds. His innovation began in digital money exchange as he co-founded Paypal, going over to redefining transportation on earth and space with Tesla and SpaceX and he is already on his next project- changing the future of high-speed travel with Hyperloop! This serial entrepreneur is changing the world with purpose-driven businesses.
You have to listen to this Ted talk to feel his creative energy!
2. Christopher Nolan
This ultra- creative writer, director, and producer’s movies has offered to the world the most unconventional and enthralling narratives. Memento, Batman Begins, Inception, Interstellar, each of these has left the critics and the audience in awe. One has to watch these at least a couple of times to know the concept. Now that’s his ‘Creativity in mystery’. Here’s a short video to give you a glimpse of how he indulges us into the creative realm of films.
3. Leonardo Dicaprio
Acting for this man is a creative process and he has turned heads with every role he played. From Titanic to The Wolf of the Wall Street and the oscar winning ‘Revenant’, his dazzling performances has left the world stunned. Equally, passionate about the environment, he wrote, directed and produced the breath-taking environmental documentary- ‘The 11th Hour’.
Source: Lifehacker
4. JK Rowling
Her creative wondrous imagination has created magic in each of our hearts with the Harry Potter series. Rowling has introduced to the world a beautiful land of fantasy and characters which are etched in our minds eternally! If you ask how do you personify creativity, the answer is J.K. Rowling.
Also Read: 15 Best Movies of the 20th century That Every Film Student Should Watch
5. Alex Chung
This man has reincarnated graphics! Founder and CEO of Giphy, Alex has given the world the gift of animated graphics. With 100 million unique monthly visitors and serving 25 billion GIFs, gify has revolutionized the world of graphics and animation.
Source: media.giphy.com
6. JR
He loves to call himself “photo-graffeur”, a revolutionary photographer and art director, JR uses the streets as his canvas. ‘Women Are Heroes’ – a film directed by him was presented at Cannes and recently he translated the beauty of the athletic movement into colossal sculptures at Rio during the 2016 Olympics.
“I don’t only want to do work in the favela — I want to create bridges. That’s the main goal in a city like Rio, where there’s such a concentration of people, and also a separation of people.” — JR
Source: jr-art.net
7. David Ogilvy
Known as the ‘Father of Advertising’, this man is the brainchild behind ground-breaking, bold, insightful and authentic campaigns touching our hearts over the years. He has a left a legacy of work inspiring millions to probe into creative avenues.
Ref: blog.mangostudio.eu
8. Rupert Blanchard
This man collects the things you throw and discard and makes exquisite modern furniture with it! His creativity has brought about a revolution in eco-friendly design architecture.
9. Jonathan Ive
Do you love the sleek design of your iPhone? The design genius and Steve Job’s ‘spiritual partner’ Ive is the man to be applauded for it! iMac, iPod, iPad and Apple Watch are all the efforts of Apple’s under the radar design king- Jony.
10. Lin-Manuel Miranda
A Pulitzer, 16 Tony award nominations and more than $62 million in ticket sales, Miranda’s rap musical Hamilton have won the hearts of millions. A writer, composer, lyricist, actor and performer- creativity is embedded in every cell of this man!
Also Read: The Ultimate Music Playlist You Need To Get That Creative Boost!
11. Bruce Munro
With his creativity, Munro has illuminated the world from the past 29 years in ways one can only dream. At Cheekwood, Tennessee he presented seven large-scale outdoor installations among one that had 40 monumental towers made from more than 10,000 recycled water bottles that change colors to the sound of music.
Young-Deok Seo
12. Young-Deok Seo
Did you ever think of using bicycle chains to make sculptors? This Korean artist creates mind-boggling figurative sculptures with tons and tons of bicycle chains! His skill and craftsmanship has the power to display human emotions with these hard metals.
Source: youngdeok.com
13. Eddie Opara
A multifaceted designer, and visiting critic at Yale school of art, his work for the Studio Museum in Harlem, Jazz at Lincoln Center, the Queens Museum of Art, JWT, Prada, Vitra, Morgan Stanley, and New York University leaves people mesmerized. His artistry involves the amalgamation of strategy, technology, and design. The interactive installation in the picture below at St. Regis Hotel, New York enables people to learn about wine by just flipping the virtual petals shown on the table.
14. Divya Nag
This lady’s creative streak and expertise in technology led to the birth of ‘ResearchKit’, an open-source developer toolbox with which researchers studying everything from autism to diabetes can collect data from thousands of patients via phones, rather than limiting their experiments and studies to people who can physically get to their research facilities. Credits to Divya for moving Apple into the doctor’s den!
15. Marilynne Robinson
She has gifted the world Lila, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction, Gilead, winner of the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Critics Circle Award, and Home, winner of the Orange Prize and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and the list is long. Recipient of a National Humanities Medal awarded by President Barack Obama for “her grace and intelligence in writing, Robinson’s writing will transcend you to an alternative reality, full of magic.
Here’s what she has to say on teaching creative writing:
Source: Brain Pickings
Also Read: Story Behind Neeye: Crowdfunding A Dancing Dream Into A Viral Video!
16. Ryan Green
This man’s artistic muscle coupled with his unconditional love for his son who was diagnosed with cancer when he was just 12 months old, led him to develop an exceptional autobiographical video game- ‘That Dragon, Cancer’. Noted game writer Jenn Frank says – “That Dragon, Cancer is about sustaining the hope and joy of life for just as long as we can.”
Here’s the trailer of the game:
16. Karin Strauss
Ever imagined about storing data on DNA? This computer science researcher at Microsoft Research specializing in computer architecture, biology, and emerging computer-memory technologies has made it a possibility. Her team is working on the system that can store digital data on DNA.
17. Paul Raphaël
This man along with his friend has evolved virtual reality as an art form. Paul and Félix Lajeunesse have created their own 3-D stereoscopic 360-degree camera and audio-recording technology which is set to transform cinematography and take it to the next level.
18. Anna Young
This lady’s creative thoughts on giving back to the society have led to ‘Pop-up-labs’ that runs the ‘Maker Nurse Network’, empowering nurses to devise their own systems and medical solutions. “Using tools from the initial MakerNurse study, one nurse developed a new way to use bandages to dress the wounds of babies born with abdominal wall defects, saving the hospital $250,000 in its first year of use.”
19. Ryan Heffington
This visionary performing artist, choreographer and dance guru’s stellar work was seen in a dance performance in the 144 rooms of the New York Standard Hotel. This remarkable performance included over 60 dancers and they could be seen from the shores of New Jersey.
20. Saschka Unseld
This man is building the future of VR storytelling. Co-founder of the Academy Award–nominated animation studio Soi, the maker of Toy story 3 and Cars 2, The Blue Umbrella and now the creative director at Passion Pictures for Commercials and Oculus Story Studio, he has fascinated us with creative animation films each time!
Watch this to know the grammar of VR storytelling from the mastermind himself:
Also Read: Unravel the Sex Industry: 10 Must Watch Documentaries on Trafficking
21. Gabriella Gomez-Mont
Founder and director of Laboratorio para la Ciudad, the experimental arm and creative think tank of the Mexico City government have led to unconventional and creative solutions for the city’s problems. One of her projects was to crowdsource the first citywide bus map via a lab-built app. Mexico is being reinvented with her creative prowess.
22. Yasmin Belo-Osagie
She is building the next generation of female entrepreneurs in Africa. She Leads Africa, Belo-Osagie’s foundation, has helped train women to make their dream of becoming an entrepreneur a reality with support from companies including Intel, Guaranty Trust Bank, and Huawei. The African women could not have ever imagined this to be a possibility without her!
23. Stephen Hillenburg
“Who lives in a pineapple under the sea? Who’s absorbent and yellow and porous as he” The creator of the iconic ‘Spongebob’, this marine biologist, cartoonist, producer, animator, and director has floored the audience by amalgamating art and science in the most creative ways.
Here’s a short video where you can meet this creator!
24. David Chang
This Korean-American chef, restaurateur, author and television personality has won many accolades for his creativity in culinary skills. Recently in July 2016, as a part of the silicon valley project of ‘impossible food,’ he cooked a meatless-meat burger made of plants! You can visit any of his Momofuku group of restaurants to taste his innovative delicacies.
25. Imran Qureshi
Known for his rare floral art which exhibits decorative motifs and figurative elements, Imran’s work is appreciated for the strong message it radiates through his art. He displayed stains of violence in his native Pakistan and the world by splattering 8000 sq. ft terrace of the Metropolitan Museum of Art by blood coloured paint, out which he made a flower and leaf motifs. On this Qureshi stated, “The flowers that seem to emerge from the red paint in my work represent the hope that—despite everything—the people sustain somehow, their hope for a better future.”
Take a look at his stunning work:
Creativity is indeed a way of life. We hope these stories have inspired you to give a chance to your creative side fearlessly starting from today! So take a different route to work tomorrow, you never know that might be a creative moment…
The post 25 Creative People From This Century You Must Know appeared first on ZingoHub Infinite.