Above: 3D mural of company trash with artist Tom Deininger (right) and Lonnie (center)
"While the top execs at NBCUniversal were consumed by their merger, they found a little time to do some good for the planet. You can't miss the "Green is Universal" campaign, focusing on organic and sustainable ingredients. There's a cool thing that happened inside NBCUniversal--at Studio 8H, the home of Saturday Night Live. Environmental artist Tom Deininger and some of New York City middle-school students are building a massive mural out of re-purposed, recycled, or reclaimed trash from all around the company."
"Measuring 8 x 36 feet, this is bona-fide TV trash: cue cards from Saturday Night Live and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, thousands of discarded CDs and DVDs, along with hundreds of NBC Sports tape cassettes."
"There were two special areas of the conference that greatly enriched the experience. Adobe sponsored a stimulating space where Lonnie Lardner used "junk" to stimulate people to think about innovation by making art.
The operative quote came from Edison— "Sometimes when you want to invent something, all you need is a good imagination and a pile of junk." — Heads Up! on Organizational Innovation
A collaboration between the City of West Hollywood and Fountain Day School, “Through the Eyes of a Child” was designed and assembled by renowned eco-artist Tom Deininger and curated by Lonnie Lardner, of Creative Voltage, Los Angeles. The relief is comprised of 100 % recycled materials –- collected by children attending the pre-school.
From a distance, the piece shows the eyes of a toddler gazing upward, as if to a parent, or the future. A closer look reveals an intricate web of tossed toys and familiar objects that make up the image as a whole: dolls, baby strollers, plastic and detritus from everyday life.
Tom Deininger is a dedicated environmentalist who educates others about consumer wastefulness.
LINK: "Through the eyes of a child"
"It was a lot of fun, but the one I want to write about today was by Lonnie Lardner of Creative Voltage on "How to Become a Creative Superhero." In her presentation, Lonnie gave tips on finding your inner creativity and growing it to its greatest potential – something that is important to me... One of her best pieces of advice is to find ten minutes a day to do something creative. It could be anything – art, music, writing, etc. what is important is finding ten minutes or exercise that area of our brain. Before you say you don’t have ten minutes, think about all the time we spend chit chatting at work or watching the boob tube at night...Lonnie’s presentation was terrific with numerous other good ideas. I will post a link when our full conference recap is live. In the meantime, here is a visual snapshot of some of the discussion from our conference.— Erin Holmqvist