ICONS

Jun 26 2024 1
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Ideas from the greatest makers — Host, Justin Campbell-Platt (@justincampbellp), dissects the biographies of painters, musicians, filmmakers (and more), to find ideas you can use for your creative work.

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The Canvas Strategy — Turn Grunt Work into Greatness

Jun 26 2024 27 mins  
BONUS EPISODE: How to turn your early-career frustrations into a great career. What I learned from reading the 2008 blog post, The Canvas Strategy, and Ego is the Enemy, by Ryan Holiday. --- ⁠ICONS is now on YouTube! - Check it out⁠ --- ⁠⁠Download the Bonus PDF (Canvas Strategy Checklist) here --- Art mentioned: The Canvas Strategy, Ryan Holiday — Blog post Perennial

#7 - Christopher Nolan

Mar 04 2024 89 mins  
What creative insights I learned from Christopher Nolan by reading: The Nolan Variations: The Movies, Mysteries, and Marvels of Christopher Nolan, by Tom Shone. ---- ⁠⁠Download the Bonus PDF (Christopher Nolan’s Best Work + Insights Summary) here⁠⁠ ---- Art mentioned: Inception — Film Christopher Nolan, Founders Podcast — Podcast Memento — Film #6 - Coco Chanel

#6 - Coco Chanel

Jan 31 2024 63 mins  
What creative insights I learned from Gabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel by reading: Coco Chanel - The Legend and The Life, by Justine Picardie The Laws of Human Nature, Robert Greene ---- Download the Bonus PDF (Coco Chanel's best work + insight summary) here ----⁠⁠ Art mentioned: Patterned paved corridors of Abbey, Aubazine Interlocking knot and loops in window, Aubazine

#5 - Charlie Chaplin

Jan 17 2024 57 mins  
What creative insights I learned from Charlie Chaplin by reading his autobiography. ---⁠⁠- Download the Bonus PDF (Chaplin’s Best Work + Insights Summary) here ---⁠⁠- Art mentioned: The 48 Laws of Power, Robert Greene — Book How To Make Movies, Charlie Chaplin — Short Film #4 - Leonardo Da Vinci — ICONS Podcast The Kid, Charlie Chaplin (1921) — Film City Lig

#4 - Leonardo Da Vinci

Dec 27 2023 91 mins  
Ideas I got from artist Leonardo Da Vinci from reading: Leonardo Da Vinci, by Walter Isaacson Mastery, by Robert Greene ---- ⁠Download the Bonus PDF (Da Vinci's Best Work + His Letter to Ludovico Sforza + Insights Summary) here⁠ ---- Art mentioned: Benjamin Franklin: An American Life, Walter Isaacson — Book Einstein, Walter Isaacson — Book Steve Jobs, Walter Is

#3 - Anthony Bourdain

Dec 13 2023 66 mins  
Ideas I got from artist Anthony Bourdain from reading: Laurie Woolever’s unique book, ⁠Bourdain in Stories⁠. and watching Morgan Neville'documentary, ⁠Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain⁠. ---- Download the Bonus PDF (Bourdain's Best Work + Insights Summary) here ---- Art mentioned: Parts Unknown — TV Series, 2013-2018 Anthony Bourdain’s Moveable

#2 - Hayao Miyazaki (Studio Ghibli)

Nov 29 2023 61 mins  
Ideas I got from artist Hayao Miyazaki from reading Miyazakiworld, A Life In Art, by Susan Napier. ---- ⁠Download the bonus PDF (Hayao Miyazaki's best art + summary) here ---- Art mentioned: The Last Samurai — Film, 2003 Spirited Away — Film, 2001 My Neighbour Totoro — Film, 1988 Princess Mononoke — Film, 1997 Howl's Moving Castle — Film, 2004 Ponyo — F

#1 - 50 Cent

Nov 18 2023 77 mins  
Ideas I got from artist 50 Cent from reading: The 50th Law, by Robert Greene Hustle Harder Hustle Smarter, by Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson ---- Download the bonus PDF (50 Cent's best art) here ---- Art mentioned: Get Rich or Die Tryin' — Album, 50 Cent The Massacre — Album, 50 Cent Power of the Dollar — Album, 50 Cent Bike Lanes — Short Film, Casey Neis