Synopsis
This is the most extraordinary time for people with a desire to make things
Spark for the Fire is for everyone who wants to excel. For the people who are passionate about what they want to do. For those whose imaginations demand to be put to use, in any discipline. it is for the youthful: in age, experience or attitude – and those who want to be – whether to kick-start a career or reignite an established one.
Now more than ever, youthful thinking can help spark the fire of creativity. This must-read book reveals how.
Featuring among others
- Nick Park
- Michael Wolff
- Lord David Puttnam
- Jean Oelwang
- Rory Sutherland
- Ajaz Ahmed
- Jamie Oliver
Details
25 November 2013
9780857193469About the author
Ian Wharton is a creative director at the global ideas and innovation agency AKQA. Previously a partner at tech start-up Zolmo, Ian led the creative for the Apple Design Award-winning apps for Jamie Oliver, some of the top-rated, top-grossing apps for iPhone and iPad with over 9 million downloads. During that time, Zolmo was ranked in Design Week's Top 50 Design Consultancies.
After graduating best-of-show from university with short animated film Solar (2007), earning a Royal Television Society Award, Ian joined visual effects company The Mill as an art director. There he designed commercials for Audi, EA and game trailers for Sony. Ian has since been named an Art Directors Club "Young Gun" and one of BIMA"s Digital Hot 100.
As a regular speaker on creativity and the mobile industry, Ian contributed to the no.1 bestselling App & Mobile Case Study Book (2011), serves as digital jury foreman for the D&AD Student Awards, and mentors at London"s School of Communication Arts.
Reviews
The most inspiring thing I've ever read. I can't rave about this enough, I urge you to read it.Gavin Strange, Aardman Animations
An inspirational bookFlybe
[A] call-to-arms to experiment, to embrace new things, to look and learn beyond what you knowDigital Arts
Ian Wharton is a creative entrepreneur with a passion for excellence. He has won numerous awards for his work across many disciplines and has already made his mark with a body of work that is beautifully crafted, elegant and inspirational. He represents a new generation of thinkers who see no boundaries to achieving their dreams. This book is a celebration of them and of the most powerful force in the universe: imagination.Ajaz Ahmed, from the foreword
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