For the 11th episode of Overshare, Jacquelyn De Jesu, founder and CEO of Shhhowercap shares her journey from being an art director in advertising to the moment she was compelled to make a modern shower cap. Her bootstrapped journey has led to features in Forbes, Fast Company and Vogue, and her shower caps are now carried in stores from Neiman Marcus and Sephora to the MoMA Design Store.
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Yancey Strickler, co-founder and former CEO of Kickstarter, joins Justin Gignac for a candid conversation about life after Kickstarter. He reveals his rule of believing in everything, the ego benefits of seeing an astrologist, the importance of putting more love into the world, and why he grew a Beatles-inspired mustache to help in writing an ambitious book.
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Annie Dillard once said, ‘a schedule defends from chaos and whim. It is a net for catching days. It is a scaffolding on which a worker can stand and labour with both hands at sections of time.’
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When Hyperakt gave WNW co-founder Justin Gignac the opportunity to speak at their monthly Lunch Talks, the answer was an immediate yes. With professional heroes Michael Bierut and Paola Antonelli (and WNW Member Lauren Hom, hey girl!) among the previous speakers, there was clearly no pressure to present.
This video includes highlights from Justin's presentation, geared towards anyone who is itching to make their ideas a business but consider themselves more artist than entrepreneur. Justin talks about how his side projects catapulted him into what he’s doing now, including how 'The Justin Gignac Freelance Status Apparatus' evolved into Working Not Working. WNW Creatives: if you’ve wondered what the site looks like to those that hire you, we lift the curtain (minute 8:24) on the other side.
Below is Justin’s totally simple, 18-step guide that he assures us he definitely did not make up the night before this talk.
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WNW Co-founders Named Two of the Most Creative People of 2015
We’re excited to see that Justin Gignac and Adam Tompkins, co-founders of Working Not Working, are included in the Creativity 50! This year's list is Creativity's 10th anniversary edition and highlights 50 of the most creative people in 2015. It includes some heavy hitters like J.J. Abrams, Banksy, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Amy Schumer, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Jean Jullien and Watson...and we're thrilled to see Justin and Adam recognized alongside such incredible folks.
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