Bruce Springsteen Sketchnotes

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Bruce Springsteen, mind mapping software, sketchnotes, SXSW, Video, visual journal

Bruce Springsteen’s keynote at SXSW got rave reviews, largely in the print media and on air. So I was fascinated to run across Timothy J Reynolds’ sketchnotes, done when a marketing firm asked Reynolds to chronicle the event.  Springsteen’s whole history of rock on two pages of a sketchbook. Marvelous.  For more, listen to the speech here or watch this time-lapse video.

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Visual Journal: How to Spend a Day

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Vernelle Noel, visual journal

I’ve featured the Thinking Insomniac before, on a visual recipes post.  I browse this artist’s work frequently, and this was an automatic pick for today’s inspiration. Have a look at the blog or the Flickr site of architect, designer and sketch-blogger Vernelle Noel.

The sketchbook as MindMapping Software

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chuck frey, Mike Rohde, mindmapping, Moleskine, notebook, sketchbook, software, visual journal

By Chuck Frey on the Mindmapping Software Blog

As a change from art and  inspirations for The Sketchbook Project, this post by Chuck Frey on the MindMapping Software Blog drew me in.  It’s about the value of  keeping a visual diary in a sketchbook.  It makes sense to me.  He’s posted a link to Mike Rohde, another blogger, who explains the art of “sketchnoting,”  with 82 pages of sketchnotes on view.

Sketchnotes by Craighton Berman

More expertise on the topic comes from the new Sketchnotes Channel on the Core77 blog.  Equally fascinating, it examines the sketchbook as a tool for visual thinking.  Here’s an excerpt:

“The recent rise of the “visual thinking” movement in business borrows from the natural ways designers work—using sketches to explore and express ideas, manipulating complex systems of thoughts on sticky notes, and using rough visuals to make sense of the world.”  -Craighton Berman