Sebagai desainer grafis yang masih aktif, beberapa waktu lalu saya diminta mendesainkan sebuah slide presentasi untuk asuransi Allianz. Bahan yang didapat berupa satu halaman file excel yang kemudian digodok menggunakan corel dan beginilah hasilnya :)
Sabtu, 28 Januari 2012
Kamis, 12 Januari 2012
vidiyan.com di Intisari!
vidiyan.com diliput majalah Intisari Extra Kreatif edisi Desember 2011
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Minggu, 08 Januari 2012
Ayah Selalu Benar
Inilah buku sakti saya dirumah :)
Buku karangan HC Anderson ini judul aslinya "What the old man say is always right"... Memang ceritanya nggak terlalu populer di Indonesia. Dulu saya beli buku ini tahun 2005, diobral dengan harga 3000 rupiah saja...
Buku karangan HC Anderson ini judul aslinya "What the old man say is always right"... Memang ceritanya nggak terlalu populer di Indonesia. Dulu saya beli buku ini tahun 2005, diobral dengan harga 3000 rupiah saja...
Minggu, 01 Januari 2012
Kamis, 29 Desember 2011
5 Tips Mengajar Mahasiswa ala Yanuar
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| Suasana belajar di Magister Desain ITB (Animasi, Game & Digital Media) |
Sebagai seorang mahasiswa sekaligus dosen, saya merasa perlu menulis catatan berikut, agar para dosen bisa mengerti sisi 'kesenangan' mahasiswa saat belajar, sehingga bisa membangun suasana belajar yang kondusif di dalam kelas... Tapi AWAS! Cara ini ada efek sampingnya... yakni, komunikasi yang terjalin antara dosen dan mahasiswa jadi semakin interaktif dan menyenangkan!
Berikut 5 tips mengajar mahasiswa ala Yanuar :
1. Mulai kuliah dengan sesuatu yang FUN!
Di hari pertama kuliah, selain memberi pengantar tentang perkuliahan harusnya dosen juga memberi motivasi dan bercerita tentang hal-hal menyenangkan yang ada dalam perkuliahan nanti. Sebagai contoh, saya selalu mewajibkan diri saya untuk memutarkan beberapa video klip dari VW tentang FUN THEORY, ini berguna untuk meyakinkan mahasiswa bahwa apa yang kita lakukan sebaiknya dilakukan dengan cara yang menyenangkan!2. Perlihatkan mahasiswa slide presentasi yang FUN!
Banyak dosen membuat slide presentasi yang penuh dengan teks, warna yang norak dan gambar latar belakang yang tidak kontekstual dengan isi materi... jujur saja itu semua sangat membosankan! Coba konsultasikan kepada desainer (atau pengajar desain) yang bisa membantu untuk membuat slide presentasi jadi semakin menarik, penuh dengan gambar yang kontekstual dan video yang mendukung, agar atensi mahasiswa dan suasana kelas jadi lebih hidup! Sebagai contoh, klik disini untuk melihat slide materi yang pernah saya buat (materi mengenai Gestalt).3. Berikan penjelasan beserta contoh-contoh yang FUN!
Ya, jangan selalu memaparkan teori... perbanyak contoh dengan analogi dan guyonan terkini yang kontekstual. Bila memungkinkan perlihatkan gambar-gambar yang mendukung materi perkuliahan dan putarkan video-video singkat yang sesuai dengan materi kuliah yang bisa diunduh di Youtube.4. Berikan tugas yang bermanfaat dan FUN!
Sesekali berikan tugas yang berorientasi pada diri mahasiswa, kontekstual dan up-to-date! Jangan berikan tugas yang terlalu kaku mengacu pada buku ajar, diimprovisasi sedikit tentu akan lebih baik.5. Berikan ujian yang FUN!
Nah, untuk yang ini bisa dirangkum dari empat poin diatas, intinya, berikan ujian yang bermanfaat, berkesan dan membuat mahasiswa bahagia!Okey, itulah 5 tips sederhananya... Ada masukan lain dari para dosen dan mahasiswa?
Catatan : 5 tips di atas sudah diuji-cobakan di beberapa kelas Desain Komunikasi Visual tingkat sarjana, yang mungkin bisa berhasil atau tidak bila diterapkan di kelas lain.
Dosen yang Diajar atau Mahasiswa yang Mengajar?
Pertengahan hingga akhir tahun 2011 ini saya melakukan dua hal yang cukup menyenangkan secara bersamaan, yaitu belajar (menjadi mahasiswa) dan mengajar (menjadi dosen).
Bulan Agustus lalu saya mulai kembali belajar dibangku formal untuk jenjang Master di Institut Teknologi Bandung jurusan Desain dengan mengambil konsentrasi "Animasi, Game dan Digital Media", secara bersamaan saya juga mengajar di Institut Manajemen Telkom, jurusan Desain Komunikasi Visual sebagai dosen luar biasa. Dua hal yang menurut saya nyambung, in line.
Dua hal ini sangat menyenangkan (dan keren) bagi saya karena ketika mendapat ilmu pengetahuan, konsep dan informasi baru, saya bisa langsung berbagi kepada orang yang lebih banyak... sekalian melanjutkan sedekah ilmu para dosen di ITB.
Saat-saat menyenangkan seperti ini membuat saya belajar untuk bisa menyederhanakan persoalan/ materi pengajaran untuk disebarkan lagi tanpa menghilangkan esensinya, sekaligus belajar untuk menjadi pengajar yang tidak membosankan. Saya juga jadi lebih senang berbagi, membuat slide-slide informasi dan materi pengajaran yang saya publikasikan di sini.
Semoga momen belajar-mengajar ini bisa terus berlangsung, setidaknya hingga akhir tahun Desember 2012 nanti.
Rabu, 28 Desember 2011
Undangan Balon Udara!
Ide yang cukup keren datang dari pasangan Lia - Sani (klien saya di vidiyan.com) saat ingin membuat undangan pernikahannya. Mereka yang telah menikah bulan Maret 2011 lalu, merikuest gambar tentang petualangan mereka di balon udara! Wohoo... langsung saja disimak sodara-sodara :)
Well, kamu juga bisa punya undangan pernikahan kayak begini, atau bila kamu mau menghadiahi temanmu yang akan menikah dengan undangan bergambar yang super keren, dateng aja langsung ke vidiyan.com!
Minggu, 25 Desember 2011
Mahasiswa Teknopreneur 2011
Berfoto bersama rekan-rekan Mahasiswa Teknopreneur (DKV) - Insitut Manajemen Telkom seusai perkuliahan berakhir (23 Des 2011) ... Selama proses perkuliahan beberapa tim dari mereka berhasil memulai Startup Creative Company, yakni Kaos Bolak Balik (LakLik) dan Tas khusus Desainer & Seniman (Mana Bags).
Minggu, 20 November 2011
Senin, 31 Oktober 2011
Five Myths About Entrepreneurs
Five myths about entrepreneurs - challenging everything you think you know.
1. America’s typical tech entrepreneurs are in their 20s.
In fact, the average and median age of these founders when they started their companies was 40. Twice as many were older than 50 as were younger than 25; twice as many were over 60 as under 20. Seventy percent were married when they launched their first business; an additional 5.2 percent were divorced, separated or widowed. Sixty percent had at least one child, and 43.5 percent had two or more children.
Entrepreneurs are motivated to take the risk of starting a venture because they get tired of working for others, have ideas for new businesses based on the experience they gained working for others or want to strike it big before they retire.
2. Entrepreneurs are like top athletes: They are born, not made.
Research on successful entrepreneurs revealed that 52 percent were the first in their immediate families to start a business — as were Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Larry Page, Sergey Brin and Russell Simmons. Their parents were academics, lawyers, factory workers or bureaucrats. Only about 39 percent had an entrepreneurial father, and 7 percent had an entrepreneurial mother; some had both. Only a quarter caught the entrepreneurial bug in college.
3. College dropouts make better entrepreneurs.
Silicon Valley is debating the Thiel Fellowship, which offers students $100,000 to drop out of college. The logic? That higher education is overpriced and unnecessary, and that budding entrepreneurs are better off building companies than studying irrelevant subjects.
4. Women can’t cut it in the tech world.
All this despite the fact that girls now match boys in mathematical achievement, 140 women enroll in higher education for every 100 men, and women earn more than half of all bachelor’s and master’s degrees and nearly half of all doctorates. They had the same motivations, were of the same age, had similar levels of experience and about equally enjoyed the culture of start-ups. Men and women were equally likely to have children at home when they started their businesses. (But men were more likely to be married.)
According to research by the venture capital firm Illuminate Ventures, women-led companies are more capital-efficient, and venture-backed companies run by women have 12 percent higher revenue.
The problem is a broader one, as it is learned through interviews with female entrepreneurs. Few girls get encouragement from their parents to study engineering; they encounter negative stereotypes in the workforce; when they approach venture capitalists, they are asked demeaning questions such as, “How are you going to manage your company when you have children?”
5. Venture capital is a prerequisite for innovation.
Analysis of more than 500 companies in high-growth industries revealed that not even 11 percent of these companies took venture capital at any stage of their existence. The Kauffman Foundation ran a similar analysis of companies on the Inc. magazine 500 list and found that only 16 percent of them raised venture capital.
The reality is that venture capital follows innovation. Such investors seek out companies that already have working products and proven business models. Venture capital doesn’t stimulate innovation; it wants in once it looks like a good bet.
Original article by Vivek Wadhwa, Washington Post
http://www.i-genius.org/news/ index.php/id/303
Image Credit : http://technorati.com/business/article/characteristics-of-successful-entrepreneurs/
1. America’s typical tech entrepreneurs are in their 20s.
In fact, the average and median age of these founders when they started their companies was 40. Twice as many were older than 50 as were younger than 25; twice as many were over 60 as under 20. Seventy percent were married when they launched their first business; an additional 5.2 percent were divorced, separated or widowed. Sixty percent had at least one child, and 43.5 percent had two or more children.
Entrepreneurs are motivated to take the risk of starting a venture because they get tired of working for others, have ideas for new businesses based on the experience they gained working for others or want to strike it big before they retire.
2. Entrepreneurs are like top athletes: They are born, not made.
Research on successful entrepreneurs revealed that 52 percent were the first in their immediate families to start a business — as were Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Larry Page, Sergey Brin and Russell Simmons. Their parents were academics, lawyers, factory workers or bureaucrats. Only about 39 percent had an entrepreneurial father, and 7 percent had an entrepreneurial mother; some had both. Only a quarter caught the entrepreneurial bug in college.
3. College dropouts make better entrepreneurs.
Silicon Valley is debating the Thiel Fellowship, which offers students $100,000 to drop out of college. The logic? That higher education is overpriced and unnecessary, and that budding entrepreneurs are better off building companies than studying irrelevant subjects.
4. Women can’t cut it in the tech world.
All this despite the fact that girls now match boys in mathematical achievement, 140 women enroll in higher education for every 100 men, and women earn more than half of all bachelor’s and master’s degrees and nearly half of all doctorates. They had the same motivations, were of the same age, had similar levels of experience and about equally enjoyed the culture of start-ups. Men and women were equally likely to have children at home when they started their businesses. (But men were more likely to be married.)
According to research by the venture capital firm Illuminate Ventures, women-led companies are more capital-efficient, and venture-backed companies run by women have 12 percent higher revenue.
The problem is a broader one, as it is learned through interviews with female entrepreneurs. Few girls get encouragement from their parents to study engineering; they encounter negative stereotypes in the workforce; when they approach venture capitalists, they are asked demeaning questions such as, “How are you going to manage your company when you have children?”
5. Venture capital is a prerequisite for innovation.
Analysis of more than 500 companies in high-growth industries revealed that not even 11 percent of these companies took venture capital at any stage of their existence. The Kauffman Foundation ran a similar analysis of companies on the Inc. magazine 500 list and found that only 16 percent of them raised venture capital.
The reality is that venture capital follows innovation. Such investors seek out companies that already have working products and proven business models. Venture capital doesn’t stimulate innovation; it wants in once it looks like a good bet.
Original article by Vivek Wadhwa, Washington Post
http://www.i-genius.org/news/
Image Credit : http://technorati.com/business/article/characteristics-of-successful-entrepreneurs/










