When you look at the greatest design thinkers in history, you will see that they all worked in a deliberate fashion. They would research, practice, and network in a deliberate and calculated fashion. These slides show how Pablo Picasso, Agatha Christie, Thomas Edison, Hedy Lamarr, Leonardo Da Vinci, and Sherry Turkle perform deliberate research, deliberate practice, and deliberate networking.
101. Sketch of The Four Cats
• Tertulia is an informal
gathering of artists
and musicians.
• The Four Cats was his
first network.
• They talk about art,
music, current events,
literature and more.
Networks with Other Artists
103. Source: O’Brien, Patrick. (1994) Picasso: A Biography
• Taught him brush technique.
• Stretched Picasso’s canvases.
“Every time I draw a man,
I instantly think of my father.”
Early Mentor is His Father
107. “No one has ever looked at Matisse’s paintings more carefully than
I; and no one has looked at mine more carefully than Matisse.”
Epic Rivalry With Matisse
108. Their Friends Loved Their Rivalry
• Gertrude loved Picasso, Leo loved Matisse.
109. Their Friends Were Childish
• Matisse gave Picasso a portrait of his daughter.
• Picasso’s friend threw felt darts at the painting.
113. Picasso Respected Matisse
At a group luncheon, Matisse excuses himself. Picasso says,
“He must be resting on the crown of his laurels.”
114.
115. Simple, geometric
shapes are arranged
on a canvas to represent
an object or a person.
On the right, a guitar is
broken into geometric
shapes and rearranged.
Analytic Cubism (1909-12)
116. Picasso introduces a
collage method, where
objects are placed on
the canvas to interact
with painted elements.
Wallpaper, newspaper,
and sheet music are on
this canvas of a guitar.
Synthetic Cubism (1912-14)