ICONS
Ideas from the greatest makers — Host, Justin Campbell-Platt (@justincampbellp), dissects the biographies of painters, musicians, filmmakers (and more), to find ideas you can use for your creative work.
Tue, January 28, 2025
Al Pacino
What creative insights I learned from Al Pacino by reading: Sonny Boy, a Memoir . --- Download the Bonus PDF (Al Pacino’s Best Performance + Insights Summary) here --- ICONS is now on YouTube - check it out! --- Art mentioned Home Sweet Homicide — Theatre Production Pulp Fiction, 1994 — Film Creditors — Theatre Production Dog Day Afternoon, 1975 — Film The Indian Wants the Bronx — Theatre Production Serpico, 1973 — Film Sea of Love, 1989 — Film Carlito’s Way, 1993 — Film Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie? — Theatre Production The Godfather, 1972 — Film The Godfather — Book …And Justice For All, 1979 — Film The Godfather, Part 2, 1974 — Film Scarface, 1932 — Film Scarface, 1983 — Film Wall Street, 1987 — Film Platoon, 1987 — Film JFK, 1991 — Film Natural Born Killers, 1995 — Film Any Given Sunday, 1999 — Film Mission Impossible, 1996 — Film Heat, 1995 — Film The Godfather, Part 3, 1990 — Film Richard III — Theatre Play Looking for Richard, 1996 — Film --- To learn from artists not covered in the podcast: Follow @theICONSpod on Twitter or ICONS podcast on LinkedIn . --- Chapters 00:00:00 Life's on the Wire 00:01:24 Al Pacino as an ICO
Tue, October 29, 2024
Bruce Lee
What creative insights I learned from Bruce Lee by reading: Bruce Lee, A Life, by Matthew Polly . --- Download the Bonus PDF (Bruce Lee's Unmade Script + Insights Summary) here --- Check out the visual experience of this episode on YouTube now! --- Art mentioned: Bruce Lee Screen Test (1965) — Video The Children’s Paradise — Comic Book #2 - Hayao Miyazaki — ICONS Episode My Son-A-Chang — Film An Orphan’s Tragedy — Film Sins of the Father — Film In the Face of Demolition — Film The Guiding Light — Film #1 - 50 Cent — ICONS Episode The Art of Learning, Josh Waitzkin — Book The Mind, Explored — Newsletter The Orphan — Film 1000 True Fans, Kevin Kelly — Essay Batman — TV Series The Green Hornet — TV Series Once Upon A Time In Hollywood — Movie Tao Te Ching, Lao Tzu — Book Longstreet — TV Series Bruce Lee Pierre Berton Interview — Video The Big Boss — Film Fist of Fury — Film The Way of The Dragon — Film Game of Death — Film Enter the Dragon — Film --- To learn from artists not covered in the podcast: Follow @theICONSpod on Twitter or ICONS podcast on LinkedIn . --- Chapters 00:00:00 How Bruce Lee was Foun
Bonus · Wed, June 26, 2024
The Canvas Strategy — Turn Grunt Work into Greatness
BONUS EPISODE: How to turn your early-career frustrations into a great career. What I learned from reading the 2008 blog post, The Canvas Strategy, and Ego is the Enemy, by Ryan Holiday . --- ICONS is now on YouTube! - Check it out --- Download the Bonus PDF (Canvas Strategy Checklist) here --- Art mentioned: The Canvas Strategy , Ryan Holiday — Blog post Perennial Seller , Ryan Holiday — Book The 48 Laws of Power , Robert Greene — Book Mastery , Robert Greene — Book The Laws of Human Nature , Robert Greene — Book The Baptism of Christ , Verrochio (Leonardo Da Vinci) — Painting The 50th Law , Robert Greene — Book The Book of Five Rings , Miyamoto Musashi — Book --- To learn from artists not covered in the podcast: Follow @theICONSpod on Twitter or ICONS podcast on LinkedIn .
Mon, March 04, 2024
Christopher Nolan
What creative insights I learned from Christopher Nolan by reading: The Nolan Variations: The Movies, Mysteries, and Marvels of Christopher Nolan, by Tom Shone . ---- Download the Bonus PDF (Christopher Nolan’s Best Work + Insights Summary) here ---- Art mentioned: Inception — Film Christopher Nolan, Founders Podcast — Podcast Memento — Film #6 - Coco Chanel — ICONS Podcast Episode 2001: A Space Odyssey — Film Blade Runner — Film Alien — Film Star Wars — Film Day in the Life of a Knife Maker — YouTube Interstellar — Film First Man — Film The Place Beyond The Pines — Film Drive — Film Blade Runner 2049 — Film The Art and Making of the Dark Knight Trilogy — Book Batman Begins — Film The Dark Knight — Film <a href="https://amzn.to/4
Wed, January 31, 2024
Coco Chanel
What creative insights I learned from Gabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel by reading: Coco Chanel - The Legend and The Life, by Justine Picardie The Laws of Human Nature, Robert Greene ---- Download the Bonus PDF (Coco Chanel's best work + insight summary) here ---- Art mentioned: Patterned paved corridors of Abbey , Aubazine Interlocking knot and loops in window , Aubazine La Pausa staircase side-by-side with Aubazine Abbey Qui Qu’a Vu Coco — Song Chanel logo in Mayfair lamppost Palmy Days (1931) — Film Chanel No. 5 — Perfume #5 - Charlie Chaplin — ICONS Podcast Episode #1 - 50 Cent — ICONS Podcast Episode Lululemon ‘Dupe Swap’ Campaign Westworld , HBO — TV Show ---- ICONS is now on YouTube! - Check it out ---- To learn from artists not covered in the podcast: Follow <a href="https://twitter.com/theI
Wed, January 17, 2024
Charlie Chaplin
What creative insights I learned from Charlie Chaplin by reading his autobiography . ---- Download the Bonus PDF (Chaplin’s Best Work + Insights Summary) here ---- Art mentioned: The 48 Laws of Power , Robert Greene — Book How To Make Movies , Charlie Chaplin — Short Film #4 - Leonardo Da Vinci — ICONS Podcast The Kid , Charlie Chaplin (1921) — Film City Lights , Charlie Chaplin (1931) — Film Devil Wears Prada (2006) — Film Heat (1995) — Film #3 - Anthony Bourdain — ICONS The Idle Class (1921), Charlie Chaplin — Film Modern Times (1936), Charlie Chaplin — Film Morning Pages Journal , Julia Cameron — Book #2 - Hayao Miyazaki (Studio Ghibli) — ICONS Mad Men (2008)— TV Show ---- ICONS is now on YouTube! - Check it out ---- To learn from artists not covered in the podcast: Follow @theICONSpod on Twitter or ICONS podcast on LinkedIn.
Wed, December 27, 2023
Leonardo Da Vinci
Ideas I got from artist Leonardo Da Vinci from reading: Leonardo Da Vinci , by Walter Isaacson Mastery , by Robert Greene ---- Download the Bonus PDF (Da Vinci's Best Work + His Letter to Ludovico Sforza + Insights Summary) here ---- Art mentioned: Benjamin Franklin: An American Life , Walter Isaacson — Book Einstein , Walter Isaacson — Book Steve Jobs , Walter Isaacson— Book Elon Musk , Walter Isaacson — Book Mona Lisa , Da Vinci — Painting The Last Supper , Da Vinci — Painting Assassin's Creed 2 — Video Game Drapery Drawing from Verrocchio's Workshop Relevance Realisation , John Vervake — Cognitive Science Problem The Baptism of Christ , by Verrocchio & Da Vinci — Painting The Flying Man — Model in Rome Airport Map of Imola , Da Vinci — Map The Grotesques<
Wed, December 13, 2023
Anthony Bourdain
Ideas I got from artist Anthony Bourdain from reading: Laurie Woolever’s unique book, Bourdain in Stories . and watching Morgan Neville'documentary, Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain . ---- Download the Bonus PDF (Bourdain's Best Work + Insights Summary) here ---- Art mentioned: Parts Unknown — TV Series, 2013-2018 Anthony Bourdain’s Moveable Feast — New Yorker Profile, 2007 Don’t Eat before Reading This — New Yorker Essay, 1999 Kitchen Confidential — Non-Fiction Book, 2001 Bone In The Throat — Fiction Book, 1995 Gone Bamboo — Fiction Book, 1997 The Adventures of Tintin — Comic Series, 1929- Close Encounters of the Third Kind — Film, 1977 The Deer Hunter — Film, 1979 The Long Goodbye — Film, 1973 A Cook’s Tour — TV Series, 2002-2003 Not Economically Viable — YouTube Channel Apocalypse Now — Film, 1979 Heart of Darkness — Book, 1899 The Big Short — Film, 2015 Succession — TV Series, 2018–2023 No Reservations — TV Series, 2005-2012 Violent City — Film, 1970 Princess Mononoke — Film, 1997 ---- <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@
Wed, November 29, 2023
Hayao Miyazaki (Creator of Studio Ghibli)
Ideas I got from artist Hayao Miyazaki from reading Miyazakiworld, A Life In Art, by Susan Napier . ---- Download the bonus PDF (Hayao Miyazaki's best art + summary) here ---- Art mentioned: The Last Samurai — Film, 2003 Spirited Away — Film, 2001 My Neighbour Totoro — Film, 1988 Princess Mononoke — Film, 1997 Howl's Moving Castle — Film, 2004 Ponyo — Film, 2008 The Boy and The Heron — Film, 2023 9 Shots — Song, 50 Cent The Wind Rises — Film, 2013 Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind — Film, 1984 Laputa: Castle in the Sky — Film, 1986 The Count of Monte Cristo — Book, Alexandre Dumas The Three Musketeers — Book, Alexandre Dumas The Prisoner of Zenda — Book, Anthony Hope Gulliver's Travels — Book, Jonathan Swift The Secret Garden — Book, Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett Heidi — Book, Jeanne Willis Panda and the Magic Serpent — Film, 1958 ---- ICONS is now on YouTube! - Check it out ---- To learn from artists not covered in the podcast: Follow @theICONSpod on Twitter or ICONS podcast on LinkedIn .
Sat, November 18, 2023
50 Cent
Ideas I got from artist 50 Cent from reading: The 50th Law , by Robert Greene Hustle Harder Hustle Smarter , by Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson ---- Download the bonus PDF (50 Cent's best art) here ---- Art mentioned: Get Rich or Die Tryin' — Album, 50 Cent The Massacre — Album, 50 Cent Power of the Dollar — Album, 50 Cent Bike Lanes — Short Film, Casey Neistat Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee — TV Series, Jerry Seinfeld F*ck You — Song, 50 Cent Guess Who's Back — Mixtape, 50 Cent High All The Time — Song, 50 Cent In Da Club — Song, 50 Cent 50 Cent Is The Future — Mixtape, 50 Cent No Mercy, No Fear — Mixtape, 50 Cent God's Plan — Mixtape, 50 Cent Crenshaw — Mixtape, Nipsey Hussle Power — TV Show, G-Unit Films and Television Inc. ---- ICONS is now on YouTube! - Check it out ---- To learn from artists not covered in the podcast: Follow @theICONSpod on Twitter or ICONS podcast on LinkedIn .
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