HumblePied.com – Hey Creatives, Get Your Slice of Humble Pie here!

Monday, February 14th, 2011, posted in Interviews, Resources with No Comments

Oh Sweet Key Lime Pie! We found a website that serves golden slices of advice straight from a selection of inspirational creatives. All you need is a glass of milk and a pair of listening ears (and curious mind) in order to be inspired. Whether you are a student or a seasoned creative, you should take a look at this website Humble Pied. Its where we can find one inspiring creative sharing one piece of advice, all over video chat. Per website blurb, this humble project originally started as a crowd-sourced AIGA student presentation, with friends and peers alike offering their words of wisdom within the creative industry. This site was created to house all of the great bits of advice, and to stimulate dialogues along the way. All chat sessions were held with iChat video and recorded with ScreenFlow. Each interview was cleaned up and edited with Adobe Photoshop and Adobe After Effects. This awesome undertaking can be credited to Mig Reyes, the cool dude who’s interviewing everybody and running the show, a designer at Threadless, hailed from Chicago. He did a great job and we have to find out how and why.

Why Humble Pied?

In Mig’s own words from another interview: “…Humble Pied wasn’t so much a kitschy name as it is an actual reference to a slang term for humility. As young designers, it’s easy to caught up in our early successes and build an ego. To eat the humble pie is to be taught humility, something I think every growing designer needs to practice more. With Humble Pied, I wanted to curate and archive bits of honest advice that will ultimately help inspire and nurture fledgling creative types.”

How long have you been running Humble Pied?

Since late late 2009 is when I started it. You can read a bit about it on the About page, and even take a peek at the design of the website before it was called Humble Pied.

How do you choose your interviewees? Do you approach them personally or they came to you wanting to be interviewed?

I started the project with my former bosses and close friends. It was easiest, I didn’t have to cold call (or cold email.) As the project grew, and as I met more people, I reached out to them. It snowballed from there. I’m lucky to be in a position where so many giving people want to contribute their thoughts, now!

What are your criteria of whom to interview?

I started with designers, artists and writers. I would love to have more writers, and definitely more entrepreneurial types. Anyone who makes things, does things and is willing to share their thoughts, I’m game.

If you were to interview yourself, what advice would you give to other creatives?

Run with your idea, no matter how silly it is. Humble Pied was just a quick thought on archiving videos of my friends sharing advice for a few students. People resonate with real projects done, something tangible. So get your ideas out of your head, otherwise they’ll only ever be just ideas.

What are your future plans for Humble Pied?

I’ve got some people to schedule, some people to invite, some site tweaks to make. http://twitpic.com/3kle2p/full And I haven’t told anyone, but I’m looking to syndicate to iTunes so people can subscribe. Much more to come!

Very exciting Mig! Keep up the awesome work and we look forward to all the great things to come from you. So get pied and listen to what other creatives have to say! Here are some of our favorite video-advices from Humbled Pied’s archive: (We are thrilled to find a lot of recognizable names from the creative community!) “Ignore your job title.” —Alissa Walker “Follow the momentum.” —Jason Santa Maria “Become a problem finder, a problem explorer.” —Cameron Moll “Celebrate your lack of plan.” —Liz Dancizo “The work you do while you procrastinate is probably the work you should be doing for the rest of your life. —Jessica Hische “Don’t take things personally, and have a sense of humor!” —Katherine Walker “Rip something off.” —Jim coudal “Train your weaknesses, race your strengths.” —Frank Chimero “Learn the culture of a potential employer you admire. Be persistent, and do you homework.” —Justin Ahrens “Great designers are never content, struggling with a design is okay.” —Nick Campbell

Visit: HumbledPied.com Twitter: twitter.com/humblepied