ICONS
Justin Campbell-Platt
Recent Episodes
What creative insights I learned from Bruce Lee by reading: Bruce Lee, A Life, by Matthew Polly.
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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
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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.
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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
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To learn from artists not covered in the podcast: Follow @theICONSpod on Twitter or ICONS podcast on LinkedIn.
What creative insights I learned from Christopher Nolan by reading: The Nolan Variations: The Movies, Mysteries, and Marvels of Christopher Nolan, by Tom Shone.
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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
- The Runaway Species: How Human Creativity Remakes The World — Book
- Las Meninas, Piccaso — Paintings
- Why So Serious? (The Joker Theme), Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard — Music
- #5 - Charlie Chaplin — ICONS Podcast Episode
- Samson and Delilah, Rubens — Painting
- Following — Film
- Pulp Fiction — Film
- Reservoir Dogs — Film
- Citizen Kane — Film
- Tenet — Film
- The Italian Job — Film
- Ocean’s Eleven — Film
- A Fistful of Dollars — Film
- Oppenheimer — Film
- American Prometheus — Book
- Clear Thinking, Shane Parrish — Book
- Searching for Bobby Fischer — Film
- Hard Eight — Film
- Bottle Rocket — Film
- The Prestige — Film
- Casino Royale — Film
- How To Do Great Work, Paul Graham — Essay
- Westworld, HBO — TV Show
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ICONS is now on YouTube! - Check it out
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To learn from artists not covered in the podcast: Follow @theICONSpod on Twitter or ICONS podcast on LinkedIn.
What creative insights I learned from Gabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel by reading:
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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
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ICONS is now on YouTube! - Check it out
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To learn from artists not covered in the podcast: Follow @theICONSpod on Twitter or ICONS podcast on LinkedIn.
What creative insights I learned from Charlie Chaplin by reading his autobiography.
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Download the Bonus PDF (Chaplin’s Best Work + Insights Summary) here
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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
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ICONS is now on YouTube! - Check it out
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To learn from artists not covered in the podcast: Follow @theICONSpod on Twitter or ICONS podcast on LinkedIn.