There's a Massive Creative Renaissance brewing, emitting from a country a lot of people would not expect & it's on a direct course to catch the whole world by surprise.

Right smack in the middle of midtown east, a couple blocks away from the The Museum of Modern Art & snugly nestled on the corner of Park & 53rd, is the Seagram Building. Mies first tall office building, a 38-story wonder made of Steel, Glass and Raw American Muscle. One that shocked the city when it was unveiled & landed him on the cover of Life magazine shortly after.

Sunrises from a small window by Japanese Graphic Designer Sho Shibuya is one of those creative projects that oozes uncanny McLuhanisms. For those of you who haven't seen these beautiful ethereal paintings before, or those who did and don't know the backstory, here it is.

We are writers, designers, thinkers & directors. We doodle, sketch and draw. We are architects, painters, musicians & artists. We come up with ideas, starting from a form that's shapeless & raw. We are juniors with a hunger to prove ourselves to the world, we work hard to make ends meet. We are veterans of the industry, masters of our craft, mentors & leaders, a spacious C-Suite.

Another year of ups & downs, but when it comes to creative output, originality, innovation and ingenuity was to be found everywhere. Here's a brief selection of some of the creative & design projects I came across that inspired me with a few reflections peppered on top.

Never underestimate the impact you're capable of. Often times it may seem that the efforts we exert from a day to day basis are fruitless and have no effect. But, this world works in mysterious ways. New Orleans, July, the year is 1991 and artist Michael Deas is exhausted. Months prior, Michael was contacted by The Mednick Group -a Los-Angeles based design firm- who was working on behalf of Columbia Pictures to revamp their iconic 'Torch lady'.

The visionary ad was conceived during a time when civil rights movements were emerging in response to the ongoing discrimination & racial turmoil that was still prevalent. It was created in one of the early truly multi-cultural & diverse cities. An ad campaign that not only displayed pride in being Jewish, but also celebrated other cultures & peoples as well. It’s simple, powerful, diverse, empowering, smart, creative & Jewish, very Jewish.