Medal metal

I've decided on a, yes, timely post regarding the 2010 Olympics.  I enjoyed watching the medal ceremony last night for the men's moguls competition because I just love the story of silver-medal winner Dale Begg-Smith.  He was shunned and pushed away for being successful and he just threw up the finger and came back to the Olympics with another country showing that he's an amazing athlete and first-class businessman.  A big tongue out to all those who didn't believe...

From the medal ceremony last night I was reminded of a recent article I read in Metropolis and so I wanted to share it with everyone.  It is all about the design process and final design of this year's medals, which looked stunning last night when they were draped on the winners.  I think it's most fascinating that the original design included a self-enclosed pendant for the winner to remove from the actual medal and wear as jewelry.  Bummer the money ran out for that one—it was a novel idea.  Here's my idea: maybe Academy Award winners should receive a little gold stomach-shaped pendant inside of the statuette, so they could remove the jewelry and wear it anytime to show off the guts it takes to get the award-winning glory....

Check out the Metropolis article here.

It all really does come down to color—now there's proof of my madness

For any of you who have followed my flog for some time, you know I just might be obsessed with the concept of color.  It pervades every single aspect of our lives, like very little else does.  I just couldn't be happier to share with you that I just might be correct about this one.  There is some evidence and proof out there now.

Granted, this was reported in an article in USA Today.  As much as it pains me to cite USA Today as a source, I will (I shiver).  They have a wonderful article about color testing CEOs for personality traits and qualities: "Favorite colors test shows CEOs are different; take the test".  I took the test myself and am happy to share it with you.  I feel like the CEOs quoted in the article, because this test is more spot-on than I'd like to admit.  Nevertheless, I will share it with all of you, so you can see for yourself. (Click here to read my report.)  Perhaps after this you'll know me a bit better than you did before.

I would really love it if my flog readers would take this test and send me the results at amy@aha4creative.com.  Also, tell me if you think they are accurate.  I think this is an amazing test and it requires no specific knowledge of any industry or subject.  Anyone can take a color test, and I just can't believe how much it really does say about our personalities and how we view the world.  It is from this that everything is framed in our own environments.  So please take the test here and let me know what you think of the results!