For our 41st Creative Mornings in Chicago, we invited the brilliant Ian Schneller of Specimen Products to share some important insights towards our Robot series. Not only did he transport the crowd to another dimension he reminded us that nothing can beat human artistry. As the man behind Specimen Products and the Chicago School of Guitar Making stated so eloquently, “If you care it’s easy, if you don’t care it’s a job.” We’re elated to share with you some of the magical moments captured from last week’s talk hosted at Braintree.

“I am sure there are aspects in which I am robotic…but I do feel love.” -@SpecimenProduct, a delightful, brilliant NoBot. #cmtakeaways

— julie schumacher (@wellturnedwords) May 22, 2015

Team #CHI’s @francineee shares #CMTakeaways from @Chicago_CM #CreativeMornings w/ Ian Schneller of @SpecimenProduct: http://t.co/LgSzDMHxPD

— PBJS (@PBJS) May 27, 2015

“Nothing in the world of fabrication happens by accident.” Ian Schneller at @Chicago_CM #CMTakeaways

— m B s (@moderndeities) May 22, 2015

#CMTakeaways “when you face a creative challenge put pencil to paper”. Awesome talk this morning 👏 @Chicago_CM

— Daniel Escamilla (@daniel_at_play) May 22, 2015

My #cmtakeaways Sensory technology vs. intuition. @SpecimenProduct pic.twitter.com/O1wsHHcppw

— Nathalie Williams (@knatknits) May 22, 2015

You gotta look for the stuff if you care about it or it won’t manifest #cmtakeaways #creativemornings

A photo posted by Eddy Mumbles Design Co. (@eddymumbles) on May 22, 2015 at 2:43pm PDT

‘Robotics is manifestation of data versus interpretation of data.’ Ian Schneller of @SpecimenProduct @chicago_cm #CMTakeaways

A photo posted by Sue Kwong (@sue_kwong) on May 26, 2015 at 8:24pm PDT

Creative mornings lecture by Ian Schneller of @specimenproducts #cmtakeaways

A photo posted by Ketija Ratniece (@ratandniece) on May 22, 2015 at 9:09am PDT

“If you care, it’s easy. If you don’t care, it’s a job.” - Ian Schneller of @SpecimenProducts #CMTakeaways

A photo posted by Chicago CreativeMornings (@chicago_cm) on May 22, 2015 at 1:10pm PDT

Save the date for our next talk on Friday, June 26. We’ll be diving in to the worldview of Kevin Lynch at the Gene Siskel Film Center as he sheds some light towards our Revolution series. Registration opens on Monday, June 22 at 11am CDT. Don’t miss out! And as always, a special thanks to everyone that shared their #CMTakeaways from this month’s talk. Keep em’ coming!

Make it a powerful month!

@elijaa_