The Analog Renaissance, Episode 9: Come With Me
The Professional Creative
In the final episode of 'The Analog Renaissance,' Bonnie Christine reflects on a transformative year of embracing analog experiences across her
Key takeaways
- The most meaningful innovation today isn't digital—it's deeply human and analog.
- Analog experiences build longer attention spans, deeper learning, stronger trust, and higher conversion rates.
Main topics
- The rise of the Analog Renaissance
- Documentary-style education
Notable quotes
"The biggest innovation isn't digital at all. It is beautifully, deeply human."
"Analog builds attention longer. Analog deepens learning. Analog builds trust and analog converts."
Conclusion
Bonnie Christine concludes that the future of creative education lies in human connection, tactile experiences, and authentic
Transcript preview
Speaker 1 (0:00) I started teaching online in 2013. That feels like a very long time ago. I started teaching the surface design immersion course in 2018. And since then, I've re-recorded it every two years. It's just become a ritual. But this time, I looked at my team and said, what if we didn't? make a course? What if we made something someone would want to put up on their big screen, something that entertained them, something that was beautiful to watch, not just to learn from, but to experience? What if it was a documentary style masterpiece? This is episode nine of nine, the final episode of the Analog Renaissance. Over these nine episodes, I've shared the eight different ways that we have gone all in on analog over the last 18 months and what that has meant for us and our business and what we've learned. It's been a strategic, deeply human response to the world that we're living in today. This final shift brings everything together. Analog advantage way number eight is come with me learning. Now, let me talk to you about what has inspired this. I have devoured some of Magnolia's recent series. Like, oh my goodness, For the Love of Kitchens is one. Of course, Erin Binsgain of Floret Flowers is one. They are, I mean, I watched them more than once. And I always bring Ollie. We watch them together. They're beautiful and inspiring and so good. So one of the reasons that I love them so much is that they are slow and beautiful, but they're also immersive. I realized that these aren't just instructional. They're literally invitations into their world and their way of thinking. So you don't just learn, even though I do learn watching them, but I also feel like I'm there and that I stepped into their world. So my question. is how do I make something that someone else would want to curl up and watch that teaches them everything they need to know, but also feels like a gift, feels like it's entertaining. So that has led to us coining what we call come with me learning. Come with me learning means not just a talking head in front of a teleprompter, not just voiceover slides, but documentary style cameras. coming with me, looking over my shoulder and following me through the process from concept to ideation to finish pattern into the garden, picking flowers and sketching while I talk