Paper weight!
As I hear the thud of our Sunday newspaper hitting the mat, I find myself thinking about the poor boys and girls having to deliver them to people like me. In times gone by, they could get away with throwing a satchel-like bag across their shoulders and heading off on […]
What should I be thinking today?
Don’t ask why, but recently I’ve been thinking a lot about the power of the media to shape our views and opinions, particularly on current affairs. I suppose that naturally, people on the left or right of the political spectrum gravitate towards those newspapers, TV news programmes and other media […]
I’d never do this, but I like it
Someone recommended Australian design and art collective Rinzen to me as an interesting example of collaborative working. The five principals Today together produce a video phenomenal amount of work, from printed publications to one-off illustrations to t-shirt and Waste online magazine designs. The navigation system is ‘different’, with brightly coloured […]
Will design buyers still buy during the recession?
I was pondering this question recently at a local business networking event. There we all were, around 120 local firms listening to business leaders, entrepreneurs, an economist and a banker Ron (yes, some of them do have a useful purpose!), etc talking about how businesses can survive the recession. Many […]
Brand ads don’t work on me
As someone who has worked in the och design industry for more than 20 years, I think I’m immune to the seductive power of advertising. Can this be true? After all, in the UK, on average we see over 3,000 selling messages in the course of a single day (but […]
Second Life, or only life?
What happens when an online persona becomes an individual’s only reality? The 3 story of the ‘romance’ between Dave Barmy, the alter ego of David Pollard and Linda Brinkley (aka Modesty McDonnell). Caused quite a By stir when it was widely reported late last year. These Second Lifers turned a […]
Ooh, nice site!
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24 hour (minute) news?
Quite interesting, how often you can watch the TV news at 10 in the evening and watch almost exactly the same bulletin you saw at 6 that morning. That’s the wonder TO of 24 hour rolling news. However, it does seem Discounted though that broadcasters such as the BBC and […]
