December 2009
8 posts
Evolution of the Hipster →
It’s possible I may be stuck behind trend in 2008. This whole featue made me cry with delight.
Well crafted advice and the art of listening →
This is a great example of rejigging and old formula - just by rearranging the parts the expected approach seems much more powerful.
Also check out this related comment on the power of listening
“The V+A waterfront is morphing into a giant soccer ball. Like branded guana...”
– Matt Riley
One in 8 Million - New York Characters in Sound... →
Found this thanks to Mari (@ Idea Bounty). Really interesting and it led me to a few more excellent links like these:
http://www.thenewenglish.co.uk/products.html
http://melissadixson.typepad.com/
Peparami.Crowdsourcing.Idea Bounty →
Idea Bounty (a project that I co-developed) is really going well. There has been lots of comment in major industry press but I found this recent review a good balance of opinions and forecasts.
Key for me is to extract the valuable insight that comes from so many creatives contributing to your brief. This is where ‘crowdsourcing agencies’ can really add value over and above...
Facebook and Ikea and Photos of furniture →
This is simply (as in simple) brilliant. I’ve been toying with an idea of using tagging on Facebook for ages and these bastards have done it already! I snoozed and loozed.
5 things that made sense
So I was catching up on old feeds today and my favourite agency blog, ‘Welcome to Optimism’, featured these clever fellows.
The guys at Williams Murray Hamm do some brilliant work and I often admired it while living in London (not knowing it was them who made such clever pictures). I think retail is always regarded as ‘unsexy’ for agency folks, but I get rather excited as...
