Dan Ilic on The Future of New Media with Reuters, New York Times & Al Jazeera
Dan Ilic sits down with three executives from some of the world’s biggest media outlets to have a chat about the future of their business. Moeed Ahmad, Head of New Media for Al Jazeera, Chief Scientist at Reuters, Nic Fulton, and the CTO of the New York Times, Marc Frons, were all in Australia talking [...]
Think Thursday: Business Evolution & Leadership
EVENT: THINK THURSDAYS
WHERE: DENMARK HOUSE – Melbourne
GUEST SPEAKER: BEN RENNIE
WHEN: MARCH 4, 2010.
Denmark House hosts Think Thursdays each month. The social events are open for all to attend (members as well as non-members), allowing guests the opportunity to experience the unique designer interior of the Denmark House venue.
Denmark House encourages you to “open your [...]
A few facts about plastic bottles and the resistance.
Seth Godin has been talking a lot lately about the Lizard brain. The conversation in your head that tells you no, don’t do it. In a recent interview with white spaces, he made an interesting comment. When he hears the lizard in his head (the resistance), he takes that as a signal to forge ahead [...]
The Dark Lord of the Sith taking over the streets of New York. With Snoop Dogg!
Star Wars x adidas Originals New York March from hypebeast.tv on Vimeo.
We talk a lot about alternative business models, which often leads to discussions around collaboration. It can often be seen as a stale conversation around two organisations struggling to leverage their own footprint alongside either an inferior brand, bigger brand or cooler brand. Its [...]
Announcing: Sahil Merchant joins IF Melbourne’s panel of experts.
IF Melbourne has recieved confirmation that Sahil Merchant will be joining the panel of experts.
Sahil is the co-founder and Chief Magazineologist of Mag Nation, a chain of retail stores specialising in mainstream and niche magazines, stationery, design books and t-shirts. Mag Nation has built a cult following amongst the creative and urban savvy communities [...]
Newspapers that don’t matter.
I dropped in for a Sunday paper and a coffee on the way to visit the Hogarth’s this morning. Yes coffee as always from Ruby’s Kitchen. Great coffee. The newspaper on the other hand. Not so great.
I bought the paper this morning out of habit. The paper doesn’t really matter. We generally only read it [...]
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Google’s Nexus One Mini Ninja’s unboxing the new phone.
Take a moment to view this insane viral from the freakishly talented Canadian visual artist Patrick Boivin unboxing the new Nexus One. Cool kids, grab a ‘ninja phone’. Now and when you do, tell us about it, we want a review from someone ASAP.
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The Movement Project:: Crowd-sourcing Change.
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The Movement Project is a platform to fund and create social, environmental, responsible and innovative projects to help create a better planet. They believe in sharing and humanity and whilst crowd sourcing is not new, it is still gaining momentum as an innovative way to fund projects, market brands or launch a flash mob.
The Movement [...]
Vitamin Water’s Facebook Connect.
Vitamin Water’s latest flavour, launching in March this year, was developed and named by the brand’s Facebook fans. The black cherry and lime flavoured drink will be called ‘Connect’ and one Facebook fan, Sarah from Illinois, won $5,000 for her role in developing this new product.
The competition was interesting and unique in that it used [...]
3 Minutes with: Adam Ferrier from Naked Communications
Adam, thanks for taking the time, give us a quick background on Adam Ferrier and Naked Comms:
Lets start with your generation:
I’m proudly Generation X, I say proud as growing up we never thought our generation would get a name like ‘The Baby Boomers’– there was nothing holding our generation together. Then Douglas Coupland wrote [...]
Write Financial Reviews next Ad.
The Australian Financial Review recently used a competition to crowdsource ad copy from readers. Dubbed Write Our Next Ad, the brief was for a short, sharp, clever ad that would resonate with the audience and promote the benefits of regular readership, while reflecting the brand’s focus on leadership, strength and inspiration.
Over 13,000 entries were submitted. Visitors’ [...]
The Worst Piece of Branded Music Ever?
From the Three Billion Project web site, we give you this: (Note: Hury Back ThreeBillion)
I really want this clip to be a joke.
I really can’t believe that an artist with respectable credentials would have agreed to do it.
I really can’t believe that Garnier thinks that this is the way to talk to young people.
Was the brand [...]
The Cool List 3 :: Republic of Everyone
Welcome to the Cool List: #3
Company: Republic of Everyone.
Years Alive: Not sure but who cares, its cool.
Goal: Improve sustainability & create social change.
Web: www.republicofeveryone.com
Email: hello@republicofeveryone.com
Skype: hellorepublic
We’ve written about various ventures that connect social enterprise, eco brands and companies with agencies to create social change and green [...]
Palladium Presents: OIL of LA.
Following a successful relaunch, Palladium – maker of the iconic Pampa boot – have introduced its new Winter 2009 collection, featuring premium grade leather and rich low nap suede, along with a new image campaign with photography by Peter Sutherland.
In addition to new Winter product, Palladium released Oil of LA, part 4 of an ongoing short [...]
Nike Release M6 with Cinematic Narrative.
Nike/ Jordan release the M6 line accompanied by the launch of an interactive site full of behind-the-scenes storytelling content as told by the shoe’s designers. We often try to say too much about a product, either in text or in video or through interactivity. In this case a few words and a few great images say it [...]
When Campaigns Go to the Crowds
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — The trend of marketers relying on the wisdom of crowds to create marketing campaigns is escalating as PepsiCo turns over the choice of agencies for three product launches to the masses, ramping up the potential threat to ad shops bypassed or relegated to a supporting role in implementing the resulting efforts.
In [...]
INVENTORY: Launches This Month
INVENTORY will debut this month with their Volume 01 Number 01 issue. The magazine’s inaugural publication will look to a list of talents and creatives including Nigel Cabourn, Yuketen, Engineered Garments, Mister Freedom and Willo Perron among others. The magazine will be available for a suggested retail price of $20 USD with a list of [...]
Explorations
We came across this campiagn by Palladium boots called Exlorations. The brand comes to life through a series of short films uncovering secret locations throughout the u.s. The films are short and intriguing and worth a visit. We enjoyed the Ruins of New York. Visiting Riverside Park in Manhattan. Built in the 1930s with the [...]
Google turns 11
The ammendment to the google logo represented the brands 11th birthday for those curious minds who emailed asking why.
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The ABC’s of the Future.
To celebrate its 100 year anniversary, London’s Selfridges department store jumped a century into the future, to the year 2109. Windows are wrapped with the entire alphabet, each of the twenty six letters have a futuristic product on display including zero gravity paint and an infinity bin. Wieden + Kennedy also opened up the idea [...]