We think you should visit :: The LXD on Facebook
Yesterday we featured the TED appearance by The LXD and it had us so captivated that we thought we would bring you more.
John Chu is calling the Legion Of Extraordinary Dancers (or LXD) “the next evolution of dance” and he’ll be featuring them in an epic online series that will combine a scripted story and [...]
The Legion of Extraordinary Dancers | by TED
Lets transcend into a place, less about business, and more about evolution or more to the point, the evolution of dance. The LXD (the Legion of Extraordinary Dancers) electrify the TED2010 stage with an emerging global street-dance culture, revved up by the Internet. In a preview of Jon Chu’s upcoming Web series, this astonishing troupe [...]
We each hope to have over 4,000 weeks in our lives. We’ve decided to give one of ours to STREAT – Join us.
We each hope to have over 4,000 weeks in our lives. We’ve decided to give one of ours to STREAT – Ben Rennie & Adam Webb
Every night more than 100,000 people are homeless on Australian streets. That’s more people than the MCG seats. Of these nearly 18,000 are teenagers between 12 and 18. 58% are unemployed [...]
Squares, Triangles and the Art of Perspective with Aaskash Nihalani
The US-American street artist Aakash Nihalani is one of the best-known representatives of the new street-art trend, who works with the medium of tape in public places around New York.
Aakash explains:
My work is created in a reaction to what we readily encounter in our lives, sidewalks and doorways, building and bricks. I’m just connecting the dots differently [...]
White Space TV: Talks with David Gillespie on Twitter and the future of the world as we know it.
uncluttered white spaces caught up with David Gillespie in January 2010 and brought the video camera along for the ride. In an hour long discussion (this interview only goes for 5 minutes for those of you who just sighed), we covered topics as in depth as the link between caveman hand paintings and facebook, twitter and [...]
Jamie Oliver’s TED Prize wish:: Teach every child about food
Have you ever been so moved by a speech that it change the very foundations of your life? I have. The majority of the speeches that moved me to create changes in my life were delivered by TED.
Last week, they did it again. After awarding Jamie Oliver with the TED Prize for 2009, in his [...]
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 [...]
Sounds:: A Community Service Announcement
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Jonathan Boulet is the newest player in the Modular clubhouse, a precociously inspired 21 year old skate rat from Sydney's Northwest.
A Community Service Announcement is the righteously smashing single from the Jonathan Boulet album, already a repeat performer at alternative and community radio. An inspired call to arms for 21st century dreamers, A Community Service [...]
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 [...]
Seth Godin talking Linchpin with uncluttered white spaces
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Yesterday morning we had the absolute privilege of speaking with Seth Godin in regards to the release of his new book LINCHPIN.
For those of you who are Seth Godin fans, you will enjoy this discussion, for those of you who are not familiar (the very few left), you will be converted.
It was nice having over [...]
We think you should visit:: Fear.less
fear.less is a free online magazine that empowers people through unique stories of overcoming fear. From entrepreneurs, business leaders, artists and scientists to survivors of extreme experiences, these stories demonstrate the hidden potential we have to confront our fears and come out victorious.
Co-founded by Ishita Gupta and Clay Hebert, fear.less is their answer to an [...]
JK Rowling: The fringe benefits of failure
J.K. Rowling Speaks at Harvard Commencement from Harvard Magazine on Vimeo.
TED has pointed us towards JK Rowlands 2008, Harvard University commencement speech, “Harry Potter” author JK Rowling offers some powerful, heartening advice to dreamers and overachievers, including one hard-won lesson that she deems “worth more than any qualification I ever earned.”
Please, grab a cup of [...]
Introducing: Melanie Mueller to uncluttered white spaces
uncluttered white spaces would like to introduce our latest member. Communication and Media student Melanie Mueller from Germany has joined our team as our Trends Analyst.
We read with interest in an annual student survey that said that only 20% of 2009 college grads have a job. Pretty amazing. So our new intern, to ensure she [...]
white spaces TV :: Discusses Digital Strangelove with David Gillespie.
uncluttered white spaces launches our TV channel white spaces TV in conjunction with Theme Media and Blip.TV.
As an extension of our online voice. We are taking the discussions on business, marketing, strategy, design and people a step further with online TV providing remarkable thought leaders and innovators with a platform to share there idea’s.
In the coming months, we [...]
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 [...]
3 minutes with Dan Ilic on Dan Ilic & Hungry Beast.
1130 Applications.
60 Interviews.
19 successful applicants.
4 weeks intensive training.
1 Instruction: Tell us something we don’t know.
Love it or hate it, this is the approach taken by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (Australia’s publicly funded TV & radio broadcaster) to pull together a team of young Australians to produce a half hour of TV every week – [...]
3 minutes with Rebecca Scott from STREAT
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Since meeting Rebecca Scott from STREAT, I have had a different perspective on life. We originally met for a coffee with Rebecca in July for a casual discussion in relation to STREATand the new venture we are embarking on together (one week for STREAT). It was quite a meeting. I have since ridden my bike to the city [...]
Three Questions for Five Riders.
With the Burton Snowboard team in NYC to help promote the brand’s new HD snowboarding flick “ The B Movie.” Cool Hunting had the chance to catch up with some of Burton’s best boarders when they passed through (Download it from iTunes or get a copy from Burton or Amazon.) They asked them all the same three questions and naturally they [...]
3 minutes on Barney Waters from Palladium.
We were so inspired by the re-launch of the Palladium brand, we wanted to know more about the man behind the campaign. Read on.
Barney hails from the suburbs of London, England and has been in marketing for twenty years. Barney’s first job was in the software business at Lotus Development, which took him through the [...]
3 minutes on Jennifer Beorkrem.
So we took 3 minutes to probe Jennifer for a brief insight into how Ork Posters started. Here is what we found out:
Name: Jennifer Beorkrem – founder Ork Posters
Jennifer Beorkrem is a Chicago-based graphic designer and creator of the city neighborhood poster series released for retail under the moniker Ork Posters. Before [...]
Profile: Genevieve Er from “This is Genevieve”.
uncluttered white spaces took a breather from writing on strategy and product to spend a moment learning more about Genevieve Er. One of Australia’s leading designers. Here is what we found.
Name: Genevieve Er
My Brand: This is Genevieve
My Generation: XYZ
Here is a brief profile on Genevieve: Named “the one to watch” by the SundayTelegraph in 2008, designer Genevieve [...]