#Interaction: is digital better than human?

On Thursday, myself and Tom Cornfoot tweeted our way on to the guest list for Moving Brand‘s 13th birthday party. Following Tuesday’s D&AD talk, more brain food was warmly welcomed and we went along to their Shoreditch studios to find out more about the work they do and the ideas they discuss. The panel discussionContinue reading “#Interaction: is digital better than human?”

Creativity can change the world, but what exactly?

‘Use Your Creativity to Change the World’ claimed the D&AD Sharp’ner debate yesterday. I made it down to The Hospital Club to find out more about what five of the leading minds in UK’s creative industry had to say on the subject of ‘creativity’ and ‘change’ and here’s how it went down: Simon Manchipp started byContinue reading “Creativity can change the world, but what exactly?”

Where are you now?

A couple of weeks ago I went along to another CIPR Social Summer session in Russell Square. This time it was Drew Benvie, MD of Hotwire PR, talking about location-based social networks for PR – Facebook Places and Foursquare to the man on the street. Since the talk, Facebook announced that it’s killing Facebook Places but nonetheless, here’s a short write upContinue reading “Where are you now?”

Making a new classic

I’m currently reading Wally Olin’s ‘On Brand’ book (kindly leant to me by Tom Cornfoot – you’ll get it back soon Tom, promise) and as a car and brand geek I have thoroughly enjoyed the chapter on the origins of Volkswagen. Olin explains that over time, the Beetle went from a utilitarian vehicle to a veryContinue reading “Making a new classic”