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Goodbye, friend

We’ve been together for almost 7 years which means you are now 140 years old (It is a common belief that 1 human year is equal to 20 handset years). And in all these years we spent together, you never once disappointed me. You were always there - basic, solid, bold, rough, resilient and, extremely [...]

Girls Power

Emotional typography. The combination of music and written words to create a compelling story.
This lovely typo-video is part of a new campaign to empower adolescent girls in the developing world, “Because when adolescent girls in the developing world have a chance, they can be the most powerful force of change for themselves, their families, [...]

Support Cookie & Paul

On the 1st May Cookie (The man, the tach, the painfully talented illustrator) & his mate Paul plan to take their first step from dusty northern Mexico, over the border into the United States, they’ll keep on marching until they finally walk across the border 3,000 miles further north into Canada.
To make it a [...]

You are what you share - kudos to C4

I’ve heard it first couple of weeks ago in a talk with Charles Leadbetter for the launch of his new book. And it’s one of this things that resonate so powerfully with what we experience in the sphere that it immediately been adopted as the mantra of the day.

Last week Channel 4 proved to [...]

Prada Short

I’m working on a challenging pitch at the moment and so been looking at what interesting luxury brands are doing online. I just found this whimsical and enigmatic video for Prada, done by James Jean. Interestingness

if you come across something worth looking at please leave the link at the comments.
Cheers.
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In Praise of…Kazuo Ishiguro

I just finished reading A Pale View of Hills and with that all (6) of Kazuo Ishiguro’s books (no, I didn’t read them all at once…). I just really admire this brilliant storyteller, one of my favourite authors of all times. His books, arresting journeys into people’s minds and hearts are of the highest quality [...]

I’m moving to Port Phillip Bay

Let’s assume you wanted to foster a sustainable and vibrant community over time, and you wanted to be publicly accountable to that goal along the way. What would you do? The city of Port Phillip, Victoria, Australia, came up with 13 indicators of what they believed to be a sustainable community - not merely in [...]

Arguably the best TV ever

If I had to choose a single TV show to watch until the rest of my life it will no doubt be South Park. I tried to explain to myself how is it possible that while I’m no big fan of TV in general, I can spend the rest of my life watching SP and [...]

In praise of….The Memory Project

"Education is much more than imparting the knowledge and skills by which narrow goals are achieved. It is also about opening the child’s eyes to the needs and rights of others". (The Dalai Lama)
While in the USA, I learnt (via CBS News) about this amazing project from an amazing guy called Ben Schumaker. A [...]

Probably the best brand ever.

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