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Reading Time: 6 minutes I had the honour of being part of a panel for the PRCA on the creativity in data run in association with The Work Crowd. Here was the synopsis of the panel discussion that the PRCA put out. Communications is frequently seen as all about ‘big ideas’. But increasingly, it’s being recognised that to develop … Read moreCreativity in data
Reading Time: 1 minute A little bit old, but this Mark Ritson advertising case study of Tide Super Bowl campaign is must watch material ‘Lowersumerism’ by Box 1824 reflects on the tension between environmentalism and consumerism Amazing collection of modern culture for the commons – Watch 3,000 Films Free Online from the National Film Board of Canada, Including Portraits … Read moreFive for Friday | 五日（星期五) | 금요일에 다섯 가지
Reading Time: 1 minute Bullet Time – Logic Magazine – Bullet comments, or 弹幕 (“danmu”), are text-based user reactions superimposed onto online videos: a visual commentary track to which anyone can contribute. When a beloved character dies in a web series, a river of grieving kaomoji (╥﹏╥)—a kind of emoticon first popularized in Japan—washes over whatever happens next Mark … Read moreICYMI | 万一你错过了| 당신이 그것을 놓친 경우에 대비해서
Reading Time: 1 minute Japan Wants to Launch Gundam Into Space for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics – I am looking forward to the next Tokyo Olympics. Not for the athletics but everything else that the Japanese organising committee wraps around it. Challenging stereotypes has become a key trend in advertising recently. Part of it is down to the movements … Read moreFive for Friday | 五日（星期五) | 금요일에 다섯 가지
Reading Time: 2 minutes Toxic masculinity P&G exec behind viral Gillette ad interview — Quartzy – I’d argue that some of this work shows poor judgement in the way its executed that damaged rather than helped Reputation Inflation | National Bureau of Economic Research – A solution to marketplace information asymmetries is to have trading partners publicly rate each … Read moreICYMI | 万一你错过了| 당신이 그것을 놓친 경우에 대비해서