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Nokia 8850

Published: (Updated: ) in consumer behaviour | 消費者行為 | 소비자 행동, design | 設計 | 예술과 디자인 | デザイン, gadget | 小工具 | 가제트 | ガジェット, wireless | 無線 |무선 네트워크 | 無線 by .

I am reasonably tech savvy, but I am using a Nokia 8850; let me explain. I have been on email for ten years and used a mobile phone number for a decade and a half. However I have found myself sliding my mobile technology back in time. Last year I had a 3 mobile phone, […]

Running Money by Andy Kessler

Published: (Updated: ) in business | 商業 | 상업 | ビジネス, design | 設計 | 예술과 디자인 | デザイン, economics | 經濟學 | 경제학 | 経済, finance | 은행업, ideas | 想法 | 생각 | 考える, oprah time | 書評 | 서평 : 文芸批評, technology | 技術 | 기술 | テクノロジー by .

Andy Kessler’s Running Money, Hedge Fund Honchos, Monster Markets And My Hunt For The Big Score is a well written set of memoirs from a technology fund manager. Together with his partner-in-crime Fred Kittler, Kessler managed to survive the highs and lows of the technology industry in the late 1990’s, he tells the story in […]

The Hacienda must be built

Published: (Updated: ) in culture | 文明 | 미디어와 예술 | 人文, design | 設計 | 예술과 디자인 | デザイン, ideas | 想法 | 생각 | 考える, media | 媒體 | 미디어 | メディア by .

The Hacienda (or Fac51) was one of the most famous and influential clubs of all time, together with London nights like Shoom, Spectrum and Solaris it catapulted house music (at the time, the sound of black and gay Chicago into worldwide exposure). The Hac influenced and was influenced by the Ibizan scene. Even prior to […]

Five star living

Published: (Updated: ) in branding | 品牌推廣 | 브랜드 마케팅 | ブランディング, consumer behaviour | 消費者行為 | 소비자 행동, design | 設計 | 예술과 디자인 | デザイン, finance | 은행업, jargon watch | 術語定義 | 용어의 정의 | 用語の定義, luxury | 奢華 | 사치 | 贅沢, online | 線上 | 온라인으로 | オンライン by .

Trendwatching is back with a pattern that they call five star living, where property developers and high-end resort or hotels sell a home away from home to the super dumb but loaded. They put a whole pile of luxury living brand experience about it, but what they are seeing is the window dressing not the […]

Spray can revolution

Published: (Updated: ) in culture | 文明 | 미디어와 예술 | 人文, design | 設計 | 예술과 디자인 | デザイン, ideas | 想法 | 생각 | 考える by .

If you live in London or have been to Shoreditch you’ve probably came across the spray can stencilled graffiti art of Banksy. Talent, anger, political statement and a black sense of humour via Andy Warhol to create provocative stencil art. In the interest of spreading spray can derived revoluton here is Banksy’s guide to creating […]