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Ruining Oxygene
I didn’t mean to write a post about ruining Oxygene by Jean-Michel Jarre. Instead I had hoped to write a post about the joy of having got my hands on one of Sony’s legendary D-Z555 Discman. That post will have to wait for another time. I had a 1980s vintage CD of Oxygene. Moving to…
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Volkswagen Beatle fairwell & other things this week
Volkswagen Beatle Volkswagen Beatle – after seven decades Volkswagen is finally saying goodbye to its most iconic vehicle. It seems the Beatle won’t make it into the electric future of Volkswagen. Visual Futurist – Syd Mead We lost visual futurist Syd Mead at the end of 2019. Mead was best known now as the stylist…
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Media agency interviews & things that made last week
Media agency interview with Simon Peel of Adidas There is a certain irony in a media agency that promoted just the kind of short-termist platforms for advertising, interviewing Simon Peel. Still we have the echoes of a disruption narrative ripping through advertising spend and and brand equity like a hot knife through butter. More on…
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BMW NEXTGen & things that made the week
BMW NEXTGen event included a concept car the BMW Vision M Next. What I found most interesting about this is how BMW whilst looking forward with the i8 and the M Next; is still stuck with designs resembling the Giorgetto Giugiaro designed M1(E26) of the late 1970s. Don’t get me wrong, when I was a…
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A Shadow Intelligence by Oliver Harris
I was given a galley copy of A Shadow Intelligence to read. TLDR: version of my review is that its a thoroughly modern spy thriller. The protagonist Elliot Kane is a British intelligence officer who has returned from Saudi Arabia to London. He is sent a video of himself in a room that he’s never…
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Legend of Old McLanden & things from last week
BMW’s X7 advert about the Legend of Old McLanden has been cited as a piece of feminist advertising. I won’t spoil it for you watch the clip and you’ll see why. I think that its part of something different which has been less heralded: a return to craft in advertising. We’re starting to see a…
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The buzz of an emergent community
I was chatting with a friend who was evangelic in their description of the emergent community on the AltSpace VR (virtual reality) social network They had met great friends, the kind of meaningful interactions that seldom occurs on your Facebook wall now. But was this about the power of VR? My take was that it…
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Dr Eugenia Cheng & things that made last week
Dr Eugenia Cheng Dr Eugenia Cheng talks about the key themes in her book The Art of Logic: How to Make Sense in a World that Doesn’t Outtakes from Dr Eugenia Cheng talk: Pure mathematics is a framework for agreeing on things Pure maths is a framework for how to think Make progress rather than…
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China’s post 00s generation + more
5 Facts of Chinas Post 00s Generation Consumption Habits | Jing Daily – Chinas post 00s generation are more trusting of local brands. The increased confidence and Han nationalism looks down on ‘western worship’. Chinas post 00s generation poses a big challenge for foreign brands and agencies flogging influencer programmes Teens prefer YouTube, Snapchat, Instagram…