I'll be taking a seasonal break but will be back in the New Year re-invigorated and re-energised with some exciting stuff for you.
In the meantime I leave you with a gift.
Get home safe.
Friday 24 December 2010
May your Christmas be merry
......and your New Year even better.
I'll be taking a seasonal break but will be back in the New Year re-invigorated and re-energised with some exciting stuff for you.
In the meantime I leave you with a gift.
Get home safe.
I'll be taking a seasonal break but will be back in the New Year re-invigorated and re-energised with some exciting stuff for you.
In the meantime I leave you with a gift.
Get home safe.
Monday 20 December 2010
Rock on
With a name like Mick Rock, you can't really fail in life. Mick Rock the revered photographer is testament to that.
He's been there done it and wore the same t-shirt for three days straight partying with Bowie, Iggy Pop and Andy Warhol.
He's been called the Man who shot the 70s and has master crafted artistic shots in his portfolio as well as raw images which capture the subjects true essence. Ancient tribes and some religious groups hated photography, they felt it captured a part of your soul. Perhaps they were right.
At the Idea Generation gallery in Shoreditch on Chance street (you're in for a treat if you haven't been to the area before it oozes boho creativity) you can see a smorgasbord of his work as well as buy his book with unpublished images from rock lore.
Check it out.
He's been there done it and wore the same t-shirt for three days straight partying with Bowie, Iggy Pop and Andy Warhol.
He's been called the Man who shot the 70s and has master crafted artistic shots in his portfolio as well as raw images which capture the subjects true essence. Ancient tribes and some religious groups hated photography, they felt it captured a part of your soul. Perhaps they were right.
At the Idea Generation gallery in Shoreditch on Chance street (you're in for a treat if you haven't been to the area before it oozes boho creativity) you can see a smorgasbord of his work as well as buy his book with unpublished images from rock lore.
Check it out.
Sunday 19 December 2010
To Infinity and beyond
In the description of the blog I mention technology and it's something I haven't really discussed.
Technology for technology's sake isn't that interesting. What's engrossing and exciting is the impact it can potentially have on our lives.
I recently started playing Infinity Blade and I'm hooked. It's the first hand held game that really delivers on the iPhone promise.
The world you inhabit as a mythical warrior is as immersing and as graphically beautiful as anything you'll see on the Xbox or PlayStation 3, for a touchscreen game it's incredibly playable and certainly helps while away the minutes on a crowded tube journey.
The other thing making a big splash on the iPhone is Word Lens. See a foreign language sign, point at it with Word Lens and it will translate it. The YouTube Video displaying the technology has already received 1.4million hits and is all over Twitter.
Currently it's only available in a few languages but what's important is that it's definitely the start of something.
You wouldn't have imagined the technology on a phone as little as five years ago. I'll leave you with a quote which may come to typify our future.
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic'
Technology for technology's sake isn't that interesting. What's engrossing and exciting is the impact it can potentially have on our lives.
I recently started playing Infinity Blade and I'm hooked. It's the first hand held game that really delivers on the iPhone promise.
The world you inhabit as a mythical warrior is as immersing and as graphically beautiful as anything you'll see on the Xbox or PlayStation 3, for a touchscreen game it's incredibly playable and certainly helps while away the minutes on a crowded tube journey.
The other thing making a big splash on the iPhone is Word Lens. See a foreign language sign, point at it with Word Lens and it will translate it. The YouTube Video displaying the technology has already received 1.4million hits and is all over Twitter.
Currently it's only available in a few languages but what's important is that it's definitely the start of something.
You wouldn't have imagined the technology on a phone as little as five years ago. I'll leave you with a quote which may come to typify our future.
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic'
Wednesday 8 December 2010
Free Speech
I'm quite enraptured by this Wikileaks business we're obviously all reading about.
The implications this case has for the wider world are humongous. It's quite obvious that the World's Governments aren't exactly the nice guys they make themselves out to be.
What do you believe? Sometimes is sacrifice necessary for the greater good.
When I first read about Wikileaks founder Julian Assange being arrested I thought what a hypocrite. Delving further into the story it's obvious that all is not quite right.
Some might say he brought all this on himself and he's a fool, how long did he think he could get away with exposing the worlds secrets. Others might give him the moniker of a brave modern day freedom fighter giving the public the information they deserve. Never the less it seems he's getting a raw deal at the moment.
To make a stand perhaps we could take a leaf out of the NSPCC's book and all change our Facebook/Twitter/blog/obscure social networking site picture to the below. Then the worlds Government's will know that we're watching them just as closely as their watching Julian.
The implications this case has for the wider world are humongous. It's quite obvious that the World's Governments aren't exactly the nice guys they make themselves out to be.
What do you believe? Sometimes is sacrifice necessary for the greater good.
When I first read about Wikileaks founder Julian Assange being arrested I thought what a hypocrite. Delving further into the story it's obvious that all is not quite right.
Some might say he brought all this on himself and he's a fool, how long did he think he could get away with exposing the worlds secrets. Others might give him the moniker of a brave modern day freedom fighter giving the public the information they deserve. Never the less it seems he's getting a raw deal at the moment.
To make a stand perhaps we could take a leaf out of the NSPCC's book and all change our Facebook/Twitter/blog/obscure social networking site picture to the below. Then the worlds Government's will know that we're watching them just as closely as their watching Julian.
Monday 6 December 2010
Awe-tastic
Sometimes it's hard to feel inspired.
and them Bammm. You see something and feel the need to create.
I saw these shots and was beyond mesmerised.
One of the best photography competitions I've seen in along time.
Check em out.
and them Bammm. You see something and feel the need to create.
I saw these shots and was beyond mesmerised.
One of the best photography competitions I've seen in along time.
Check em out.
The future
People often talk about what the agency of the future looks like, It's interesting to pontificate but who really knows.
Will the big traditional agencies rule the roost. Could we see a return to the full service model or will agencies work in a significantly more collaborative manner with clients who have their own designers and creative directors.
One interesting view is of the agency without a creative department. Steve Henry one of the founders of the era defining HHCL talks about this alot on his blog and he's a creative!
Maybe we'll see small consultancies with incredibly talented strategists who don't just want to make ideas appear online or on telly because that's where their skillset is who outsource the actual production and are attached to a network of creative people who they draw upon depending on the task.
The Guided Collective are just that kind of agency. They send lots of multi talented creatives a brief, they shortlist the best ones and then make them happen.
They get the BIG idea with none of the costs and can pass those savings on to clients making for a happy Marketing Director.
Their recent campaign for Ted Baker was a little gimmicky but quite exciting. They tasked fashion bloggers with styling a shoot via twitter & a live video stream in a real fashion-off. It works on multiple levels: it's a nice piece of blogger outreach, use of social media and suits a cheeky brand like Ted Baker to a T.
Check it out
Will the big traditional agencies rule the roost. Could we see a return to the full service model or will agencies work in a significantly more collaborative manner with clients who have their own designers and creative directors.
One interesting view is of the agency without a creative department. Steve Henry one of the founders of the era defining HHCL talks about this alot on his blog and he's a creative!
Maybe we'll see small consultancies with incredibly talented strategists who don't just want to make ideas appear online or on telly because that's where their skillset is who outsource the actual production and are attached to a network of creative people who they draw upon depending on the task.
The Guided Collective are just that kind of agency. They send lots of multi talented creatives a brief, they shortlist the best ones and then make them happen.
They get the BIG idea with none of the costs and can pass those savings on to clients making for a happy Marketing Director.
Their recent campaign for Ted Baker was a little gimmicky but quite exciting. They tasked fashion bloggers with styling a shoot via twitter & a live video stream in a real fashion-off. It works on multiple levels: it's a nice piece of blogger outreach, use of social media and suits a cheeky brand like Ted Baker to a T.
Check it out
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