Internal Monologues and a Ramblin' Mind
This little note from a member of my team (bless you!) got me thinking.
I've realised I'm seeking digestible content, ideas, stimulus that I can sink my teeth into. Stuff I can trust, without having to circumnavigate the web.
Sort of like TED, but not. A Modern Reviewmeets School of Life maybe?
T'was
asked to talk about games and gaming at a Digital Publishing Summit. A theme that surfaced was how print should interwork with digital; using each platform to their best effect.
It also made me realise how much of my world is made of sound and images, not text.
Deeply and completely inspired by a Future Laboratory Trend Briefing in the Camden Roundhouse (pictured).
It felt like a luxury to take 2-3 hours out to hear their take on ubiquitous gaming. But I came away refreshed and revitalised, like a shampoo advert - and got introduced to Clock Opera.
Waiting to meet up with a long time wannabe collaborator in St James Park, I got a few moments of space to stop and think, and realised how little stopping and thinking I do.
I guess it's as much about clearing out things that get on top of you as fresh thinking.
Nice to have a few moments to leave a blank page.
Positivity
Seeing this neon & whilst visiting Ogilvy's office in Canary Wharf made me think about the complexities of reading signs and symbols in an abbreviation obsessed age.
If you're not familair with the language, then txt code is difficult to decipher. But for the literate, there are beautiful new ways to communicate using symbols and data.
Information is Beautiful
Making bold statements and keeping things tight and concise is what advertising does well and education does not.
Educators tend to add not takeaway. Boiling something down to its essence makes it richer and more memorable - I learnt that at a Raymond Blanc cookery school.
Diesel ad campaign
A friend and I cooked tapas together, inspired by La Boveda in Palma de Mallorca.
A poor man's fish, they were a surprisingly cheap ingredient, if a little bony.
And their eyes follow you round the room.
So don't look at their eyes.
This little note from a member of my team (bless you!) got me thinking. I've realised I'm seeking digestible content, ideas, stimulus that I can sink my teeth into. Stuff I can trust, without having to circumnavigate the web.
Sort of like TED, but not. A Modern Reviewmeets School of Life maybe?
posted by DS at Monday, May 09, 2011
T'wasasked to talk about games and gaming at a Digital Publishing Summit. A theme that surfaced was how print should interwork with digital; using each platform to their best effect.
It also made me realise how much of my world is made of sound and images, not text.
posted by DS at Saturday, April 09, 2011
Deeply and completely inspired by a Future Laboratory Trend Briefing in the Camden Roundhouse (pictured). It felt like a luxury to take 2-3 hours out to hear their take on ubiquitous gaming. But I came away refreshed and revitalised, like a shampoo advert - and got introduced to Clock Opera.
posted by DS at Wednesday, March 09, 2011
Waiting to meet up with a long time wannabe collaborator in St James Park, I got a few moments of space to stop and think, and realised how little stopping and thinking I do. I guess it's as much about clearing out things that get on top of you as fresh thinking.
Nice to have a few moments to leave a blank page.
Positivity
posted by DS at Wednesday, February 02, 2011
Seeing this neon & whilst visiting Ogilvy's office in Canary Wharf made me think about the complexities of reading signs and symbols in an abbreviation obsessed age. If you're not familair with the language, then txt code is difficult to decipher. But for the literate, there are beautiful new ways to communicate using symbols and data.
Information is Beautiful
posted by DS at Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Making bold statements and keeping things tight and concise is what advertising does well and education does not. Educators tend to add not takeaway. Boiling something down to its essence makes it richer and more memorable - I learnt that at a Raymond Blanc cookery school.
Diesel ad campaign
posted by DS at Sunday, September 19, 2010
A friend and I cooked tapas together, inspired by La Boveda in Palma de Mallorca. A poor man's fish, they were a surprisingly cheap ingredient, if a little bony.
And their eyes follow you round the room.
So don't look at their eyes.
posted by DS at Monday, September 13, 2010