April 2011
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IF-Communications: Supporting Astia's We Own It...
IF-Communications is proud to once again support the Astia Foundation and it’s ‘We Own It Summit’, which will be held this year on 9-10 June at London’s Imperial College.
We’ve had the pleasure of working with Astia for many years, supporting the foundation with it’s aim of enabling ‘women’s full participation as entrepreneurs and leaders in high-growth businesses, fuelling innovation and...
March 2011
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The Foundry's STORM has arrived!
After a great deal of anticipation and speculation, STORM, The Foundry’s new RED Digital Cinema workflow product, has been launched and is available as of today.
STORM addresses the growing complexity of shooting digitally in one intuitive and easy-to-use solution, and is going to appeal to a wide audience. It addresses a new section of the market for The Foundry, and has been built from the...
January 2011
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Mobile gaming could be more viral than a... →
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Deal or No Deal? MePlease CEO, Steve Jarrett talks... →
WatchPrint your own flute
Amazing. Is print your own iPad next?
WatchInterested to find this film which reveals the thinking behind John Baldessari’s work and provides some clues as to the understanding of his painting, work and books.
What comes from it is a portrait of an artist who really tried to get under the skin of the art world and redefine its categories and dogmas. He was fully aware, however, that in time, some category would be needed to define...
WatchLiza Donnelly: Drawing upon humour for change
WatchReading: Edelman Trust Barometer 2011
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WatchThe Tree Ring held a private house show with a cover charge of one household lamp. The result - this beautiful video shot by Destin Cretton. I would have loved to be there, the whole performance looks so magical. Make sure to check out the Tree Ring’s new album out next month.
WatchHere’s an innovative product from Levi’s. The animation is a little all over-the-place, but the message comes through. (I also like the cool “waterless” logo at the end)
LED Teeth
Wirelessly-controlled Mouth LED technology developed by artists Daito Manabe and Motoi Ishibashi for a commercial promoting the Laforet Grand Bazaar winter sale in Harajuku.
http://pinktentacle.com/2011/01/led-powered-harajuku-smiles/
Daito Manebe, the pioneer of “the wired face” tested if the “3D No glasses by Jonathan Post” was real or not on his blog. He wrote “My face got freeze from...
WatchIf you like ‘The Wilderness Downtown’ you might enjoy this film about the ‘making of’ (by B-Reel)
WatchARG + AR = The physical environment and the reality as a game platform
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The Future of Print? Nike Makes Shoes From... →
Interesting article from FastCompany on Nike’s recycled paper shoes.
December 2010
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How becoming an expert might prevent you from... →
What Happened to Downtime? The Extinction of Deep... →
Will location based marketing go beyond vouchers...
Location based marketing is likely to be one of the major trends of 2011 in social media, driven in part by the Facebook Deals platform, but the danger is that this fails to move beyond voucher marketing.
Facebook Deals launched in the US in November and is set to launch imminently in the UK. Through the Deals platform, local businesses are able to offer deals when you check into their place on...
"The War You Don't See" - A Must See Documentary →
Some of the world’s leading star reporters from mainstream and highly influential networks come clean about their role in war reporting. “The War You Don’t See” is an unflinching, powerful and timely documentary about the role of media in making wars like Iraq and Afghanistan possible.
A minimalist effect in a maximalist market →
Fell in love with this exercise titled “A Minimalist Effect in a Maximalist Market”
Simplifying is a really difficult lesson to learn in design - possibly one of the hardest.
Often, we become committed to decisions, and these decisions remain for years without any revision.
Ideas should be open for improvement, so that anyone who cares can improve them.
Applying this...
Continuous Services | Connected Devices
One of the most inspiring posts that I’ve read this year is this post by Ray Ozzie, entitled ‘Dawn of a new day’
Five years ago, having only recently arrived at the company (Microsoft), I wrote The Internet Services Disruption in order to kick off a major change management process across the company. In the opening section of that memo, I noted that about every five years...
Social media increases traffic sent to online...
Social networks such as Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin are sending nearly 13% more traffic to online retailers, according to Experian Hitwise, the online competitive intelligence service.
The company’s analysis showed that social networking accounted for 11.6% of all internet visits during September, representing a year-on-year growth of 4.3%.
Retailers relying more on traffic from social...
IF TRENDS 2011 : SOCIAL MEDIA BUDGETS ON THE RISE
Meltwater Group’s Future Of Content report has predicted that social media marketing budgets are set to rise across Europe by up to 40% of firms across Europe, and budget for social media marketing is an issue for only 18% of brands.
The Future of Content report is a survey of social media decision markets from 450 brands around the world, including the US, UK, Germany, Norway, Sweden,...
Kevin Kelly and Steven Johnson on Where Ideas Come... →
How The Fortune 50 Is Using Mobile [Infographic]
According to a new study, 62% of Fortune 50 companies have mobile websites, mobile apps, mobile payments and QR codes, but they don’t proudly display them. The study by communications firm Burson-Marsteller, and Proof Integrated shows that only 39% of the companies announce their mobile offerings on corporate websites. Some possible reasons include fear of technology, fear of the risks of change...
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The power of advertising can help to rocket apps... →