December 2008
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2008 Young Guns Award Winners and Finalists →
I had the honour of Chairing YoungGuns award judging this year. Three days in dark rooms was worth it when you look at the work that bubbled to the top of the show. Click here to view.
Enough to make an Art Director weep. →
Every now and then there’s an example of creative craft that makes your eyes water. These 44 images are exquisite, visual storytelling in print at its best.
Meet Pete, the meat puppet. →
These three web films for Diesel come from the collaboration between Farfar and Legs as the full story explains. I think they’re brilliant and a great example of making things that people seek out, explore and share. They’re all wonderful and each one is wonderfully different from the others - I can’t wait to see ep 2 of the Dance Party. Click here to read and view.
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Water neutrality and Coke. Tricky combo.
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In this piece from today’s Guardian, Fred Pearce talks about the much publicised “water neutral” ambitions of Coke. Whether or not you believe the initiative is sincere it’s got to be a good thing that large corporations are now actively pursuing programs that have an environmental conscience. It must be progress when we don’t only get to read about companies...
November 2008
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Don't panic, but do. Financial crisis? That's... →
This story is a few days old. It’s based on a presentation by the head of Shell, Jeroen van der Veer. Like so many others he’s telling us that the road we’re on, in terms of energy, takes us off a cliff. It’s one thing when you hear these views expressed by NGOs, governments and regulators, it’s quite another when it comes from big business. As he says, “we...