Archive for the ‘Theory’ Category

Humpday Inspiration: BLDG BLOG

BLDG BLOG http://bldgblog.blogspot.com California-based writer and blogger Geoff Manaugh writes on “architectural conjecture, urban speculation and landscape futures” on his blog-spot. Frequently updated, incredibly informative and wildly imaginative musings on what-is-now, what-never-was and what-could-be. It’s a mix of cultural and architectural fact, futurism, anthropology and architecture. It’s about how humans live with one another, the [...]

Ping Pong Showcase: Andrzej Grubba

Andrzej Grubba (R.I.P.) From Wikipedia: “Grubba was born in Brzeźno Wielkie near Starogard Gdański. He was the recipient of numerous medals for the world competition in table tennis as well as for the European competition. He was one of the best players in this field of sport in Polish history, together with Alojzy Ehrlich. Three [...]

No Time Sheets? I Say Paddle ‘Em!

  Before we opened this place I worked at a handful of agencies. And they all dealt with the same problem … time sheets. The agency perspective is always something along the lines of, “Please everyone, we need you to do your time sheets so we can bill our clients accurately and on-time so all [...]

Obama Brand Irony

Over the course of the last several months much has been made of the effectiveness of the Obama brand. Michael Bierut stated in a Newsweek Post that, “He’s the first candidate who’s had a coherent, top-to-bottom, 360-degree system at work.” Sam Berlow and Cyrus Highsmith from The Font Bureau spoke in The Boston Globe to [...]

Agency Lessons from the Cold War

While quoting Sun Tzu’s “The Art of War” in business is so 80′s (which means like neon and Ray Ban Wayfarers it might also be so 08′ish), I recently finished reading a series of books on Cold-War era military history and middle eastern foreign policy that actually have fairly practical application to our business and [...]

Damn Good Advice

My mom sent me an email that reads: “Substitute ‘damn’ every time you’re inclined to write ‘very’; your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.” Mark Twain I love my mom.  

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