May 2012
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Jason Silva: An Introduction
A couple of days ago, we had the pleasure of having futurist and filmmaker, Jason Silva, drop by our office for a visit. For most of us, this was the first time meeting Silva. His visit was an overwhelming experience, and we mean that in the best way possible.
Silva’s true talent lies in his personality. His energy and optimism for the future are impossible to ignore. Most describe him...
April 2012
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WatchBerlin Cameron Agency Fun
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“do original things, don’t just talk about being original” Ewen...”
– Ewen featured in Ad Age’s article on Stoli’s new brand campaign that we created
http://adage.com/article/news/stoli-vodka-parts-ways-hef-biz-stone/233847/
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@Jonas thoughts on Stoli's new campaign
“I’m eager to see the world’s reaction to the new campaign; Stoli has a new look that’s fairly edgy and the party scenes we created really embody the brand’s spirit of originality,” said Jonas Åkerlund “This was an especially fun project to do because we ended up sending out a casting call throughout Berlin, the people featured in the videos are not actors but just interesting characters who we...
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March 2012
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WatchBerlin Cameron was honored to sit down with Oren Michels, the CEO of Mashery at this year’s SXSWi conference. Mashery’s application programming interface (API) management tools and strategic services help companies connect with customers and partners in a changing digital world by extending reach across devices, markets and the Web. They have worked with over 100 leading brands to power more...
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WatchBack in November the creative collective shop WeMakeCoolSh.it hosted a first ever-mobile pirate WiFi Intranet on the NYC Subway. They called their project the “ L Train Notwork” The projected featured a live chat room/ dating site that allowed commuters to communicate with each other between the L trains’s Morgan Ave stops and 8th Ave stop. Here is a behind the scenes look on how they made it...
February 2012
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Seven Ways to Reinvent Yourself
View the article here.
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Future Hipsters
In the year 2062, a bunch of elderly hipsters are interviewed about the good old days of social media.
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The Customer is Always Right
They say the customer is always right and in Lily Robinson’s case she was! Last May, Lily a three and a half year old from Great Britain, noticed that Tiger bread, her favorite bread from grocery chain Sainsbury, actually looked more like Giraffe bread. With the help of her mother, Lily wrote a letter to Sainsburry suggesting that the splotches on the bloomer’s crustresemble more a...
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Digital Platform Display Shows Subway Car Volume...
Getting a seat on a NYC subway car is always a challenge. Recently, the MTA commissioned a survey on the F and L lines to determine what are the most crowded areas of the subway car. The study found that both the front and back were over occupied, while the middle had room to spare. Whether you’re waiting for the train on the platform or on a subway car, its difficult to know if there are...
January 2012
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Five Year Old Analyzes Popular Brand Logos
Wanted – passionate and enthusiastic account and...
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@Jabari talks Film, Hip-Hop + @TinieTempah
In a 140-characters or less, who are you?
I’m a filmmaker and media personality who loves music and was lucky enough to blend two hobbies into a profession.
How did you get to your current position?
I began doing interviews with artists while I was in school at Howard University and putting them online. As they got more and more popular I began to take it very seriously and get better...
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WatchCheck out the Board of Innovation’s “7 Business Models that Got Shot in 2011”, featured as the top presentations on slideshare today.
Behind it all is the Board of Innovations Brainstorm tool kit, which you can find on their site. I love this kit, it breaks down the complexity of business models and more importantly it’s visual, it feels more like a game than a...
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How Much is SOPA & PIPA Worth?
Wednesday, January 18, 2012 will forever be a memorable day in Internet history; it has officially been dubbed “Internet Blackout Day.” For the first time, some of America’s most high-trafficking websites, which are visited by millions of users daily, are ‘blacked-out.’ Wikipedia, Reddit, Wordpress and other websites have decided to protest the SOPA & PIPA initiatives for...
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Brooklyn Artist Creates Coloring Book Based on the...
“People forget that hip hop as a culture is not just about money and ego. It’s an art form that can provide kids with self esteem and identity. It promotes individuality.”
- James ‘Creative’ Shields
We had a chance to speak to James ‘Creative’ Shields about his amazingly dope coloring book, here’s what the artist had to say:
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Are We Stuck in a 1992 Time Capsule?
Every 20 years America’s societal landscape shifts dramatically, but in the 21st century, popular style has been stuck on repeat. Vanity Fair has published an article exploring American culture from 1930 to 2012. Even as technological and scientific advancements have revolutionized life, you wouldn’t be able to tell the difference between the culture of 1992 and 2012. People are...
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Smart Urnials Report Your Health
Getting to the doctor isn’t always easy, but designer Royce Zhang, has created a new way to tune into your health status during the lavatory experience.
The E-Urinal concept is the normal urinal with the added benefit of reporting your daily health score based on urine quality. The E-Urinal measures your sugar levels, PH, red/white blood cells and other minerals to compute a health score based...
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Budgets vs Buckets, How to Save in 2012
Clearing debt and saving money is one of the top resolutions of 2012 and every resolution needs a well designed strategy to help us break our bad habits and achieve our goal.
According to Ryan Jacoby who co-leads the New York office of global design consultancy firm IDEO, “Behavior change is the hardest thing to design for.” When it comes to financial goals most people tend to tackle the issue...
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Now! That's What I Call A Startup
Are you brainstorming a start-up idea for 2012? Well design shop, Reuben & Hunter have launched a ‘next generational game changer,’ Now! That’s What I Call Startups to help you with your new business idea. The site is a spoof of the popular, Now That’s What I Call Music volumes. Just press the red button, and presto! You have the secret sauce to your next big...
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Brooklyn's 'Bonebreaking' Takes It to the Subway
The awe-inspiring video above from NextLevel Squad features Bonebreaking, a street dance, also known as flexing, which originated in Brooklyn, NY. The dance became a worldwide phenomenon after The Ringmasters Crew were contestants on MTV’s America’s Best Dance Crew in 2009. Bonebreaking is comprised of contortionist moving, waving, tutting and glidding and is usually performed to...
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IBM's POV on the Computer Circa 1958
“The computer is helping to define society’s most complicated problems. It is a tool for turning inspiration into fruitful predictions. As an information machine, it has done much to broaden the base of our growing concepts. But the real miracle is the promise that there will also be room for those smallest details, that have been the basis for man’s most rewarding wishes.”
The Information...
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Clothes That Clean Themselves
With the NFL playoffs starting, our New Years resolutions looming and our “Twitterverse” exploding, who has time for laundry? Researchers at Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China have come up with a new cotton fabric that will allow sunshine to do the cleaning and deodorizing itself. We skip the process of carrying our laundry to the washer machine and waiting for it to dry by allowing...
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Technology Pirates in the Pacific Ocean
While President Obama is going around the country looking for support on his Jobs Act to create jobs in the United States, start up Blueseed has a different plan. Backed by PayPal founder Peter Thiel, Blueseed is looking to become a technology ‘incubator’ that will be housed in International waters, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act states, before...
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Eco Automatic Sink Saves Space and Washes Dishes
The fridge is full, you start chopping up the vegetables, and before you know it the whole house has a wonderful aroma of chicken soup. It is cold outside and the warm soup quickly fills your cold body. After enjoying such a satisfying dinner you look over to the mess in the kitchen with despair. Your favorite show starts in 20 minutes and you know there is no way you could have all your dishes...
December 2011
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