October 2009
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“Time was, music was collective experience you had at a concert, or listening to...”
– Conduit Labs
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Fresh(Jive) talk
Interesting to read that Freshjive is dropping its logo as of 2010. I first read about it on the excellent PFSK blog, which stated that it was going logoless and brandless. In a second interview with PFSK, Rick Klotz, Freshjive’s founder / owner described the new black square logo as “the same labeling we’ve been running on our garments, less the brand name on it”.
So, Freshjive are removing...
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Going Dutch
Behold my new steed - the Gentleman’s Glorie. Having missed the fixie wave the only way to go was Dutch. And after a visit to the excellent Bobbin bicycles I realised the only way to go was Dutch with pedal back brakes and unisex frame. I think unisex frame is polite for girls frame, but what the hey I’m loving this bike.
The upright position totally changes your perspective. You...
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Images, format and meaning
I used to take tons of photos. The first camera I remember using was some pseudo-iconic Kodak 35mm camera I bought in Boots in a blister pack. It was small and brown. Photos taken with it were unremarkable, but real. Like bad Martin Parr.
Then my friend Tom introduced me to lomography. Colour saturation! Vignettes! Cross processing! The 10 rules of Lomography - shoot from the hip, don’t...
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Building brands from the deadpool
I saw this notice on a door of a closed down cafe in Soho:
Shame because they made an excellent pastrami on rye.
I really like how even though you can’t go in there to buy lunch anymore they are still expressing their brand values - the guy is thanking his team and striving for an interesting future. And doing so in an upbeat and true way. What could your brand be remembered for?