Monthly archive January, 2007

Looking for top marketing blogs?

If you are looking for interesting marketing blogs to read Todd And’s Power 150 list is worth a visit. His new list was unveiled a couple of weeks ago and consists of the top 150 marketing blogs in America. The Power 150 provides a stable, unbiased ranking foundation with a pinch of subjective measure for...
Dazed and Frame goes digital

Dazed and Frame goes digital

Two of my favourite paper magazines recently started digital issues as well. I’m talking about Dazed Digital (called Dazed and Confused in the real world) and Frame Digital (a.k.a Frame…). Frame Digital is an exact copy of the print version of Frame magazine, but offers lots of extra features. Zoom, search and click to articles...

What is David Report bulletin?

The David Report bulletin is my quarterly trend report which I have been producing for little more than a year. It has a design perspective and a humanistic approach concerning the intersection between culture, business-life and global society. I’m trying to make a difference by challenging the conventional mindset. Claes Foxerus from the blog foxerus.com...

The importance of: product strategy

In the news is a rumour that Toyota is about to build a new car factory in the US. It is a remarkable journey the Japanese car producer has made (on the US market) over the last decades. Today nobody is underestimating them any longer. Everything from the launch of the premium brand Lexus to...

New Gentlemen

Dell’Acqua English elegance meets Italian chic: a little sixties James Bond (Gucci), a little post astronaut Stanley Kubrick (Dolce & Gabbana), a little artsie toy boy (Prada), the trend for men this fall/winter 07 that was shown last week in Milan seemed amusing from brand to brand with a supersonic speed! Eventually, it might be...

Zaha Hadid Ideal House

The other day in this post we took a look at the Naoto Fukasawa Ideal house at the IMM Cologne fair. Today I would like to show you some images from the Zaha Hadid Ideal house at the same fair. Same brief – two different minds and complete different approaches. Photo: Koelnmesse. By the way....
iPhone and sustainability

iPhone and sustainability

I was just reading some words from Seth Godin concerning what he would like from a truly innovative cellphone. He says that what iPhone doesn’t do is actually re-invent the very thing that makes cellphones magical: how you connect with other people. And that is somewhat true of course. It is time for some general...

Dezeen on Naoto Fukasawa

The former icon editor Marcus Fairs has been running a new online design magazine called Dezeen for a couple a month. I just came across it and think it is well worth a visit. In a new post he is reporting about the Naoto Fukasawa Ideal house exhibition at this years IMM Cologne. As you...

Work on, work off

JWT, the largest advertising agency in the U.S. and the fourth largest in the world, announces the top 10 trends for 2007. The trends are taken from Next Now, the latest book from Trendspotters Marian Salzman and Ira Matathia. As technology makes jobs more portable and demands that we be always on, we’ll struggle to...

About Likemind

Don’t forget the Likemind coffee mornings that will take place in 9 cities tomorrow Friday 19th of January in Europe and the US, including meetings in Malmö (hosted by me and Björn Jeffery) and Oslo (hosted by Nick MacLean). Piers Fawkes from PSFK has written a few things about Likemind you might want to know:...