Doesn’t the world’s #9 company deserve a better logo?
Lists are fun, and the new Fortune 500 list of the world’s largest companies released last week is no exception. For the first time in the 54-year history of the ranking a Chinese company has broken into the elite group of top ten global companies. Propelled by China’s relative isolation from the global financial crisis, [...]
I’ll play it first …
and I’ll tell you about it later
Chinese New Year is a time for, among other things, paying respects to one’s elders. We were delighted to see the newly launched W+K Radio follow this tradition and air a wonderful little interview with David Kennedy, the grand daddy of Wieden+Kennedy.
Those of you blessed with an attention span and a remote interest in advertising [...]
The eightieth short essay on design (and the virtues of incompleteness)
Last year I borrowed a funny looking yellow book from one of my esteemed partners. Now, months later, I can finally return it.
It has taken forever not because I’m a slow reader. Not because book got relegated to the skim-and-get-to-someday pile. But because it is one of those rare books that sucks you in and [...]
HOPE for Saks Fifth Avenue
Back in September 2001, President George W. Bush urged Americans to go shopping as a patriotic duty. Now, as the clock counts the minutes down to his coronation, President Barack H. Obama has actually done it.
Yes, he can. At least symbolically.
The creator of the iconic HOPE posters from this year’s campaign has just designed a [...]
Rushkoff and the renaissance
When Douglas Rushkoff speaks, people listen. One of our favourite media/cultural/theological critics is coming out with a new book next July.
We can’t wait, but thanks to last week’s Bloomberg/Ofcom conference we don’t have to.
Strap in for an explosive 45 minutes that previews some of the thinking from the book and takes you from Lehman’s non-existence [...]
Does your company name start with a V? Maybe it should.
V is a powerful letter. It has a natural energy rising up from its “vertex” (the base of the V) in a celebratory outstretching of its “arms”. If you don’t have any better ideas for your logo, and your company name starts with a V, you could do worse than creating your own version of [...]
Give it to me
I want a new MacBook Pro.
It’s not much better in terms of performance than the one i already have. All the gigahertz and gigabytes are basically the same. It just feels cooler.
The beveled edges. The thumbscoop with just the right depth. The uninterrupted glass display. The battery light that tells me how much power I [...]
Your Krispy Kreme needs you
Big ideas require big doses of sugar. Which is why we were distraught to see our local Krispy Kreme close down with no warning. This crisis is truly getting out of control. You’re having an Original Glazed and cappuccino on Sunday, and greeted with a hastily put up notice on Monday:
We regret to advise you [...]
Hong Kong’s answer to the Tate
As an expat living in Hong Kong, it is very easy to get trapped in the Central bubble and not leave the 100m radius around Goccia. But this weekend, we were determined to venture into the depths of Kowloon and check out the newly opened Jockey Club Creative Arts Center.
Billed as Hong Kong’s answer to [...]
Watching the valuations
We at Shift. have been watching the carnage unfold on Wall Street this week just like everybody else, thinking about our friends who have been affected, and trying to dodge drunk bankers stumbling around the streets of Hong Kong.
Once again, the best summary of the situation comes from the infographic wizards at the New York [...]
