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Digital blankies

In a recent Wired article, Grant McCracken considered our propensity for comfort consuming as such, “I believe we binge on TV to craft time and space, and to fashion an immersive near-world with...

4 jun 2013 Gilla

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What a day for a daydream

“I once lost a pair of earrings and tried to Google them”. So says my byline on this very blog, as it has for the past three or four years. Only, lately, it’s just not that funny anymore. It’s not...

19 maj 2013 Gilla

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10 Films from the 80s and 90s illuminate today's tech glossary

1. Start-ups Ghostbusters - four guys with varying skillsets develop a unique hardware solution in order to improve city life. A distinct tag line helps them go viral. 2. Sheryl Sandberg's "lean...

19 maj 2013 Gilla

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My co-conspirator on Can't Understand New Technology says "fuck desks". Steve argues that, within reason and with common sense, it is unnecessary to show up to the same desk, in the same office, in...

15 apr 2013 Gilla

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Three studios. Boundless creativity.

In the past week or so, I have embarked on a creative safari and visited three incredible studios. In Austin, Texas I stopped by the awesome Chaotic Moon and here, in San Francisco, I was lucky...

10 apr 2013 Gilla

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Love ?lyfts? us up

It was 3am in San Francisco, I was hazy with jetlag and a cat had just vomited on my bed. Airbnb living may not always offer the sanitised, airtight luxury of a hotel room, but I'm prepared to put...

29 mar 2013 Gilla

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Wanting what you have

No lengthy write up here. I just really like the juxtaposition of these two films. Both very different, but both around the theme of "if you love them, let them go".

9 mar 2013 Gilla

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Can't Understand New Technology

Today marks the launch of Can't Understand New Technology - an insider newspaper reporting on what Silicon Roundabout reallythinks about new technology. Twenty-five contributions from some of...

13 feb 2013 Gilla

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The one about Vine

It may only be a few days old but Vine has become this week’s must-have, so hot-right-now app and brands should be taking note. A quick scoot around the Discover section showed up heaps of content...

29 jan 2013 Gilla

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Do you remember the Internet?

Yesterday Microsoft launched a new campaign around their update to Internet Explorer, with a video entitled “Child of the 90’s”. The slightly micro-soft-touch video aimed to tug at our Gen Y...

25 jan 2013 Gilla

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Weird customer experiences

Question: What is the line between awesome, personalised customer service and creepy, invasive behaviour from a brand? Ok, so here’s what happened. A few days ago I stopped by the Rag + Bone store....

29 dec 2012 Gilla

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Data and the new brand strategy

This is a long read, but there's quite a bit I want to cover. So please bear with me. I’m going to try and break it down, because this is important and I am keen to get feedback. Last week I had a...

10 dec 2012 Gilla

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Pinterest secrets

Pinterest may be the “ladies” social networking site, but a Business Insider article from last February highlighted Pinterest’s growing problem with porn. BI pointed out that for Pinterest to...

14 nov 2012 Gilla

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Say you want a revolution

I went to two talks this week. Both on similar subjects yet both very different in attitude and approach. The first was The Frontline’s talk on Cyber Snooping in partnership with BBC Arabic. The...

27 okt 2012 Gilla

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Playing hard to get

In today’s world, it’s fairly rare for us to miss a call, a text or a notification. We’re either at our desks (with our iPhones by our side) or eating (with our iPhones by our side) or on the late...

15 okt 2012 Gilla

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My kind of pop-up

Maybe it's just my Shoreditchite ennui at boring, regular, real-world pop-ups, but I'm kind of loving the idea of an "online pop up shop", as evidenced here by Ass Savers. Just as a tweet is to a...

4 okt 2012 Gilla

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You Talkin' To Me?

The new Samsung Galaxy ad is brilliant not just for giving Apple - and their fanboys - a well-deserved clip round the ear, but also for the acute attention to detail on casting and styling. Though...

26 sep 2012 Gilla

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From A to B

"We live in tension between what we were and can think and these new things that we are unable to represent." Yesterday I went to an astounding exhibition on contemporary cartographies at...

20 sep 2012 Gilla

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Melts at body temperature

Do you remember when Haagen-Dazs was a thing? A sexy, naughty, erotic thing? In a recent 80’s movie marathon, it was exhilarating to see Haagen-Dazs product placement in both Wall Street and Fatal...

11 sep 2012 Gilla

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Bye bye from MB

So much bro love to my MB massive, and to the very wonderful and talented Nick Macdonald. xx

1 sep 2012 Gilla

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Where I'm calling from

Change. It’s a constant. New things bubble up, people enter and exit your life, the seasons pass, you grow and age, the past becomes a foreign country. Some change is drifting, ambient even. Other...

30 aug 2012 Gilla

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Fifty shades of blonde

What is it about blondes? Are they really having that much more fun? Are they really that much dirtier and that much dumber? Or is it all just decade upon decade of brand reinforcement on the part...

25 jul 2012 Gilla

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Model behaviour

Service is a great barometer for our time. Through economic downturns, technological upturns and corporate u-turns, the changing approach to customer service can be read like a newspaper. I wrote...

16 jul 2012 Gilla

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Brand Bedales

It’s not always with the clearest vision that one can look analytically at the formative factors of your lifestyle choices - the culture, brands and rituals that act as the ‘nurture’ overlay to...

27 jun 2012 Gilla

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Desert Island Digital: Ariane Schick

On this weeks Desert Island Digital my castaway is Ariane Schick. Ariane is currently a Masters student at the Royal Academy in London, having studied previously at LEcole des Beaux Arts in Paris....

13 jun 2012 Gilla

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Dark with something more than night

Cool little collection of films here to indulge in over the bank holiday, sent to me by Giles Phelps last week. Giles is a one time resident of LA who, back in the day, spent many a hour with my...

5 jun 2012 Gilla

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Desert Island Digital - Whurley

On this weeks Desert Island Digital my castaway is Whurley. Whurley is the co-founder and GM of Chaotic Moon, an Austin-based mobile application studio. Chaotic Moon helped to create the worlds...

30 maj 2012 Gilla

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Nothing Specific

So here it is. The inevitable Moonrise Kingdom post. Made possible by the fact that Im white, work in the creative industry and live in Hipster Yuppie central. Plus the new episode of Girls isnt...

28 maj 2012 Gilla

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Roll up, roll up

Next week, as part of the Clerkenwell Design Week, Ill be on the panel for Design Crimes - a session of strong opinion and forthright debate around crimes in performance, function, form or simply...

20 maj 2012 Gilla

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Desert Island Digital: Steve Price

On this weeks Desert Island Digital my castaway is Steve Price. Steve is a Creative Director, Meat Club President, Dad, martini drinker and the first real-life friend I ever made on Twitter. Rumour...

16 maj 2012 Gilla

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Camilla's Store

Digital blankies

What a day for a daydream

10 Films from the 80s and 90s illuminate today's tech glossary

Love desks

Three studios. Boundless creativity.

Love ?lyfts? us up

Wanting what you have

Can't Understand New Technology

The one about Vine

Do you remember the Internet?

Weird customer experiences

Data and the new brand strategy

Pinterest secrets

Say you want a revolution

Playing hard to get

My kind of pop-up

You Talkin' To Me?

From A to B

Melts at body temperature

Bye bye from MB

Where I'm calling from

Fifty shades of blonde

Model behaviour

Brand Bedales

Desert Island Digital: Ariane Schick

Dark with something more than night

Desert Island Digital - Whurley

Nothing Specific

Roll up, roll up

Desert Island Digital: Steve Price

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