[Design Indaba conf] Martha Stewart: what went wrong?

[Terry Levin] Sitting in my customary Design Indaba position a few rows from the front, I was not aware of the fact that people were walking out of Martha Stewart’s Design Indaba 2010 presentation on Friday, 26 February 2010. I became aware of people beginning to laugh at inappropriate [ie not meant to be funny] moments, especially the lady sitting next to me, but hoped the minor embarrassment for all concerned would soon be over. [view twitterfall]

Comments [14] [01 Mar 11:39]

[Design Indaba conf] Martha Stewart flamed

[Louise Marsland] The always spectacular Design Indaba will this year be remembered, not only for the fabulous speakers such as Harry Pearce, Bruce Nussbaum, Priyush Pandey, Stefan Bucher, Mokena Makeke, etc, but for the worst presentation it’s ever hosted – by famous ‘homemaker’ Martha Stewart. Who will also now be credited with launching the first local “twitcom”. [view twitterfall]

Comments [41] [26 Feb 15:05]

[Design Indaba conf] Overview of day two

[Terry Levin] “From owning to sharing, from stuff to experience,” was the phrase coined by Bruce Nussbaum, opening speaker of the second day of the 2010 Allstars Design Indaba currently on the Cape Town International Convention Centre. The quest for the new lifestyle models that design thinking can bring continues... [view twitterfall]

[26 Feb 11:38]

[Design Indaba conf] Designing for change in the public realm

[Terry Levin] Zeitgeist from Design Indaba 2010 Day 1: Is it my imagination or is this the pivotal year, when Design Indaba content and case studies seem more attainable, not only for designing fun and games, but for the much needed shifts towards designing for education, designing for wellbeing, designing for the most number of people most effectively, designing new possibilities and new social responsibilities, and even designing new life forms? [view twitterfall]

[25 Feb 11:13]

Festive cheers!

[Terry Levin] In pursuit of inspiration about what to do about the annual festive deadline/card/mailing/donation quandry, I decided to see what they're up to in Japan - one of the bastions of global design, typography, food etc. I thought. So next I tried Googling "all natural enlightened treehugging festive season" instead, which yielded much more inspiring results.

[07 Dec 10:55]

The digital divide

[Terry Levin] The digital divide cuts to the heart of what separates traditional advertising practitioners from the new digerati. Nowhere can this knowledge divide be more obvious than in the advertising and media industry. But that could all soon be a thing of the past.

Comments [1] [19 Oct 12:24]

Zakitumi, baby!

[Terry Levin] Thought you might want to share a few marketing lessons that I picked up from the Cape Times, when I went online to renew our subscription this week. What is a rather fab stroke of genius is the launch of the Zakumi cartoon exclusively on the web at IOL, by the Madam & Eve outfit – Stephen Francis and Rico. “The Adventures of Zakumi” is just the kind of saleable, added value, engagement thing we need.

Comments [2] [07 Sep 11:53]

[Loeries] Camps Bay to be Cannes'd

[Terry Levin] The activities kick off on Heritage Day with a Mayoral Welcome for the VIEs [Very Inflated Egos] at 5.30pm, the customary Industry Battle of the bands at 7.30pm and the 10.30pm Chairman's Party with none other than DJ and chairman of the Loerie Awards, Festus Masekwameng in the mix. The catch is this - with two nights of parties to go, you don't want to overdo it at this one. Yeah right.

Comments [2] [31 Jul 12:01]

Ten things I have learnt

[Garth Walker] Here are ten things I have learnt.

Comments [3] [10 Jun 10:32]

Word on the Street

[Terry Levin] In the continued pursuit of empire building opportunities, two or three trends collide beautifully in my inbox this month.

Comments [1] [07 Apr 16:19]