Category: Business
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Creativity is Great
The Creative industries are worth almost £10 million / per hour to our economy New figures published today currently reveal that the UK’s Creative Industries are now worth £84.1 billion per year to the UK economy In 2014 the UK’s Creative Industries grew by 8.9 per cent – almost double UK economy as a whole…
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THE MILLENNIAL MINDSET
UNDERSTAND THE MILLENNIAL MINDSET 91% said they think flexible working is important 96% think the reputation of their company is important 98% said vision and values are important where they work 100% said the company they work for must stand for something WHAT ARE THE TRAITS OF A MODERN EMPLOYEE? It is important to recognise…
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Zulu Alpha Kilo – Spec work
Awesome… glad I’ve not had to do spec work for some time, those agencies and clients suck. Well done www.zulualphakilo.com
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More graduates than jobs
The same sad saga, but not just an inherently British problem. smow blog Interview: Gunnar Søren Petersen – I believe that the design schools need to work much more closely with industry and with producers September 16th, 2015 In our recent review of contemporary Berlin creativity we noted that one of the problems increasingly being faced…
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The Highest-Paying Jobs Of The Future Will Eat Your Life
[Photo: Hero Images, Getty Images] For a glimpse of the future of work, especially the high-paying kind, look at finance and high-tech companies. Some of the biggest offer high employee salaries combined with lavish perks like free meals at work, luxury shuttle buses for commuters, and extras such as dry cleaning picked up and dropped…
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The App Effect
The App Store has grown from 500 apps to well over a million in just 7 years. The software world is now a level playing field for developers and the experiences they are creating have enriched, empowered and truly changed all of our lives.
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6 Ways To Design A Business
IDEO STORY by Kerry Oconner I asked my students during a class on Business Design at Stanford’s d.school how they might innovate on IKEA’s business. The engineers and scientists’hands rose immediately.“Offer interior design services!” “Launch a more premium brand!” “Take back old furniture as a way to discount the price of new purchases!”Great ideas, no?…
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Heals window LDF 2014
The design duo Soderlund Davidson where commissioned by Heal’s in London to make a window feature for their Modern Craft Market. This is a short video of the conveyor in action. Source: www.charlie-davidson.com
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Bar Hemingway – Ritz – Paris
Rewarding yourself when you run your own business is for me very difficult, especially in the early years, whilst your keeping a tight rein on ye old finances and it’s still a hard habit to break today. I recently read an article in which a fashion business couple, would visit the Hemingway bar in the…
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Follow Your Heart – Steve Jobs | Alan Watts
“My inspiration for this video comes from the following quotes: Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be…” Alan Watts Stay hungry, stay foolish.
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Videobloggers make millions
Videobloggers make millions through online content By Matt Danzico and Ellie Stanton BBC News, Washington 19 September 2011 From the section Magazine Since the explosion of streaming video several years ago, hosting sites have become home to a crop of young video makers attracting devoted followings for everything from music and sketch comedy to make-up…
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The Designers Republic – RIP
TDR has gone out of business with nine staff being made redundant. According to its founder, Ian Anderson, the studio became insolvent due to a combination of factors: “We’d lost a couple of clients, didn’t win a couple of pitches, got a tax bill which should have been sorted out and wasn’t and a major…