Pot of gold at the end of the rainbow

[Terry Levin] If we were to attempt to define Brand South Africa as a personality (and heaven knows it could do with some) we might summon up descriptors like: entrepreneurial, charming, exciting, friendly, sociable, creative, style leaders - things like that...Unpacking ZA’s presence at the Shanghai World Expo 2010.

Comments [1] [14 Sep 2010 11:26]

[Discovery Invest Leadership Summit] Kick-off at press conference

[Dale Imerman: @idale] Some of the world’s leading business thinkers will bring South Africans their secrets and insights at the Discovery Invest Leadership Summit on Wednesday, 11 August 2010, at the Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg. I’ll be there, too, thanks to Bizcommunity.com.

Comments [1] [10 Aug 2010 19:10]

[Cannes Lions] What is a Cannes Lion worth?

[Damon Stapleton] CANNES, FRANCE: We are coming to the end of another Cannes. The big parties with small pieces of food. The champagne being consumed by ridiculously good-looking people. The sharks that are smiling at you but looking over your shoulder to see who is more important. And, of course, egos and insecurities that could destroy even the bravest fashion victim. These things are all true; however, there is another side.

Comments [2] [25 Jun 2010 12:12]

What's up with Digital Loeries this year

[Sue Disler] It’s not often you see Capetonians out on a rainy and blustery evening, but some of the digitally inclined made it to the 2010 Loeries Digital Awards get-together for the inside scoop at The Grand Daddy Hotel last week. Here’s a report back from Terry Levin and me.

Comments [1] [10 May 2010 11:51]

[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 2010 11:39]

[Design Indaba conf] Martha Stewart flamed

[Louise Marsland: @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 [45] [26 Feb 2010 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 2010 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 2010 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 2009 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 [3] [19 Oct 2009 12:24]