Tuesday
15th July 2008
Category
Brand Electioneering in Theory
Author
Phil Lewis

What’s your pleasure centre?

Well, the second piece of content has gone live on the main site, and once again it's a work in progress. This time we're celebrating the fact that there's no such thing as a bad idea, just an idea that's not found its rightful place yet.

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Sunday
13th July 2008
Category
Up for Debate
Author
Phil Lewis

The new criticism?

There was an interesting article in the Observer today asking whether blogging is killing the critic's 'art'.

Perhaps the most interesting thing about it was that the writer chose to focus on individual examples rather than the wider issue of print versus digital media - of which blogging is only a part, of course. This would have been fine if the argument had broadened out...

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Thursday
10th July 2008
Category
Musings
Author
Phil Lewis

The courage to fail

Bjork, it seems to me, is a great example of an artist who has the 'courage to fail'. Always experimenting, always trying to figure out what can be done differently, even when she gets it fantastically wrong she never fails to command attention. When she gets it right, well, the results can be spectacular, as the millions of people who bought Debut or Volta might agree.

Volta album cover

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Thursday
03rd July 2008
Category
Up for Debate
Author
Phil Lewis

Is marketing democratic?

If you've not yet read the content on the main site, you can do so by clicking here.

Now it's time for a chat. Is marketing democratic? Was the Yes or No answer correct? Did we miss the point altogether? Is it an important question?

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