innovation

Why Advertising Agencies Rule

March 24, 2010

Embrace Experience. Breath Innovation. Produce Intimately. Sure the world has changed. But I think it’s time to realize that we haven’t changed much. A couple of years ago I was one of the people running around screaming that the world was coming to an end, that the traditional advertising agency model was over and that [...]

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Finland Becomes The World’s Best Internet Nation!

October 15, 2009

Suddenly my Twitscoop-window started screaming at me with two huge keywords: “Finland” and “Broadband”. What the… I thought and started investigating. Turns out Finland, as the first country in the world, has made broadband access each citizens right by law, and suddenly, BOOM, Finland is on the map as the most progressive country in the [...]

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Is Spotify the Darth Vader of Music?

September 8, 2009

As Spotify launched their iPhone app, the crowd cheered. The talented SEO-expert (and comedian) Simon Sundén publishes the follwing graph of Spotify Premium sales that went viral amongst us nerds. Half us us thought is was true, and who knows, it may be. But even if this graphic joke isn’t true, it illustrates something quiet [...]

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What the World Will Look Like in 25 Years

September 1, 2009

When I went to ad-school I felt that the school was in many respects molding people into replicas of what ad-people were supposed to be. Now I feel that this is perhaps about to change. The other day I got interview questions from Hyper Island regarding digital trends, and today I got another question from [...]

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The Most Dangerous Politician in The United States?

June 22, 2009

One of the most dangerous politicians in the United States – that’s what CNET calls Obama’s Vice President Joe Biden. What they are talking about is Biden’s relentless attacks on internet liberty, and the threat that he thereby poses to the evolution of technology. Now that the dust has settled and we have sobered up [...]

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Google Amazing Wave Keeps Me Awake at Night

June 3, 2009

After digging through everything I have been able to get my hands on about Google Wave, I’m in awe. This to me changes the game completely. I am not even going to begin trying to explain what Wave is (others have done so already), but trust me, it’s extremely cool. And ambitious. I love it. [...]

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A Guilty Pirate Bay Verdict Will Make us Look Like Idiots in The History Books

April 17, 2009

In about an hour we will know the verdict in the Pirate Bay-trials. Let’s hope that people are being smart about this. Because a guilty verdict would not be good for anyone. Especially not for art and artists. A guilty verdict would do little to boost sales. I believe we’ll see the opposite result. Darknets [...]

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Let soak in for 2 or 3 minutes or until you see GOD!

March 26, 2009

People sometimes ask me what I mean when I talk about Honesty’s communication model. And in response, well, let me tell you a story: Last night I briefly attended one of these cool VIP-ish happenings where you get a goodie bag upon leaving. Though not entirely aimed at me (mostly women’s beauty products in there), [...]

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Björn Rietz New CEO – A Promising New Beginning For The AAS.

February 18, 2009

Björn Rietz is the new CEO for the Advertising Association of Sweden. I guess I should comment on that. “The World is Changing” is perhaps one of the most worn out phrases in trend analysis. And it’s always true. But now, the rate of change for our context as marketing professionals act is extreme. Not [...]

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The New Forsman & Bodenfors Site Review

February 11, 2009

A little over a year ago I wrote about the Forsman&Bodenfors site that never seemed to air. And now, finally, it has. The lesson that I talked about back then was that polishing and polishing on your product, and not getting it out there is fatal in times of rapid change. I also quoted Guy [...]

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Death By LEGO

October 26, 2008

Image via Wikipedia I know that these are not new clips or anything, but they prove an interesting point. With “LEGO for adults”, a product that was originally intended for children expands its audience into a new category. It fascinates us to see what some incredibly creative people have put together using LEGO, and it [...]

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Chief Innovation Officer Anna Sävenstedt To Aftonbladet

August 19, 2008

Organization of creativity and innovation is one of my favorite topics. I haven’t written about it much here, but I actually wrote my masters thesis on the subject for my M.Sc. in Media Technology back in 2003. More advanced organizational principles and technological aids for innovation are rare in the media industry, at least in [...]

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I Stand By My Belief That Einstein Would Have Made a Great Planner/Creative

August 13, 2008

In my Einstein quotes of the day, this popped up today:Innovation is not the product of logical thought, even though the final product is tied to a logical structure. Ties in nicely with the discussion of planners vs. creatives, and a comment I made earlier this week on Rory Sutherland’s blog: “In real life, we [...]

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Digital Design Is Still a Child

August 7, 2008

Humanity has been pretty good at graphic design for quite some time now (though we may have called it something else early on). The same goes for packaging design. Sure there have been plenty of innovations along the way such as the printing press, photography and modern day packaging technology, but still. I guess you [...]

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Design Talks: Supercars of the late 60′s

August 4, 2008

On my new little section “Design Talks” I’ll look at some design case studies that interest me. First out is the supercars of the late 60′s and early 70′s. They are interesting for several reasons. The designs have sprung from technical innovations like the mid-engine layout, but are also politically inspired by the space age [...]

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The Agency Void

June 22, 2008

I have mixed feelings about Cannes 2008. It felt like maybe, just maybe, things are starting to move ever so slightly. I would say that there is a growing void between two different schools of advertising. Myself, I’m clearly on one side. It seems to me that the majority of the world’s advertising juries are [...]

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I Talk The Walk

May 14, 2008

Sometimes people whisper about people that just talk and never do. I think that they probably whisper that about me sometimes. Understandably. I do talk a lot. And write a lot (around 400 posts and counting). And I don’t have production managers, project managers, receptionists, assistants, or a cleaning staff. Sure that lowers my production [...]

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Some Fresh Air Into The Stale World of Internet Advertising

May 12, 2008

It feels like the advertising industry is lagging behind when it comes to the Internet. When looking around I get the feeling that campaigns winning prizes and fame have all been done before, and that the core idea has been around for years and years. I don’t know why. Perhaps the jury people don’t know [...]

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More on The Stupidity of Discrimination

May 5, 2008

I read in the morning paper that 1 out of 146 board members in Swedish state owned companies is of non-Nordic origin. That’s ridiculous. In the light of this apparent discrimination, read this post again. My point is that it is NOT an act of charity to bring a wide set of experience into your [...]

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