10 2017 August
IKEA Creates 72 Regional Versions Of Its Iconic Catalog … Here’s Why
This week IKEA will release its new 2018 catalog, and this timely piece looks at how a small internal army of hundreds of photographers, art...
Read Now08 2017 August
Your Next Camera Will Retouch Your Pictures While You Take Them
Starting with a set of 5,000 images that were retouched by five different photographers, Google and MIT built an algorithm that can automatically retouch a...
Read Now01 2017 August
Food Transparency and When Storytelling Can Backfire
Storytelling can shape consumer perception, but it may also have an underappreciated downside. When journalist Amy Wu was invited by Iowa Select Farms to tour...
Read Now28 2017 July
What VCs Look For In Robotics Startups (And What It Can Teach You)
As investing in robotics takes off, this story about what VCs and investors look for has a valuable insight as shared by investor Josh Wolfe...
Read Now25 2017 July
How Monte Carlo Is Embracing The Future Of Luxury
In a world where luxury consumer demand is changing, how can one f the world’s most iconic luxury destinations stay on top? It turns out...
Read Now10 2017 July
Pop-Up Magazine Masters A New Live Storytelling Format
This story is about an event series called Popup Magazine put on by longtime media exec Chas Edwards. The event is an attempt to take...
Read Now01 2017 July
6 Awesome Ways Canada Is Celebrating Its 150th Anniversary
As we head into a time when both America and Canada celebrate their national birthdays – this week’s newsletter takes an inside look at some...
Read Now28 2017 June
Netflix Lets Kids Choose Their Own Adventure In New Episode
What if you could craft your own story in a television episode? Netflix is experimenting with letting kids do exactly that in a new episode...
Read Now22 2017 June
The Surprising Brand That Won Big At Cannes
The most famous portraits in history are all painted from the torso up. That was the interesting insight from Ogilvy that led to this campaign...
Read Now07 2017 April
Overrated Millennials And Why Brands Are Embracing Seniors Instead
Senior citizens now officially outnumber the young people in Taiwan, and there is a growing worldwide shift among brands to embrace older consumers instead of largely...
Read Now10 2017 March
6 Powerful Stories Celebrating Women
As I am sure you have noticed, yesterday was International Women’s Day and it was hard to miss all the stories about women’s empowerment and...
Read Now24 2017 February
How To Build Trust In An Era Of Desperate Truth Seeking Consumers
It is hard to get away from the feeling that we are being manipulated all the time. This week there were plenty of new stories...
Read Now20 2017 January
Tokyo Toilets, the World’s Rudest Billboard and Richard Branson’s Next Big Idea
This week’s stories span from a new design for the many buttons on Japanese toilets to a deeper look at the flaws inside one of...
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