Archive for the ‘Art & Design’ Category
“Digital Designers Rediscover Their Hands” – NYTimes
Another article that has implications and relevance for KM. The central thesis of the article is that people, even highly skilled “knowledge workers”, can only learn so much via software. Grappling with physical/tangible objects increases their understanding of their own software products.
The take-away here for KM (for me) is that technology is good but don’t forget about the analog.
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Digital Designers Rediscover Their Hands
By G. PASCAL ZACHARY
Published: August 16, 2008
Here’s the school mentioned in the article: Tinkering School
HSBC paradox print ads
The advertising campaign for HSBC where they show two contrasting pictures with titles, then switch them is brilliant.
For instance, they show a picture of a man in abusiness suit with the title “Leader”. Beside they show a picture of a man in jeans with the title “Follower”. The inference being hard worker vs. slacker. Then in the next pair they switch the title so now jeans-man is “Leader” and suit-man is “Follower”. So simple, so brilliant!
There are a whole slew of them in the tunnels of Heathrow airport. Maybe it’s just me, but if they were in a gallery I’d sit and contemplate them for hours. I love the way it shows the paradoxes (apparent contradictions) of life.
I’ve no idea what HSBC is like as a bank, but JWT did a nice job on the campaign.
Here are two more:
T. E. D. – the be all and end all!!!
This is the bomb!!
Technology Entertainment Design conference:
It would be great to start something like this in Ireland. On the one hand I feel like they’re so massive why bother, but on the other hand, it shows there are legions of people out there on this same wavelength. It is both daunting and inspiring!
