September 2011
2 posts
Who is your boss?
A kid gets a paper round. The newsagent pays him but it was his Mum who asked him to start working.
A designer reports to the Creative Director yet her motivation is to be admired by her fellow graphic artists.
An up-and-coming writer takes a job with a popular magazine. It will look good on her CV. She’s no longer thinking about what she can contribute, but how the company enhances her own...
Nostalgia and Novelty
Nostalgia and novelty are the ditches on either side of the path.
Content that speaks to people comes from the gut; not from the memory.
Work that moves people comes from following your heart; not from following trends.
Believing that just because something worked in the past, it works now, is naive.
Applauding something simply because it is in vogue is shallow.
Nostalgia can say...