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GLOBAL CONSUMERS - WHO?

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 16:38:23 +0200

GLOBAL CONSUMERS - WHO?

softpyramid: Garvin Nolteinstallation/still from Crossroads...

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 19:14:51 +0200

softpyramid:

Garvin Nolte
installation/still from Crossroads (What to do)
2011

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Mon, 18 Mar 2013 11:20:52 +0100

MADE IN CHINA

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 17:05:37 +0100

thestreamagazine:

STORM: l’altra Cina, che non vuole essere solo la fabbrica del mondo, ma punta ad emergere come hub di creatività, qualità ed innovazione.

Nel 1978 la Cina decise di aprirsi al mondo.

Con la morte di Mao Zedong, preceduta dalla ben nota Rivoluzione Culturale, Deng Xiaoping sale al potere facendosi portavoce della Politica della Porta Aperta. Oggi la Cina viene associata dall’opinione pubblica alla fabbrica del mondo per il suo ruolo di primo esportatore di merci al mondo. Ma nella Cina contemporanea che ruolo ricoprono concetti quali innovazione e creatività?

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What should I do today? Simple: raise, have breakfast, work,...

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 10:27:00 +0100

What should I do today? Simple: raise, have breakfast, work, have lunch, work, rest, sleep.

This is extreme. Actually I have been in HK and prices for rooms...

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 12:32:06 +0100

This is extreme. Actually I have been in HK and prices for rooms are crazy - even the most humble accommodation.

COMMUNICATE YOUR VALUE

Fri, 22 Feb 2013 16:52:39 +0100

COMMUNICATE YOUR VALUE

360 CITIES / TRAVELLING ONLINE

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 12:37:41 +0100

360 CITIES / TRAVELLING ONLINE

TRUST YOUR EYES (IF YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT CHINA)

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 10:06:17 +0100

Top executives need to go to China and stay for a couple of weeks. Visit Shanghai, Hong Kong, Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Tianjin. And while you’re at it, spend a few days in Taipei. Then go back again.

[…]

If you really want to know what’s happening in Chinese-speaking Asia, the statistics tell only part of the story. For the rest of the story, trust your eyes.

I do agree with the idea of going and seeing, but I do believe that anyway a couple of weeks is no way enough to know and learn about China. Staying there a couple of weeks you can only pretend to know China and the Chinese market.

Mandare tutto all’aria, by Cerise Doucède, Égarements.

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 10:58:00 +0100

Mandare tutto all’aria, by Cerise Doucède, Égarements.

Wear it as you mean it

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 18:14:56 +0100

Wear it as you mean it:

For a wearable to be successful, it has to be something you want on your body all day anyway, even if it had no function.

Wearable gadgets learn how to behave in order to meet user’s needs and desires. They are unlocking data we never managed to have before and they blend perfectly with our life.

How happy are you?

Tue, 29 Jan 2013 17:20:07 +0100

How happy are you?:

I love this:

… in order to lower your expectations. Because low expectations are a good strategy.

Isn’t that true? Low expectations make whatever shine. High expectations make everything dull. Doing research, living, studying, this is the truth.

Cool DIY post service #copenhagen

Sat, 29 Dec 2012 17:27:48 +0100

Cool DIY post service #copenhagen

Tutti a tavola! is an innovative initiative for fundraising....

Sat, 24 Nov 2012 17:17:22 +0100

Tutti a tavola! is an innovative initiative for fundraising. Instead of asking you money for charity, they invented a game. Last thursday, friday and today, instead of spending time deciding what to cook for lunch or dinner, the organizers give you a list of Milan chefs who designed a menu with three courses. You can pick one, follow the recipes and buy at the grocery stores all around Piazzale Lagosta, Milan. While you are buying, you are asked if you want to add an euro - that will be used by the organizers to buy food for people in need, and get a sticker. If you get 5 stickers, you will be given a bag with the whole recipe book and a magazine, “La cucina italiana”. By the way we picked Cesare Battisti, chef at Ratanà, Milan. I like this gamification supporting fund-raising!

YES, I WAS RIGHT (2 YEARS AGO)

Sat, 24 Nov 2012 16:40:04 +0100

YES, I WAS RIGHT (2 YEARS AGO):

Almost two years ago I graduated with a thesis named “Chinese Sexuality: instilling the concept of sexual wellness in Chinese women”. I was stressing how the sex toys market is blooming, but it can only be associated with Chinese mindset changing, but it is not directly linked with an improvement in Chinese sexual education.

Alitalia is trying hard to show how better is to fly to Rome...

Mon, 19 Nov 2012 11:05:06 +0100

Alitalia is trying hard to show how better is to fly to Rome instead of getting there by train. “You have time to buy a present for your wife too!”. Are high speed trains still better?

VEET IS TELLING CHINESE WOMEN THEY ARE TOO HAIRY

Tue, 30 Oct 2012 14:05:16 +0100

VEET IS TELLING CHINESE WOMEN THEY ARE TOO HAIRY:

Teaching consumers a need they don’t have yet. This is the way Veet is increasing its sales, telling Chinese women that they are too hairy.

Despite such plays on women’s fears of embarrassment, Reckitt Benckiser’s Sehgal says that Chinese women are too “independent-minded” to be coaxed into using a product they don’t really need.

You sure?

FINGERPRINT TO PAY AT THE GROCERY STORE

Thu, 25 Oct 2012 09:44:29 +0200

FINGERPRINT TO PAY AT THE GROCERY STORE

CONAI is promoting the separate collection of rubbish making...

Thu, 25 Oct 2012 07:03:30 +0200

CONAI is promoting the separate collection of rubbish making people play. October is the month dedicated to learning how to separate waste and they think that the game is the best way to do it.

Vending Machine / Coop / Turin. Doing my research about vending...

Mon, 22 Oct 2012 18:04:38 +0200

Vending Machine / Coop / Turin. Doing my research about vending machine, I realize that it’s hard to trust food vending machines - won’t it be already expired? And why they hardly ever sell fresh food? While I trust meds and similar supply vending machines, I’m still not sure about food ones…