by Prescott | 2008.04.29 | China, design, national identities
Proving once again that everything is made in China, it has emerged that the banned flags of Tibet are actually manufactured in Chinese factories! I read it on the BBC, although it sounds like something The Onion would come up with. Do I need to really say anything...
by Prescott | 2008.04.27 | advertising_tv & radio, brands & branding, design_history, design_packaging, New York, the industry
I just finished reading Malcolm Gladwell’s latest book, Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking. And I wouldn’t be writing about it except for the fact that it was absolutely brilliant! If you are at all interested in human psychology, cognitive...
by Prescott | 2008.04.26 | design_web, this website
This site has been in its current incarnation for a while now — about 15 months by my count. Not a terribly long time, but in Internet years, that’s ancient. Is it time for a redesign? Considering I built the template using CSS and web standards, the transition...
by Prescott | 2008.04.25 | music, New York
Here’s something that I find odd, even by New York standards. First, a little backstory: In recent times, the Empire State Building has gone batty for their coloured lights. You know, those segmented series of lights at the tippy-top of the building, just below...
by Prescott | 2008.04.24 | brands & branding, national identities
Bad news for Starbucks, the brand I love to blog about. It seems that profit forecasts won’t be quite so perky, leaving stockholders disappointed. The BBC has a quick study of how the sluggish US economy has hurt the coffee giant. I guess they haven’t been...