Incite by Design

Design for the Developing World Conference

noreply@blogger.com (David Taylor) — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 10:39:24 PDT

As someone who has had the opportunity to experience a portion of my life in the developing world, namely the Caribbean and Brazil, I have been following some of the outcomes from the Design for the...

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]

It's Awards Time Again!

noreply@blogger.com (David Taylor) — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 08:24:54 PDT

Working with our amazing clients is in many ways an award just in itself. We love our work and they challenge us to think creatively, to communicate their message effectively, and enable us to...

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]

What Obama can teach us about business

noreply@blogger.com (David Taylor) — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:57:34 PDT

One of my favorite magazines and blogs recently featured a fantastic article on the use of social media to promote business. The article was an excellent illustration on how even a small business can...

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The UK's Coolest Brands Report

noreply@blogger.com (David Taylor) — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:05:10 PDT

Coolbrands is an annual initiative to identify the UK's coolest brands based on independent voting and consumer feedback. Today here are the top 5 coolest brands in the UK. 1. Aston Martin2. iPhone3....

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]

5 Steps for Getting Results from your Marketing

noreply@blogger.com (David Taylor) — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 09:39:01 PDT

Growing a profitable business requires a systematic approach to marketing if you are going to be successful in increasing your client base and sales. Here are some tips. No. 1: Define your goalsWrite...

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Access Copyright Enhances Shareholder Communications

noreply@blogger.com (David Taylor) — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 11:08:38 PDT

A strategic shareholder communications strategy can be instrumental in elevating the brand for many public companies. We had the opportunity to tackle this type of business challenge with Access...

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]

A Logo does not make a Brand

noreply@blogger.com (David Taylor) — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 12:40:41 PDT

Many companies struggle with the challenge of building a strong brand and get caught in the myth that a logo is a brand. We like to challenge that myth. A well designed logo and corporate identity is...

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Tips for Selecting a Design Agency

noreply@blogger.com (David Taylor) — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 11:42:49 PDT

The selection of a design firm to handle the creation of your marketing materials or website is one of the most important decisions a company can make. These tips can help determine if a design...

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The Art of Hotel Design

noreply@blogger.com (David Taylor) — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 19:06:08 PDT

The travel industry has definitely raised the stakes in the last few years and realized that a good hotel is more than location, a bed, and room service. While the grand hotels still exist and...

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Website Design & the Pedestrian Scramble

noreply@blogger.com (David Taylor) — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 06:28:21 PDT

One of Canada's busiest intersections frequented by over 60,000 pedestrians daily has just adopted the pedestrian scramble format. A recent visit to the intersection this week reminded me of some of...

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Building a campaign for the Vendee Globe Race

noreply@blogger.com (David Taylor) — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 12:17:04 PDT

In November, thirty racing machines powered only by the power of the wind will leave the Atlantic coast of France far behind and head out into the ultimate challenge in ocean yacht racing, the Vendee...

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Is Microsoft cool?

noreply@blogger.com (David Taylor) — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 16:37:25 PDT

The ad agency of Crispin Porter + Bogusky has a reputation for advertising campaigns that generate excitement about a brand, but they certainly have taken on a big challenge with the task of making...

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Who's reading?

noreply@blogger.com (aleah) — Sat, 12 May 2007 13:31:59 PDT

I just got a rather nasty e-blast from a publisher of a literary journal, basically castigating everyone who's submitted work for not also being paid subscribers. He said that if 1 out of every 200...

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]

When you need to broaden your consumer base...

noreply@blogger.com (Christina) — Tue, 08 May 2007 11:45:27 PDT

While we're on the topic of television spots, I thought I'd bring up an interesting new one. It's by that automotive equivalent of sensible footwear, that bastion of safety, beloved by soccer moms...

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]

noreply@blogger.com (Christina) — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 10:26:03 PDT

Coke has always produced your standard high-budget, feel-good TV spots. They're basically full of young good-looking people having fun, Santas, or cutsy 3D animated polar bears. However, that isn't...

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Go read

noreply@blogger.com (aleah) — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 06:09:42 PDT

Johnnie Moore's post on "creativity." It deserves a good conversation.

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Not So Random Quote

noreply@blogger.com (aleah) — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 05:58:11 PDT

"A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it." — Jean de La Fontaine

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Ode to the Sliders

noreply@blogger.com (Giulia Cala) — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 10:49:58 PDT

Soulwax.com is an interesting site that really makes use of the slider to truly customize the user experience. Playing on the idea of ‘sliding’ or scratching, to make the traverse through the site,...

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Limitations of Choice

noreply@blogger.com (aleah) — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 18:01:56 PDT

Break out your party hats, I am back. ;-) It's been a long while since I have blogged about something other than poetry, so forgive my rusty intro back into the scene. We (me and Rick) went...

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Random Reel 'o' the day

noreply@blogger.com (Giulia Cala) — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 06:56:01 PDT

This week marks the seventh annual ReelWorld Film Festival, April 11-15. While there are always a plethora of interesting entries, my favourite is that of a friend of a friend, Mazi Khalighi’s...

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Eggs and the City 2007

noreply@blogger.com (Giulia Cala) — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 07:46:34 PDT

For all those egg enthusiasts, this years annual urban Easter Egg Hunt is taking place on Bloor between Yonge and Bathurst, on Sunday April 8 beginning 11:00 am. Put on by Newmindspace, an...

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Delightfully Horrifying

noreply@blogger.com (Christina) — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 11:32:23 PDT

So every once in a while, you come upon a phrase which carries a life of it's own. We inscribe meaning into the things around us, adding our own personal histories. I was explaining the concept of...

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]

I have seen the future...

noreply@blogger.com (Christina) — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 06:01:50 PST

...and I am frightened. Check it out. Your average corporate identity, with 50% more Hello Kitty (actually, web 2.0 influenced). I beg of you, proceed with utmost caution, and perhaps a pair of...

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Holiday Ramblings

noreply@blogger.com (Christina) — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 08:51:06 PST

As we wind down production, as our printers and clients alike become unreachable and as the streets fill with countless disgruntled souls checking the final items off their shopping list, we are knee...

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Ryan – animated short by Chris Landreth, 2005 Academy Award Winner

noreply@blogger.com (Giulia) — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 07:28:33 PDT

Ryan, staring the life and work of animator Ryan Larkin, is a very worthy animation with an even more interesting supporting documentary showcasing the making of it. Ryan, uses supplemental or...

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]