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November 4, 2009 by Simon Mainwaring

Here are few examples of Lawrence’s design work and you can always reach him here.

Here are few examples of Lawrence’s design work and you can always reach him here.

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Filed Under: Brands, Creativity, Videos Tagged With: Brands, Creativity, Design

October 12, 2009 by Simon Mainwaring

The great folks at Mashable posted this engaging viral video yesterday, rightly arguing that VW had hit the bulls-eye when creating this viral campaign. It not only confirmed their theory that making the world more fun can improve people’s behavior, it also demonstrated a fact that is easily forgotten as we over-think marketing and new …

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Filed Under: Brands, Social Tagged With: Brands, Viral, YouTube

September 30, 2009 by Simon Mainwaring

My first post in the series focused on conceptual and design fundamentals when planning to build an online community. These came from my experience with brands like ONE.org, Brine and the E.I.F. This post ranks design priorities and outlines the role of the landing page. Ultimately, the success of an online community turns on whether …

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Filed Under: Brands, Community, Social Tagged With: Brands, Online communities, Social media

September 15, 2009 by Simon Mainwaring

I was driving down the 10 freeway in L.A. on Sunday with my kids when I saw the billboard above made out of flowers perched on the embankment. Its part of the Prius ‘Harmony’ campaign created by Saatchi, LA (led by Mike McKay and Andrew Christou), and I wanted to share why I think its …

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Filed Under: Advertising, Brands, Consumers Tagged With: Brands, Consumers, Toyota

September 8, 2009 by Simon Mainwaring

Too often online efforts raise awareness but fail to motivate behavior. Yet that’s what brands need to do whether they want to sell more widgets or change the world for the better. And when those efforts fail, brands understandably become disillusioned, cynical or suspicious of online community building. Yet they have never experienced the power …

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Filed Under: Brands, Community, Social Tagged With: Brands, Online communities, Social media

August 19, 2009 by Simon Mainwaring

The chart above does a handy job of breaking down the various choices available to us for communication. On the one hand, its easy to interpret this variety of choice as freedom, and equally easy to imagine that such freedom enriches our lives. On the other hand, the choices above (most of which did not …

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Filed Under: Brands, Consumers, Social Tagged With: Brands, Consumers, digital trends, Social media, social network

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