Monthly Archives: February 2010

Communication, innovation & municipal government

Communication, innovation & municipal government

A residue of a public tender. Innovation is not something you can buy. Innovation is a continuous change. Implementing a self-adjusting behavior within your daily performance. Renewal for the municipality means a new way of operating.

 

An elephant talking about Dutch design

An elephant talking about Dutch design

Asking a writer to talk about literature is like asking an elephant to talk about zoology, a linguist once said. Asking a Dutch designer to talk about Dutch design will probably lead to a lot of dissonant trumpeting. So please give me a peanut and forgive me for trying. Previously published in Experimenta 54 | januari 2006

 

De Bruin on the future ‘I hate rules’

De Bruin on the future ‘I hate rules’

Met heimwee heb ik ‘Ogilvy on Advertising’ weer van de plank getrokken. Aan het einde van het boek staan 13 voorspellingen. Hiermee bewijst David Ogilvy zijn genialiteit, want alle 13 voorspellingen zitten er compleet naast. Ik neem een diepe lurk aan m’n pijp en puf… hierbij 13 voorspellingen;