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IdN magazine is an international publication for creative people on a mission to amplify and unify the design community in Asia-Pacific and other parts of the world. An active organiser of sensational design-related events, it is devoted to bringing designers from around the globe together to communicate with, learn from and inspire one another. It has truly become what the initials of its title proclaim it to be: an international designers’ network.
TLC is key to a good TVC: Budgets for TV commercials can match those for moderate feature films, and given their importance and the changing media landscape, creativity remains in high demand. The latest issue of IdN reviews more than 50 examples of the latest and best in the world of TVCs.


For the past 16 years, Boone, North Carolina’s Appalachian State University has hosted the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour. Since starting in 1976 in the small Rocky Mountain town of Banff, Alberta, Canada,
If you don’t subscribe to email updates from The Inspiration Room, I encourage you to. Not only is it a consistent source of inspiration, editor Duncan Mcleod is also excellent at sharing timely information on important events like Earth Hour 2012, which is set for 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. tomorrow, Saturday, March 31. Duncan’s March 29 edition reported on two great Earth Hour campaigns: “Do You Have What It Takes?” from WWF Canada, John St and OPC, and the fascinating “WWF Earth Hour – I Will if You Will” campaign from Leo Burnett Chicago. Please visit
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The phenomenal live show experience Amon Tobin has conjured to accompany his Ninja Tune Records release “ISAM” is coming to all the cities listed below over the weeks ahead, so if you’re interested, be sure to order your tickets soon. For the latest information, please visit
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With offices in New York, Los Angeles and London, Brand New School is a vertically integrated production company and design studio that delivers extraordinary media on all platforms.
For years now, career counselors, management consultants, self-help gurus and many others have encouraged us to apply the concepts of brand management to ourselves. For anyone who is beginning this daunting process, just getting going can be a big challenge considering how much advice there is to be found. Bearing that in mind, I wanted to provide some guidance. First, I invite you to check-out the video playlist I’ve embedded above, which will help you get a handle on the main ideas at work here so you can begin applying them to yourself. Below you’ll find three excellent articles that will also get you well on your way. Finally, for an example of how everything can add up once you’ve successfully applied these lessons, I invite you to check-out the web presence for the illustrious Daisy Whitney at
human is a music and sound design initiative, creating innovative work for commercials, film, television and culture. Instilled with the spirit of a new paradigm, human enables collaboration within a global network of artists. While devoted to maintaining traditional values of excellence, artistry and knowledge, we embrace technology as a means of expanding the boundaries of genre, location and culture.
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