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Presenting Creative 101 – Part 3: The Presentation
There is a true art to selling, not presenting, creative work and this article is a summary of every trick I've...
Stephen GatesApril 29, 2010 -
Presenting Creative 101 – Part 2: The Set-up
There is a true art to selling, not presenting, creative work and this article is a summary of every trick I've...
Stephen GatesApril 28, 2010 -
The Inverse Facebook Experiment
One of my most experiments looks at how Social Media only has value if the connection to the community is real...
Stephen GatesApril 26, 2010 -
Welcome to 1984 (How Apple has become the new IBM)
26 years ago Apple burst on to our collective consciousness with their famous Ridley Scott directed commercial ‘1984’. It an upstate...
Stephen GatesApril 12, 2010 -
Presenting Creative 101 – Part 1: What are we presenting?
There is a true art to selling, not presenting, creative work and this article is a summary of every trick I've...
Stephen GatesApril 5, 2010 -
Death to the client version
A few reasons why agencies need to respect their clients and be creative enough to create award winning work WITH their...
Stephen GatesMarch 18, 2010 -
Is Apple’s snubbing Flash all about money or a sign of things to come?
Before the Apple press conference was over yesterday this image of a broken plug-in icon where Flash content should have been...
Stephen GatesJanuary 28, 2010 -
Domino’s Turnaround builds up then destroys their pizza and brand
By now you have probably seen the new Domino’s Pizza campaign from Crispin Porter called The Pizza Turnaround where Domino’s monitored...
Stephen GatesJanuary 13, 2010 -
If a good interface is hidden and no sees it how does it make a difference?
I’m a car guy. I love to drive a great car and I love a great car design. The new Chevy...
Stephen GatesJuly 9, 2009 -
Creative is all about R-E-S-P-E-C-T
A look at what is probably the most important part of have great ideas, running a successful creative group and keeping...
Stephen GatesMay 18, 2009 -
Who should win the battle between Data vs. Design
I read an interesting article in the New York Times yesterday called ‘Data, Not Design, Is King in the Age of...
Stephen GatesMay 10, 2009 -
Insights on creativity from Ferran Adria, the world’s greatest chef.
The world at large probably first heard the name Ferran Adria in 2003 because of Anthony Bourdain’s TV show No Reservation...
Stephen GatesApril 21, 2009 -
What makes a successful iPhone application?
With iPhone application downloads now topping 500 million I thought I would spend some time to share some of the things...
Stephen GatesFebruary 25, 2009 -
Creative leadership doesn’t comes from a job title
Anyone who has ever had to lead and inspire a group of creative people knows how challenging it can be. You...
Stephen GatesDecember 12, 2008 -
Maintaining creativity – Get to know your creative process
Your ability to understand your creative process, your ability to observe how you have ideas and then be able to recreate...
Stephen GatesOctober 29, 2008
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