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1. What is your favourite advertising commercial?

 

Geek references and Dogs - how could you go wrong?

The especially clever part this advertising campaign is realising that both those things appeal to niche sets of internet users, which meant it's share-ability (we don't use the word viral) is very high.

2. What do you love about Melbourne?

I moved to Melbourne from Sydney last year so I love lots of things about it as the novelty is still very strong. The experience of eating out in Melbourne, from a casual coffee and pastry to a full five-course dinner is by far and away my favourite part of living here - both service and food is always amazing. Trams are a very close second.

3. What's the most creative thing you've ever done?

I started, grew and eventually sold a digital agency in Sydney. It was the hardest thing I've ever done but it required that I be constantly creative. It also reaped a lot of rewards and taught me most of what I know about marketing digital services to businesses.

4. Sum up your career in 10 words:

1. Computers
2. Web
3. Internet
4. Hospitals*
5. Digital
6. Business
7. Advertising
8. Strategy
9. Creative
10. Geek

*A true child of the internet age, I was made redundant in the UK after the dot crash and worked as a medical secretary for the rest of my time there, which at least means I can type fast.

5. What does digital mean to you?

I eat, breathe and sleep digital marketing, but unlike a lot of my counterparts I see it as evolution not a revolution - not to say we're not seeing some fundamental paradigm shifts in the advertising/marketing industry and business as a whole.

I do believe social media will change the way big brands think about their customers. Consumers will start to actively seek out brands that listen to what they have to say. Those that refuse to listen and respond will find themselves at a competitive disadvantage very quickly.

This desk is made of recycled books. Though the pictures don’t do justice to how lovely it looks, it’s very tactile and appealing.

A great piece of lateral thinking applied to design and practicality, the books were salvaged from the library after a fire started in a coffee machine on the sixth floor of the school of architecture at the Delft University of Technology. Now the school has risen from the ashes, and built its front desk out of books.

Library information desk | Recyclart

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“Creativity is the capability or act  of conceiving something original  or unusual. Innovation is the implementation of something new. Invention is the creation of something that has never been made before and is recognized as the product of some unique insight.”

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Social Media platform Foursquare, turns life into a virtual game that encourages you to explore what’s in your vicinty and hook up with friends.

Dennis Crowley was jogging across a New York bridge when he spotted something exciting: a cartoon mushroom, spray-painted on the sidewalk.

It looked like something out of Nintendo’s “Super Mario Bros.,” which Crowley grew up playing. He stomped on the mushroom as he ran by and had a sort of nerdy realization.

“I was like, s—-!” he recalled. ” ‘I should get a power-up for that!’ “

Since that moment several years ago, Crowley — a 33-year-old who’s always in a sweatshirt and wears an eyebrow-length mop of Justin Bieber-like hair — has sought to turn adult life into a whimsical game. In his world, people should earn points and prizes for making random discoveries like that one. MORE…