Interview with Jim Coudal

Over the last couple of years Jim Coudal has managed to make his way into my consciousness.

If only for the fact that he was so fed up with clients that he transformed his agency into an agency without clients.

He talks about this and more in this cosy chat on the ironically titled Interview Show.

Murdoch and Twitter

Rupert Murdoch jumping on to Twitter has been all over the internet these last few days.

Unbelievably old Rupert has racked up close to 100,000 followers already.

That's up there with Ashton Kucher and Oprah in the uptake stakes.

But does he have anything to say?

And if he does is it worth listening to?

I'd say yes and no at the moment.

To be honest with you I'm just glad he signed up for Twitter not bought it.

Because we all know what happened to the last big thing in digital he purchased!

Picturing an idea

Milton Glaser's "I ♥ NY" logo is up there with Coke and McDonalds as one of the most iconic visual devices of all time.

And all three date from a time when there were no computers or design software.

This is the original sketch for Glaser's idea.


Doesn't look like much does it?

But sometimes you just have to suspend your normal way of seeing and try to imagine.

Failing that I guess you simply have to trust that creative people know what they're doing.

Which ain't easy. As any client will testify.

But sometimes as this design classic shows it pays off.

Sometimes.

Oh dear...

Satruday?

Seriously?

Is this a Lovemark?

I reckon this idiot is taking the Lovemarks idea just a step too far.

Not sure the people at Louis Vuitton would be that pleased about it either.

But it definitely poses a question I've pondered for years:

How do luxury brands maintain their luxury status when they're so often worn by people without an ounce of taste or style?