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Today’s world is a consumer society where brands rule and a logo often takes prominence over the actual product itself. Artist Sarah Kissel’s fascination with haute couture’s identity crisis and in particular this movement of diffusion labels is expressed in her latest ‘luxury brand degradation’ art project.

Pure Magenta is a … Read more

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We were very pleased to be recently asked to contribute to ‘After the Crunch’, a new book launched this week by Creative & Cultural Skills and Counterpoint, the British Council think tank.

“In the last ten years the creative industries have become one of the most fashionable and talked-about … Read more

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Posted in Culture Enterprise

The first of our monthly Radar briefings in Arts Industry magazine kicked off with CultureLabel co-founder and former BMW Group trend-scout, Florian Wupperfeld, voyaging into his Favourites folder to profile blogs worth watching to help keep ahead of consumer trends.

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by Marco Bevolo

Spoiler alert!

“…To conclude, and answer the intial question posed; yes, it is feasible to treat a cultural entity as a brand, deploying all related design and marketing tools. On the other hand, the nature of a cultural institution is not measurable purely in commercial terms, and the mechanisms … Read more

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So what does make a great museum shop?

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Last Thursday we attended a summit of all the public agencies currently engaged in promoting or delivering technological developments in the culture sector. There were a combination of strategic agencies, current project leads and some of the major institutions in the room.

With the current amount of focus and investment going … Read more

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We recently hosted a private dinner and discussion for 15 innovative senior cultural managers and policy professionals from the West Midlands region. The findings are feeding into our report on the Entrepreneurial Museum for Renaissance West Midlands and the MLA, due to be released late October.

For now, here’s a snippet … Read more

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Katie Dawson, Learning and Development Manager at Pinsent Masons LLP, explains how the law firm has managed to develop a culture of ideas and innovation:

It’s a brave new world for lawyers, who, not so very long ago, weren’t allowed to sell or promote their services. Now it’s a fight against … Read more

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Opening Statement from this year’s Ars Electronica:

“…The age of copyright and intellectual property has reached its expiration date. A development that already manifested itself in the technical fundamentals of the Internet has reared its head in the actual practices of a young generation of users and is bringing forth a … Read more

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It is often difficult to comprehend the changes that we are experiencing as a society today, whether social, economic, political or technological in nature. To use the cliche, we are now so used to it, change has become the only constant.

For some, the non-stop rhetoric of revolution fuels a persuasive … Read more

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For cultural entrepreneurs, social interactions are not necessarily just a means to an end but represent a source of power and a greater potential for success in their own right. Entrepreneurs in the ‘new’ industries, Rifkin argues, are motivated by being “universally connected so as to affect and shape human … Read more

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