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In Innovation Today, The Smartest Companies Collaborate With Enemies

Written by: Nick Keppel-Palmer

In the collaborative marketplace, companies will have to join forces with other businesses.

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Virgin Atlantic’s Swank New Lobby Conveys Brand Values, Without The Brand

Virgin Atlantic’s Swank New Lobby Conveys Brand Values, Without The Brand

Every bit feels like Virgin, but can you even spot the logo?

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How Companies Like Amazon Use Big Data To Make You Love Them

How Companies Like Amazon Use Big Data To Make You Love Them

Written by: Sean Madden

Businesses now sit on data goldmines, but very few leverage the data to improve customer service. Ziba’s Sean Madden suggests 3 ways forward.

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The Way Forward For Women In The Developing World: Farming

The Way Forward For Women In The Developing World: Farming

Not every infographic needs to be stuffed with information to be informative.

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For A Museum In A Bus, A Logo That Likes To Travel

For A Museum In A Bus, A Logo That Likes To Travel

Lava, a Dutch design studio, creates the graphic-design equivalent of a wrinkle-free shirt for an itinerant design museum in Moscow.

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Apple’s Slick iPad Branding Hides A Broken App Infrastructure

Apple’s Slick iPad Branding Hides A Broken App Infrastructure

Apple’s simplified iPad branding is trying to trick us into forgetting the technological mess behind the app store.

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How Do You Market A Breakthrough Camera Like The Lytro? Very, Very Cleverly

How Do You Market A Breakthrough Camera Like The Lytro? Very, Very Cleverly

We get hands-on with the new Lytro camera. Sure, the tech’s impressive, but if this thing succeeds it’ll be because Lytro turns every user into a salesman.

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How Do You Turn Pixels Into A Full-Blown Brand Experience?

How Do You Turn Pixels Into A Full-Blown Brand Experience?

Written by: Ben Fullerton

Interaction design--from websites to apps--is a rare opportunity to create an entire ecosystem unto itself, removed from outside noise. And that’s an opportunity for singular branding.

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A Clever Branding System Based On Clip-Art Icons

A Clever Branding System Based On Clip-Art Icons

The idea was to create a visual language that could describe the range of services offered by Brevia Consulting.

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The Current Rage In Branding: Fake Authenticity Is Now A-Okay

The Current Rage In Branding: Fake Authenticity Is Now A-Okay

Written by: Michael Raisanen

Faking an authentic experience is now lauded, and companies such as J. Crew are exploiting the trend, writes Michael Raisanen.

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