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J dilla

          I wasn’t a big hip hop fan untill I heard J dillas music, he create’s the kind of music that can move anyone, although many people don’t know his name, his music changed Hip Hop. I found this great documentary on him, Enjoy If you want to find out more about J dilla check out these websites. http://www.stonesthrow.com/jdilla http://www.j-dilla.com/

George Lois

Im a very ambitious person, I want to be a great art director, I feel you need to look back and know about your craft and the people who shaped your industry, in order to be able to influence and shape it’s future, During An appearance on the David Suskind show many years ago, George Lois said “Advertising is poison gas. It should absolutely attack you; it should rip your lungs out! Advertising is poison gas”. His analogy  of advertising and views in the film Art and Copy has left... Read The Rest →

Tom Ford

I like to look out rather than in at the advertising world, and Tom Ford is one of them people who’s work ethic and talent, make everything he touches turn to gold, anyway I found this documentary watch it. Do it click on the link below.

Influencers

INFLUENCERS is a short documentary that explores what it means to be an influencer and how trends and creativity become contagious in music, fashion and entertainment. The film attempts to understand the essence of influence, what makes a person influential without taking a statistical or metric approach. If you enjoy this video you should check out, The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell

Logorama

Logorama  is a subversive animation, that highlights the number of brands that we are subjected to on a daily basis.

Thibaut de Longeville

      Thibaut de Longeville is a french/senegalese filmmaker, art director and youth culture consultant (Nike, MTV, Jordan Brand, EA Sports, EMI Music, Universal Music, Warner Bros.). His critically-acclaimed first documentary “Just For Kicks” (2005) is a vivid and entertaining foray into “sneaker culture” and the influence of Hip-Hop culture on the corporate game. In addition to his print design creative direction and his documentary work, Thibaut de Longeville has directed a number of commercials and short films for Nike, Orange and the Jordan-brand sponsored international streetball tournament Quai... Read The Rest →

My fantasy agency

According to Socialnomic, a blog run by Eric Qualman, it took 38 years for radio to reach 50 million users, 13 years for television to reach 50 million users, 4 years for the Internet to reach 50 million users, and only 9 months  for Facebook  to achieve 100 million users, just likeMoore’s Law the uptake of social media is rapidly increasing and has shown no signs of slowing down. Its hard to imagine that google is only a teenager, facebook is just 7 and twitter is still in its infancy. yet they have changed every aspect of our lives and will certainly affect every part of our future career. To create a fantasy agency I feel that the dynamics of... Read The Rest →

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