Book Review: Personal Vision: Photographs, Adger Cowans, 2017 By Vasken Kalayjian American cultural identity was reshaped at a time of social unrest and political struggle in the 1960s. Growing up in Syria I looked up to black leaders such as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali, Bobby Seale, Huey Newton and others… Continue reading >>

The first thing people think of when they consider your brand is your company’s logo, and like it or not, every logo comes with a host of emotional associations that will shape how people relate to your company. Logos carry meaning, and if you want to ensure that your logo’s meaning accurately lines up with… Continue reading >>

We get so used to hearing marketing terms like branding that it’s easy to lose sight of the fact that what we’re really doing is making a connection with people in a way that’s not so different to the way we meet people in real life. What is a brand if not an “essence and… Continue reading >>

Contemporary. Urban. Cosmopolitan Unhappy with how Africa and global black culture was portrayed in the media, Senegal-born marketing professional Eveline Diatta-Accrombessi set out to launch a global and bilingual (French and English) media network with a different approach. She wanted to use traditional and new media to create a portrayal of international black culture that would… Continue reading >>

I have always been a big believer in Intellectual Philanthropy – giving people a hand up rather than a handout in my opinion is one of the greatest acts of philanthropy that we can do for our fellow man. When we share the events that gave us our drive, the trials and tribulations we experienced… Continue reading >>

Neural Interface Technology Last year at the MIT Media Lab 30th Anniversary Nicholas Negroponte the founder and Chairman Emeritus predicted that uploading knowledge directly into our brain would be possible in our lifetime. The concept of neural interface technology is providing humans with the ability to hook their brains directly into the Internet. The giant… Continue reading >>

Jeff Bezos says “If you’re going to invent, you’ve got to be willing to be misunderstood for long periods of time. Anything new and different is initially going to be misunderstood. Well-meaning critics, who are worried that it might not work out, will misunderstand it. Self-interested critics, who have a profit stream connected to the old… Continue reading >>

Costume Institute’s spring 2017 Met exhibition examines the work of fashion designer Rei Kawakubo, known for her avant-garde designs and ability to challenge conventional notions of beauty, good taste, and fissionability. Explore the work of Rei Kawakubo in relation to Avant Garde Design, notion of beauty and fashion This is a magnificent and challenging show.… Continue reading >>