Designer Karen Walker selected 12 models aged 65 to 92 for her latest 2013 eyewear collection, shot in collaboration with Ari Seth Cohen. Via sliceoflife.
Welcome to a special early edition of Linkness – have a wonderful break over Easter!
If you only read one thing.
- Science says: nasty commenters can destroy a website’s brand over time | Co.Design
Management.
- Having a boss. “Cultural influences made me believe that having a boss is inherently unpleasant”, but… | blog.mumm.me
- Strategy at digital speed: The era of corporate strategic planning is over | Forbes
- “Women’s abilities to make fair decisions when competing interests are at stake make them better corporate leaders, researchers have found.” | Science Daily
- 15 psychology experts share their best productivity tips | Psychology Today
Innovation.
- Deciding what to make (Appreciate this insight: “Large companies do not have [...] lateral inspiration. They are inspired by their company’s past actions, by their competitors, or worse, by a pre-digital, advertising frame of reference.”) | MF’in Daniels
Insights.
- Present shock and why our ‘now-fixation’ has changed everything from advertising to politics: “presentism is what comes after futurism. Where we spent a century or more leaning forward toward the future, addicted to growth, and speculating on whatever might be next, we are now in an era that emphasizes the present.” | Co.Create
- Redefining sustainable development: “development that meets the needs of the present while safeguarding the Earth’s life-support system, on which the welfare of current and future generations depends.” | Project Syndicate
Creativity.
- 3 paths toward a more creative life | Co.Design
- Television at Twitter speed. The new rules of the hyper-social, data-driven, actor-friendly platinum age of television | Wired.com
On Nextness this week.
- Think twice about moving to New York: Australian strategist-in-NYC Grace Gordon urges young creatives to think carefully before ‘doing their time’ overseas – and while you’re at it, lose the cultural cringe.
- Would Chris Savage hire you? If you want a job in the marketing content and communications industry – in advertising, digital, PR and their sister disciplines – then follow these four golden rules when it comes to the critical job interview, writes our COO Chris Savage in this guest post.
STW Group news.
- Australia’s first charity The Benevolent Society set to launch ‘Hundreds and Thousands’ installation at Vivid Sydney via Designworks.
- Houston gives AGDA a fresh look.
- Q&A: STW Communications Group CIO, Tom Ceglarek | CIO
- Tongue wins Australia’s largest fashion destination | B&T
- The White Agency’s new momentum.
- The Brand Agency were crowned Campaign Brief Agency of the Year.
- The Brand Agency, RAC and Shed are the star performers at Campaign Brief Creative Awards.