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November 26, 2006

Create your own Jackson Pollock piece!

jacksonpollock3.jpg "On the floor I am more at ease, I feel nearer, more a part of the painting, since this way I can walk around in it, work from the four sides and be literally `in' the painting."
Jackson Pollock, 1947.

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What's that smell?

sense of smell Mars, PepsiCo, Kraft and Procter & Gamble hope scents will help them get attention among fragmented audiences. Pepsi recently added the aroma of black-cherry vanilla soda to its magazine inserts for Diet Pepsi Jazz.

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Eight Million Millionaires in America

philanthropy-1.jpg How are the more than eight million millionaires in America taking advantage of their wealth?

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November 12, 2006

Sony's Next Generation Television

home_latest_img_thumb.jpg Sony's latest TV ad for the Bravia television - featuring massive paint explosions - took 10 days and 250 people to film. Huge quantities of paint were needed to accomplish this, which had to be delivered in 1 tonne trucks and mixed on-site by 20 people.

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The Iconic Coke Bottle

cokebottle.jpg You won't find this Coke bottle at your local grocer. Coca-Cola has unveiled M5, a design project that asked five design groups from five continents to "create and share visions of optimism." The result is a collection of unbranded short videos from Caviar (Japan), The Designers Republic (U.K.), MK12 (U.S.A.), Rex & Tennant McKay (South Africa), and Lobo (Brazil). These same design agencies also designed artistic renditions of aluminum Coke bottles to be released in limited-edition runs this fall at "the world's finest clubs and lounges," along with T-shirts and other merchandise from the project.

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Good Habits of Great Fundraising Boards

tree.jpg Jerold Panas, author of The Fundraising Habits of Supremely Successful Boards, says that two of the most important habits that a board should have is: 1) Don't allow a mission deficit. 2) Board members must be roaring advocates for their organization. It must burn in their bones. More

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November 26, 2006

Create your own Jackson Pollock piece!

jacksonpollock3.jpg "On the floor I am more at ease, I feel nearer, more a part of the painting, since this way I can walk around in it, work from the four sides and be literally `in' the painting."
Jackson Pollock, 1947.

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What's that smell?

sense of smell Mars, PepsiCo, Kraft and Procter & Gamble hope scents will help them get attention among fragmented audiences. Pepsi recently added the aroma of black-cherry vanilla soda to its magazine inserts for Diet Pepsi Jazz.

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Eight Million Millionaires in America

philanthropy-1.jpg How are the more than eight million millionaires in America taking advantage of their wealth?

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November 12, 2006

Sony's Next Generation Television

home_latest_img_thumb.jpg Sony's latest TV ad for the Bravia television - featuring massive paint explosions - took 10 days and 250 people to film. Huge quantities of paint were needed to accomplish this, which had to be delivered in 1 tonne trucks and mixed on-site by 20 people.

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The Iconic Coke Bottle

cokebottle.jpg You won't find this Coke bottle at your local grocer. Coca-Cola has unveiled M5, a design project that asked five design groups from five continents to "create and share visions of optimism." The result is a collection of unbranded short videos from Caviar (Japan), The Designers Republic (U.K.), MK12 (U.S.A.), Rex & Tennant McKay (South Africa), and Lobo (Brazil). These same design agencies also designed artistic renditions of aluminum Coke bottles to be released in limited-edition runs this fall at "the world's finest clubs and lounges," along with T-shirts and other merchandise from the project.

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