I stumbled on this interesting article which claims that the Chinese penchant for copying/ stealing ideas started with British botanist Robert Fortune’s own ‘IP theft’ of Chinese tea cultivation. It doesn’t fully explain what is probably a deeper part of Chinese culture but it’san interesting theory. Image credit: Te Cha

New Bondway will rise 168m from the New Southbank area in Nine Elms. It is a mainly residential development from Citygrove and McLaren Property and the brilliance of KPF Architects. We named the development, created an elegant identity and have just launched the responsive website.

Supported by microbanking, and more specifically by Microbanker.com, many micro businesses in Uganda are getting more exposure than usual through the Jessie J ‘Price Tag’ lip dub with a cast of 500 Ugandan women. An amazing feat of organisation, and inspiration. Image credit: Fanny Schertzer CC 3.0

We just found out that we’re on the shortlist for both the ‘Creative Industries Business of the Year’ and the ‘West London Business of the Year’ in the West London Business Awards which are being held by West London Business and Chart Lane. The awards ceremony is on November 28th which is also American Thanksgiving … Read more

A note in our veg box this morning made me think about the importance of authenticity in branding. We have been enjoying Riverford‘s organic fruit, veg and meat box deliveries weekly for about six years. The Riverford newsletter, written by founder Guy Watson, who started delivering veggie boxes locally to friends in Devon nearly 25 … Read more

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From a post on our Facebook page: describe entrepreneurs or entrepreneurship (that’s a mouthful!) in 3 words. Risky novel usefulness Inspired, dedicated, insightful Money money money Human living right Bloody hard work Resourceful creative businessperson Filthy stinkin’ rich Do it yourself

I’m tempted to just write just one word about the TEDx we went to on Friday: WOW. And the lasting hope, as soon as it ended, that it will be held again next year. It was an incredibly inspiring day, the kind you can only really take in once every few months. From Jack Andraka … Read more

We’ve asked our entrepreneurially-minded clients how we make their lives easier. Watch this video to find out!

Christoph and I went to an inspiring talk last night by Vernon Hill, founder of Metro Bank and John Rosling, UK CEO of Shirlaws coaching. The topic was ‘Business Growth in a No-Growth Economy’. For Vernon, that meant growth in a no-growth sector, banking. His accomplishments include being number 4, right behind Warren Buffet, in … Read more

After working on a project for the Peter Jones Enterprise Academy, the idea of being an entrepreneur has been swilling around my brain for the last few months. The idea of having a small unique business is an exciting and seemingly very satisfying one. With a bigger push from the government for people to start … Read more

Our resident future branding expert (now 6 years old) is trying his hand at advertising. The latest is this poster for the “Best shop in town” with enthusiastic customer endorsement.  

When we moved office last year, I took a fresh look at some documents we had issued and received over the past years. Reading the language which is used day-by-day in our branding world, I find a lot of it to be militaristic. We talk about “targeting” our market and we “bullet-point” our recommendations. We … Read more

Recently we have been thinking about entrepreneurship, both through the eyes of our entrepreneurial clients and as entrepreneurs ourselves. So this paragraph from Zeitoun by Dave Eggers caught my eye: …those eyes, holding the light they did, had seized her. They were dream-filled, but discerning, too, assessing – the eyes of an entrepreneur. He could … Read more

A wonderful collision of bananas and Pac-Man…eating lunch and the Star Spangled Banner…playing piano on stair steps. It’s MaKey MaKey. Check it out!