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1843 (March Issue)

2017/ 03/ 16 by jd in Global News

“Even though the fashion business relies on passing fads to keep the consumer interested, many of the products sold under the flag of luxury are built to last. Personal tech, conversely, is built to be surpassed. A top-of-the-line iPhone 7 currently retails at just north of £900, but next year it will be last year’s phone – an anachronism. Tech is perishable. Luxury is forever.”

 

Time (July 1)

2013/ 07/ 02 by jd in Global News

“Japan’s upper house gave final approval on June 12 for a $500 million, 20-year fund to promote Japanese culture overseas. Called Cool Japan, the multidisciplinary campaign is designed to plug everything from anime and manga to Japanese movies, design, fashion, food and tourism…. It’s unfortunate that the name of a campaign to showcase creative originality strongly echoes Cool Britannia, the pop-cultural flowering that took place in the U.K. in the 1990s.”

 

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