Author Archives: Kennie Ting
#4 Nostalgia is Big Business
Nostalgia is Big Business. In these uncertain times, the brands that have been building the biggest value and mindshare for themselves are those that have been able to engineer and flog “imagined memories” of past greatness. Take the Royal Family.
#4 Nostalgia is Big Business
Nostalgia is Big Business. In these uncertain times, the brands that have been building the biggest value and mindshare for themselves are those that have been able to engineer and flog “imagined memories” of past greatness. Take the Royal Family.
#3 The Informal as Infrastructure
How could Japan have been bankrupt for a decade, but still look outwardly buzzing? This has been a question that has bugged me for at least a decade now. That is, until I started my Masters Degree in World Cities
#3 The Informal as Infrastructure
How could Japan have been bankrupt for a decade, but still look outwardly buzzing? This has been a question that has bugged me for at least a decade now. That is, until I started my Masters Degree in World Cities
#2 The Peripheral becomes Central
Objects at the periphery have a knack of coming into sharp focus. Take Occupy Wall Street. However you see it – whether you consider the 1% or the 99% the periphery – they have both been placed sharply and inevitably
#2 The Peripheral becomes Central
Objects at the periphery have a knack of coming into sharp focus. Take Occupy Wall Street. However you see it – whether you consider the 1% or the 99% the periphery – they have both been placed sharply and inevitably
#1 The Uncertain is Certain
Fact: Someone always profits from a crisis. Not to sound tasteless and insensitive, but the truth is that when the tsunami hit Aceh in 2006, somebody was doing business selling tents and other humanitarian supplies to the Red Cross and
#1 The Uncertain is Certain
Fact: Someone always profits from a crisis. Not to sound tasteless and insensitive, but the truth is that when the tsunami hit Aceh in 2006, somebody was doing business selling tents and other humanitarian supplies to the Red Cross and
Found Pattern: Evolution is Obligatory
I like patterns. I think life is made up of patterns, large and small, that often appear just beyond the blind spot, and require keen observation to make out clearly. I realise I’m interested in patterns because they provide a
Found Pattern: Evolution is Obligatory
I like patterns. I think life is made up of patterns, large and small, that often appear just beyond the blind spot, and require keen observation to make out clearly. I realise I’m interested in patterns because they provide a
Found Pattern 