Bassett recently completed 4 photographer profiles for liveBooks. All the photographers are brilliant artists with subjects ranging from genocide, to 9-11 survivors, fashion, and fine art wedding photography. Visit livebooks.com and click “why livebooks” along the bottom or watch the embedded videos!
Bassett recently completed 4 photographer profiles for liveBooks. All the photographers are brilliant artists with subjects ranging from genocide, to 9-11 survivors, fashion, and fine art wedding photography. Visit livebooks.com and click “why livebooks” along the bottom or watch the embedded videos!
That’s not water!
‘Haikumania’ according to Stanford’s Steven Carter
Stanford University scholar Steven Carter cites Haiku’s ultra-accessiblity as its strength and reason for its expansive reach across cultures — and across species. Will Twitter, as the new Haiku, have as explosive a reach?
On a recent trip to the Guggenheim… No matter how many times I’ve been to this museum it never ceases to impress me, amaze me, inspire me.
Oh, and I might just have to buy the lego version for our San Francisco office…
Solar powered “3D Printer” uses only sun and sand.
Incase Headphones
In April we helped Incase gather consumer feedback on a few design directions for a line of headphones. We are excited to see that they will be unveiling them this fall! Check out the Fast Company article:
http://www.fastcodesign.com/1664110/first-look-incase-expands-into-the-headphone-biz
Our new study in collaboration with interTrend, released 6/15/11:
In Japan, post 3/11, the similarities between Twitter and Haiku are uncanny. Twitter quickly became an outlet for emotion: shock, sadness, love, but mainly hope. Beyond the overall increase in Twitter-use, there was a shift in conversation towards these emotive keywords, according to a study just released by interTrend and Bassett & Partners.
Perhaps the new appeal of Twitter stems from this poetic form that is deeply ingrained in the Japanese psyche: Haiku.
For a culture that is traditionally seen to be reserved, this kind of openly emotional outpouring is nothing short of a cultural revolution. After 3/11, Twitter has bridged gaps among generations, social classes and regions within Japan. It has also given Japanese the opportunity to feel more included in the global community, and foreigners a better view into Japanese culture.
We’ll be posting the full written report soon; for an advance copy or to schedule a presentation, send us an email (cara.silver@bassett.tv).
Interesting choice or cargo, and interesting choice of storage if that cargo (San Francisco, CA)
a not-so-subtle commentary on the state on the ever-changing landscape of the bookselling and publishing industry. (and this was posted INSIDE the door, mind you. And at a now-defunct BORDERS in San Francisco, not a mom-n-pop indie).
