…David Armano’s fascinating, ego free blog. He’s a creative director, but not as we know it (if the usual stuff in Campaign Private View is anything to go by).  here’s a great post on Russell’s debate about boring creative directors. More please.

Finally finished Steve Johnson’s ‘Everything bad is good for you’ (thanks to a habit of reading about 3 books at a time it takes a while). I’ll get to his arguments in a sec, but first of all he writes like a dream. Instead of the didactic "I know more than you" style of so…

With guest star Olive Oil: "Imported from Italy" only has to have been bottled there, usually using olives from Greece, Spain or Turkey. "100 pure olive oil" is the lowest grade available. "Made from refined olive oils" means taste and acidity were chemically produced. "From hand-picked olives" suggests that it’s been done with care –…

There’s a growing trend in the London and New York for art scene. Art collectors are making calculated gambles on buying the entire collections of young artists, hoping that one of them will be a big success and make them a tidy profit. Some think the effect on the quality of art is terrible, as…

There was a fascinating discussion Radio 4 about how intellectually gifted children in the UK may get a raw deal. Apparently far more money and time is spent on the not so gifted. Schools in the Uk have classes of mixed abilities where they can’t move on until everyone gets the hang of what you’re…

Open to Everyone has posted Friday’s cover of the Independent.

e   I’m sure you’ve heard of Howies and their wonderfully rich, authentic, human tone of voice that transforms a mail order clothing company into a movement. While,the catalogue and the website are great, it’s the detail that brings it alive. When your jeans arrive, everything from the wrapping to the label inside, add up…