#extraordinaryprojects #inspiration #director @bloodhound_ssc @TheLENASpace
Extraordinary projects are fascinating. They can inspire, achieve, break barriers, break people and we are all drawn to them. I have the privilege of working on two extraordinary projects at the moment; The Bloodhound Programme and LENA Space. SuperSonic cars and rocketry. This doesn't stop me enjoying and marvelling at extraordinary projects and here is a …
Having worked on the Bloodhound Programme as Marketing and Partnership Director I've been at the cutting edge of high risk, moment based marketing. Unlike endeavours that fall out of corporate or commercial R&D exercises, this property was built on the classic sponsorship model. However, the closer you look the more you realise sponsorship is dead.
When Zaha Hadid passed away in March 2016, she left the world of architecture with an irreplaceable legacy. As the first woman to receive the Pritzker Architecture Prize (2004), she was described by the Guardian of London as the "Queen of the curve" who "liberated architectural geometry, giving it a whole new expressive identity."
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Andrew Bromberg of Aedas designed the China World Trade Center Phase 3C that merges energy efficient principles with mixed-use programming.
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An extraordinary project pushing the boundaries of architecture and lifestyle and bringing future visions one step closer. Also, take a look at the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative - http://www.shanghaidaily.com/opinion/chinese-perspectives/Chinese-and-foreign-entrepreneurs-build-a-better-world-under-Belt-and-Road-Initiative/shdaily.shtml
A flying car start-up backed by Google co-founder Larry Page has unveiled its first prototype vehicle and said it plans to launch a commercial version by the end of the year.
We are constantly told to slow down, that slowing down enables us to perform better. Yet conversely we are continually told to speed up - be more productive - drive yourself, become optimised. Work hard to be successful. Take Daniel Kahneman's Thinking Fast and Slow, or articles from Harvard Business Review citing their study into …
There's a strange irony in the fact that we spend most of the time trying to get somewhere. Yet the thing which drives me and gets me up in the morning is actually about going from 0mph to 0mph and everything in-between. The perfect run for the land speed record is enabled not by just reaching 800mph …
My company, SBW Consultancy designs strategies, builds partnerships and develops value propositions. What is unique is that our client base is primarily inspiration programmes like the BLOODHOUND programme and fast-growth start-ups like Payfriendz. This has enabled the business to refine and iterate it's services and importantly it's way of working with clients. What has happened to …
Lobsters grow, but their shells don't. So when a lobster grows it is in discomfort, struggling in the shell that it has. When it can't take the discomfort any more, it will then go under cover to shed the shell. Allowing it to re-grow a shell that is more suitable for its size. This tale is …
The word rebel typically has negative connotations. The dictionary states that a rebel is: "a person who rises in opposition or armed resistance against an established government or leader." However, this word is often used to 'fondly' describe the antics of Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and others who didn't follow convention and are now reaping …
