Interview with James Wallman, Author of Stuffocation As William Gibson said, “The future is already here – it’s just not very evenly distributed”. Trend forecasters’ job is to observe and interrogate the noise of the present to identify signs of that unevenly distributed future. James Wallman, renowned trend forecaster, speaker, and author of the new
I’ve worked in Brixton for 17 years and been a resident here for even longer. During that time I’ve launched 3 successful brands, raised two boys and transformed my passion project into an official charity. But the fact is when I started out I was as clueless as anyone else about what really goes into
A letter to Ugli lovingly guest blogged for JPC by Elodie Peboscq Time flies…it has been 3 years, 3 beautiful years since our Ugli relationship began…we still remember the very first look you all have given us. We could see the hope and eagerness in your eyes wondering if we were the one to incubate your
Having recently explored web infographics in my last blog, I’ve decided to delve further into the world of web design, triggered by some of the work we’ve done here at JPC. With hundreds of devices to view web pages on, you need a website that can accommodate them all seamlessly. Enter adaptive and responsive web
Third Time Round. For this week’s workshop we told our Brand Amplifier ladies to bring their A-game for an intensive evening of think-on-your-feet instruction, purpose built to inject high-octane PR, social media and business strategy into their brands. Team JPC content were also on hand this week to help dispel a few unfounded business bogeymen
Take Two! For our second instalment of the Brand Amplifier workshops our BA Brigade arrived promptly on our doorstep at 6 o’clock. A far cry from the shy atmosphere of the first workshop, our ladies quickly gravitated towards one another abuzz with talk of this week’s Instagram challenge. Everyone was quick to follow up on
JPC’s tech lead, Simon Ward, demystifies the mysterious bitcoin in simple English. What is a bitcoin? How does it work? Why does it work? Is it safe to use? Is it ‘too big to fail’? In the previous article, we left off with the disappearance of Satoshi Nakamoto, bitcoin’s creator who remains untraced to this
Brand Amplifier’s 5th edition of brand strategy masterclasses kicked off this week at our Piano House studio. 25 amazing young female entrepreneurs have won the “Golden Ticket” to tour JP’s brand factory, and learn straight from the source, the secret sauce to manufacturing some of the world’s most iconic brands. The lamps are lit, the
They say ‘a picture is worth a thousand words’ and this is true now more than ever. In an age where everything is a click away the average trigger-happy consumer sails through hundreds (thousands?) of pieces of content a day with little being taken in. So how can businesses get customers (or potential ones) to
The British media loves reporting on public opinion surveys. From the state of the economy to NHS to sustainability to women’s hair and beauty, a simple Google search will reveal to you how many tier-one publications ground their content on opinion polls. Why? Because surveys give clout to media, give voice to the complexities of
