Posts Tagged ‘new york’5 results found.Marketing with a bit of a conscience
I’ve enrolled in a three-week course at New York University on using marketing and communications for social/environment/development issues… basically – taking what Coca Cola, Nike, Nestle, etc. has done with selling their products and applying it to more social justice issues. It’s an interesting concept and one that I’ve been thinking about for a while especially since I’ve been reading … Read more → Logo for Timor and Signs in NYC
If you’re wondering about the photo above, yes, that’s NOT New York… that’s Timor-Leste and that’s the logo I designed for an Asian Foundation project on Community-Police Partnership (the one on the far right). The whole process was an experience and interesting working with Asia Foundation and their local partners on figuring out how to represent their project as a logo and to … Read more → Sightseeing in English is a weird feeling
One of the strangest feelings I had when we first came to NYC was being a tourist in an English-speaking country. It was strange to not have to argue, bargain, or explain myself in another language other than English. I was so use to trying to converse in another language (very limited French, Thai, Tetun, Bahasa Indonesian) that being in an ALL English-speaking country … Read more → “Hiking” through Manhattan
Because we wanted to get out and do some walking – a great way to see NYC by the way – and to meet some new people, Muriel and I joined a walk, or as our guide Dorian told us, an “urban hike”. I’ve been on hikes through the countryside and around islands before, so what would be the big deal in “hiking” through New York’s urban environment, where … Read more → B is for Brooklyn and Brownstones
I’ve been in New York for a whole week (2 more months to go) and I haven’t even scratched the surface… so far the city has blown me away. Temperatures are rising, people are on the streets, free events starting, and the food has been diverse and delicious.
Our first exposure to NYC was staying at our friend’s 100+ year-old brownstone building in … Read more → |
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