Have you ever wondered how to; create meaningful brand collaborations? Measure co-creation success beyond revenue? Or nurture a healthier community?
Well, we made a workshop off the back of the learnings from DIRTY WORDS #4 [COMMUNITY] to answer all these questions and more. We ran the first one in New York last week and had some amazing feedback, so if you’d like to join the next one, please sign-up here. We’re also going to be sharing some insights at Broadcast Summit in Paris and did you know you can now download a free PDF version of the report?
In other news, there are two new Stories on the podcast for you to tuck into: Amber Atherton on the rise of virtual communities and Protein Studios member, Templo on designing for impact. Speaking of our Shoreditch events and community space, we’ve just given it refresh, so shout out to another one of our amazing members, They That Do for making us look 🔥
P.S. We’ve also launched the first in a series of secret Studios playlists, so feel special, as you guys get the first play:
OK, we sense your thirst for trying to crash your browsers with too many tabs …
- Fanfiction after AI on Zora
- Can AI consciousness actually exist?
- Got some time on your hands? Try this infinite conversation
- Talk to an AI girlfriend for $1 per minute
- PSFK made 200 AI generated trend reports so you didn’t have to
- Can friendship clubs cure loneliness?
- Have we reached peak community? 👀
- Tom Lashly on curatorial governance
- JPG on the power of community
- Several People are Typing (full PDF here) is essential reading
- Including There is nothing new under the sun and Community Unchained
- Folklore on the secret to community building
- 12 useful community frameworks
- Joey DeBruin on SEC vs community ownership
- D&AD’s New Blood Festival at Protein Studios was pretty special 💫
- The USB origin story is worth a read if you’re into that sort of thing
- Is Nike’s bubble bursting?
- Here’s some incredible daily inspiration for any product designers out there
- Maneken makes mockups real easy
- These modular mixers are insanely beautiful
- The life cycle of fashion trends
- LVMH x Epic Games is happening
- Lesbians are all around on Byline
- The new US border wall is an app
- An interesting take on feminism against modernity
- Insights on ambition via bad waitresses
- Prophet vs profit is a must read on the ever excellent Folklore
- The original psychotherapists were shamans
- The science of cuteness
- The Future Lab have updated their 2030 global drivers
- Is it time to drop generational stereotypes?
- Jihad on Luxury Media
- Aaron Lewis on how media distorts our sense of time
- Eggroll is an offical GrimesAI banger
- Pink Floyd, the Wizard of Oz and me
- Google have released an AI music generator
- An excellent visual explainer on how digital advertising works
- Cherie from Water + Music on new possibilities for music and tech
- Seed Club cohort #6 has just been announced
- Other Internet on how to make DAOs work
- a16z are coming to the UK
- This is worth a listen for anyone looking at ERC-6551’s
- Mel on the tokenomics of time
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