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Observing the world by Zoran Popovic
By Tatjana Vukic on 29 March 2019Read moreThis is a new ( but so old and forgotten) concept of visual communication, which has this A-ha moment because it is known to everyone but has remained undefined in Art as an expression of perception. This is, at this time of technology...
4Book Review: Born to Walk
By Tom Megginson on 9 June 2015Read moreBorn to Walk: The Transformative Power of a Pedestrian Act Dan Rubinstein ECW Press (Canada) 2015 I didn’t just read this book. I lived it. A couple of months ago, I was offered a “walking copy” of the book...
Book Review: HUMANS 3.0, by Peter Nowak
By Tom Megginson on 5 February 2015Read moreHUMANS 3.0 The Upgrading of The Species Peter Nowak Goose Lane, 2015 It may seem out-of-place to review a book about technoculture on a “non-profit advertising and marketing for social causes blog.” But as a career social marketer, popular social science books form...
Book review: Hidden Persuasion
By Marc van Gurp on 27 January 2014Read more33 psychological influence techniques in advertising Designing for behavior change is our thing here on Osocio. We discuss the wide area of social campaigns from all over the world. ‘Is it a good or bad campaign’ is our first...
Another review for Noah Scalin and Michelle Taute’s Design Activist’s Handbook
By Reuben Turner on 29 April 2013Read moreA while back, Noah asked if anyone from Osocio would review The Design Activist’s Handbook. Both Marc and I wrote a review, and Marc posted his first. That explains why there are two reviews of the book on Osocio....
Book review: Design Activists Handbook
By Marc van Gurp on 16 February 2013Read moreI started my working career in a printing house. It was in the late seventies, early eighties during the turbulent times in Amsterdam. The glory days of the squatting and anti-nuclear movement. It was a logical choice to start...
A review of “Goodvertising”
By Reuben Turner on 13 October 2012Read moreA review of ‘Goodvertising’, a new book about ‘good’ advertising compiled by Thomas Kolster and published by Thames & Hudson. It’s a good book –a bit like Osocio, printed out. Goodvertising is a heavy book. It’s a thorough look...
Book Review: How Advertising Will Heal Your Business and the World
By Monica Brasov-Curca on 2 August 2012Read moreAuthor: Mark Woerde Published May 2011 Publishing on Demand Amsterdam, Netherlands Free copy paperless copy at Letsheal.org I became interested in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) a few years ago and was further intrigued after I attended “Conscience Capitalism” conference...
Book Review: Marketing in The Round
By Tom Megginson on 25 May 2012Read moreCross-posted at Change Marketing Marketing in The Round By Gini Dietrich, Geoff Livingston Published Apr 23, 2012 by Que. Part of the Que Biz-Tech series. If the marketing leader in your life still doesn’t “get” that advertising, PR, digital...
Book Review: Do Good Design
By Marc van Gurp on 13 March 2009Read moreFor the last six years I’ve taught a class on socially conscious design at Virginia Commonwealth University called Design Rebels. I created the class after teaching general design classes and seeing that no one was talking about the issues...