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Trend Tuesdays 2012
Each January, trendwatching.com releases a briefing on the trends they see as most likely to affect consumers and brands in the coming year. Independent and opinionated, trendspotting.com is one of the world’s leading consumer trends firms, relying on a global network of hundreds of spotters to track consumer behaviors and analyze what they mean for the culture at large.
Reviving a series I began in 2010, every Tuesday for the next twelve weeks, I am going to dive into this year’s report on the 12 Crucial Consumer Trends for 2012, exploring these twelve trends and themes to offer my own unique perception and point of view. As a consumer myself, as a former public relations and marketing executive, and as an interested observer and occasional participant in the cultural zeitgeist of the 21st century. Continue Reading
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CommentRabbit, Rabbit
It’s the first day of the month – did you remember to say Rabbit, Rabbit before you got out of bed for good luck? Continue Reading
Gong Hey Fat Choy: It’s the Year of the Dragon
General buzz is that 2012 is going to be a big year, with everyone from economists to astrologers gushing about signs that point to a year filled with good luck and new opportunities for prosperity and happiness. We might have the Dragon to thank for that. Continue Reading
The Fortune Cloud
Have I told you how much I love Shanghai Tang? No? Well, I do. A lot. Continue Reading
Adsurdism Ad Hilaritas
As someone who loves to mock the dreck churned frequently by the ad wizards in Madison Avenue (or their West Coast compatriots), I was giggling with glee at this article in today’s New York Times about photographer Steven Meisel’s series of images for the November issue of W magazine, poking clever fun at both the advertising and fashion industries. Continue Reading
Remembering Steve Jobs
I don’t think I can say anything today better than I did when I wrote The Amazing Mr. Jobs back in August. As the true weight of the loss of such an amazing, inspiring, world-changing visionary begins to settle, there are a number of people who have managed to put these feelings into very eloquent words. Continue Reading
My name is Angela Eloise and I am a freelance writer. I recently moved to Seattle because I wanted a better home base to support my creative goals. And my shaman told me to. Cloud of Chaos was born from my desire to dance with the absurdity of life, to create a space where I could write and share all of the gorgeous, fun, snarky deliciousness I find spinning around me every day. What does a spinning cloud of chaos have to do with writing? Everything, as it turns out.
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