Yasmin spoke at TED KL

How Propaganda Became Known As Public Relation

"When I came back to the United States, I decided that if you could use propaganda for war, you could certainly use it for peace. And 'propaganda' got to be a bad word because of the Germans using it, so what I did was to try and find some other words so we found the words 'public relations'."
- Edward Bernays

Smurfs

You can make 70 grand by just talking about smurfs. The power of personal branding.

Yes, design can make you happy.

Stefan Sagmeister interviews here scene360 and designboom.

Why the Democratization of design is a good thing -- really

How did design get so popular? Why has every business from Procter & Gamble to the corner restaurant decided that design is going to help them connect to a broader audience? There's something going on here, and everyone wants a piece of it, but I think many are missing the real reason this change is taking place.
Found at Duffy, also appeared in Adweek

Campaign Magazine Hall of Fame 2008

The Hall of Fame comprises the most influential ad industry figures in UK from the past 40 years.

Click here to put the names to the faces.