Comic Sans, Slaps, and a Secret Language
Comic Sans, Slaps, and a Secret LanguageTen stories that have given us creative inspiration this weekHey all, For anyone going to SXSW this year, Hugh and Anjali will be running a session on How to Develop a Content Format in 60 Minutes. They’re also hosting an in-person Proper Fancy. If you’d like to meet up, send a message! Enjoy this week’s stories. Have a great weekend. Chloe The long shadow of 1948 (48-min read) Protest: what is it good for? (19-min read) The history of a secret queer language (7-min read) Festival of Slaps (12-min watch) Is is possible to use the internet now in a sane way? (56-min listen) The origins of the world’s most hated font, Comic Sans (5-min read) McLuhan lecture on enshittification (45-min watch or 30-min read) 70 years of Nigeria’s visual culture via album covers (5-min read) Around the World in Eighty Lies (10-min read) Never forget that utterly ridiculous Pepsi logo design document (2-min read) How we can help youStorythings is the content marketing agency of choice for some of the world’s most forward-thinking B2B brands and organisations. If your content isn’t getting the results you need, let us help you understand why. Here are 3 reasons to get in touch. 1. Audience Research – We help B2B brands understand modern attention patterns and how they can get more engagement with content. The long shadow of 1948 (48-min read) Protest: what is it good for? (19-min read) The history of a secret queer language (7-min read) Festival of Slaps (12-min watch) Is is possible to use the internet now in a sane way? (56-min listen) The origins of the world’s most hated font, Comic Sans (5-min read) McLuhan lecture on enshittification (45-min watch or 30-min read) 70 years of Nigeria’s visual culture via album covers (5-min read) Around the world in eighty lies (10-min read) Never forget that utterly ridiculous Pepsi logo design document (2-min read) We hope you've enjoyed this week's newsletter. I'm sure some of your friends would love to read it. Sharing it would be really appreciated. If you've received this from a friend, you can subscribe below and get it direct to your inbox every Friday. Thanks for reading. We’ll see you all next week. Hugh, Matt, Anjali and the whole team at Storythings. Storythings Newsletter is free today. But if you enjoyed this post, you can tell Storythings Newsletter that their writing is valuable by pledging a future subscription. You won't be charged unless they enable payments. |
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