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Creative Social Presents..FUCK THAT’S GOOD

By creativesocialPublished: February 1, 2012 at 15:20 Tags: ,
Only 1 week to go before we have our next installment of our sell out (as always), Creative Social Presents. We are looking at everything that’s turning our socials on, getting them hot under the collar and red faced. FUCK THAT’S GOOD. Joining us in the hot seat, we have a brilliant line up of: Sanky, Co-Founder/ Creative Partner and Art Director, AllofUs Patrick Collister, Founder, Creative Matters Seb Royce, Executive Creative Director, Glue Simon Lloyd and Christine Turner, Creative Digital Head, Adam and Eve Andy Sandoz,...
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CS Beirut: The Best Piece of Advice Ever

By James KirkPublished: January 2, 2012 at 12:37 Tags:
Well, 2011 is over. We hope you had a wonderfully festive time and are feeling as excited about 2012 as we are. The start of a new year is always a good time for a bit of advice, and Creative Social has been collecting some fantastic nuggets of knowledge for our new book 'The Best Piece of Advice Ever'. We thought today would be a good time to share some of the entries from our CS Beirut trip... (more...)...
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CS Beirut: Bernard Khoury

By James KirkPublished: December 6, 2011 at 10:29 Tags: , , ,
Bernard started by telling us a little about himself. Born in Beirut, he moved to America to study Architecture. After graduating he was tempted back to his homeland by the potential he could see in post-war Lebanon. He spent the first few years producing 'paper architecture', projects that never left the studio. He soon realised that the city was built by the private sector, with the total absence of any institutional involvement. He started his career with 'entertainment buildings', the first of which being BO18 (the nightclub we had visited the previous evening). These early projects were designed to...
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CS Beirut: Jackson Allers

By James KirkPublished: December 6, 2011 at 10:29 Tags: , , ,
Jackson Allers was our final speaker at Obros. Writer, journalist, DJ, and event organiser, Jackson talked about the journey he had been on that brought him from America to Beirut. Having grown up listening to Hip Hop, Jackson moved to LA from Texas and became part of scene working with artists like DJ Shadow and Gill Scott Heron. After a move to the Middle East, Jackson found a sense of optimism around the Arab Hip-Hop scene and has been heavily involved ever since. It has become a way for the Arabic youth to express themselves about the situations...
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CS Beirut: Andre Rau

By James KirkPublished: December 6, 2011 at 10:28 Tags: , , , , ,
Joining us for the second day was internationally renowned fashion and celebrity photographer, Andre Rau. He talked about the origins of his career, befriending Roman Polanski at the age of 21 and developing his craft in studios of Paris (where he still lives today). Andre's portfolio reads like a 'who's hot?' list of the last few decades and he has worked as the official Cannes photographer for a number of years. Andre has a 'deep curiosity in the people of our time', which keeps him as enthusiastic and passionate about his photography as he has ever been. We were...
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