Archive for February, 2009
USF1 Team Officially Announced
After months of speculation, Peter Windsor and Ken Anderson officially announced their intentions of starting a US based F1 team yesterday. Here’s the video on their announcement on Speed TV:
SOURCE Autoblog
The Women of Kenya
28 MILLIMETER PROJECT : WOMEN
by Street Artist JR
The project portrays the unappreciated women of the world on a grand scale. Here the street artist JR goes back to the slums of Kibera, Kenya a year after he initially photographed the women. The tarps used for the photographs covered nearly 2000 square meters of rooftop and were also water resistant which will protect the fragile houses from this years rainy season.
SOURCE Super Touch Art
Strategic Advantage & CSR
STRATEGIC PHILANTHROPY THAT LEVERAGES CAPABILITIES TO IMPROVE SALIENT AREAS OF COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE
by Michael E. Porter & Mark R. Kramer
In the article the authors argue the value of corporate social responsibility for both growth and impacting “the greater good”. How the interrelationship between business and society can play into legitimizing strategic CSR while minimizing the complexities of qualifying and quantifying it’s results. Corporations can now secure positive long term economic performance by reducing prioritized (described in the article) short term behavior that can be detrimental socially and environmentally, differentiating themselves from competitors.
For example the article highlights Nestlé’s implementation into the Indian market in 1962. In short, Nestlé needed a large amount of available local milk in regions where they wanted to sell their products. Since India had no infrastructure for refrigerating milk, locals generally had a single cow per family that barely fulfilled their basic needs. So Nestlé created refrigerated collection points in the district of Moga and sent trucks to pick up the milk from the dairies, supporting local farmers and helping them grow. They also educated the farmers on proper care of the cows, providing medicine for ailing one’s and taught irrigation methods for growing and sustaining feed. As a result the entire district’s living conditions substantially improved in parallel to the financial growth of Nestlé. Win, win.
SOURCE HBR
Cecilia Carlstedt
FASHION ILLUSTRATOR
Her mix media method is effortless. Really beautiful work.
SOURCE ceciliacarlstedt.com
Creative Recreation SP 09 Line
What’s not to love? Everything about the new CR line looks amazing. They got the shaping at the toe of the low patent leather shoe just right.
SOURCE High Snobiety
