Damian Holmes

As apart of my setting goals for 2010 I set 5 words – one of which was Simple.
Simple Ideas. Simple Concepts. Simple Processes and Simplify.
Tonight I decided to Simplify my web reading. In 2009, I read too much business news, business trends, social media trends which often was great for small talk but often [...]

My News Years Eve 2005 – Sydney Opera House Steps
This time of year is often when people in the west reflect on the past year and set resolutions. However living in China most people don’t reflect until Chinese New Year which is February 14 – Year of the Tiger. So, as I am living in [...]

Susan Szenasy posted on Metropolis an article titled “United We Stand” in which she recalls some government officials giving encouragement at a recent NeoCon East annual trade show that there is “a new day for government design”. Szeasy goes on to talk about the importance to design of the recent $5.5 billion allocation to General [...]

Last Thursday, I attended the GIGA Print presentation given by Mario Van der Meulen of SGTH Designs. It was an interesting presentation about the Print industry and how as graphic and print designers can be more effective in design. Some of the talk was doom and gloom about the environment but it focused more on [...]

The title of this post came to me this morning whilst getting a coffee at Croissants de France. Recently, the Croissants de France near my  apartment put in a new coffee bar with coffee, lattes, cappuccinos and milk teas at half the price (8-12RMB $1-2USD) of the coffee chains who charge 18-36RMB ($3-6USD). The Coffee [...]

I just came back from Green Drinks in Shanghai and there was a mix of Chinese and Foreigners (about 30/70) and it was interesting to see the crowd. It has grow immensely since the first green drinks last year at URBN hotel when about 25 people jammed into a room. Tonight the presentations were from [...]

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Wow, time flies. I didn’t realise its been 3 months since I posted something. Funny thing is that I have posts in draft form on here but they are mainly rants.
Also I haven’t been able to find the time to get my thoughts together as running three industry blogs [...]