blur Designs is busy behind the scenes preparing to launch ‘Human Brands’. After all, why should us humans not design and develop our own brands? Surely branding is not the preserve of corporates alone. And in this new world of endless 15 minutes of fame and one hit wonders pumped through MySpace, Twitter or TechCrunch [...]

[kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/pRQYAZUahSA" width="440" height="270" allowfullscreen="true" fvars="fs=1" /] Entrepreneurs chat at the latest blur’d event about why they became Entrepreneurs and what their biggest issue is right now. Check out – http://innovatrs.com

[kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/ke9icEBIGCU" width="440" height="270" allowfullscreen="true" fvars="fs=1" /] Angela Grimaldi is in danger. A hair raising moment of rebellion and Angelas circumstances change forever. Escaping the horror of a loveless marriage, Angela tries to start anew, but will she be able to build a new life in the watchful, traditional community in which she lives. Death [...]

The definition of Fairtrade is clear: “Fairtrade is a strategy for poverty alleviation and sustainable development. Its purpose is to create opportunities for producers and workers who have been economically disadvantaged or marginalized by the conventional trading system. If fair access to markets under better trade conditions would help them to overcome barriers to development, [...]

It’s the buzz word of the moment. Some see it as an opportunity, others as a threat. Some think they are experts, others actually are. Truth is that little is known about Social Media. We are all learning about how masses use media, but mostly we are gaining knowledge about ourselves. Because Social Media is [...]

Crowdsourcing has become an increasingly accepted term with examples bandied about such as Google using the analysis of Web links to crowdsource their search engine, Wikipedia crowdsourcing the planet to build the largest encyclopedia and Threadless crowdsourcing approaching a million people to design t-shirts. But what is the future of crowdsourcing? Well, we think it’s [...]

[kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/e3vQjGOzTEw" width="440" height="270" allowfullscreen="true" fvars="fs=1" /] Innovatrs.net is a cool new place for entrepreneurs to hang. Keep up to date with the latest innovations – on and off the Web and learn about the coolest next generation companies and what they are doing. Check interviews with and stories about leading entrepreneurs – no holds [...]

Kinetic Typography or simply ‘moving text’ is an animation technique that brings together motion and type. The techniques history lies in film credits, the fore runner being Saul Bass in Alfred Hitchcock’s North by Northwest (1959). Since then kinetic typography has become main stream within film industry. [kml_flashembed movie=" http://www.youtube.com/v/jIlqatMQSgI" width="440" height="270" allowfullscreen="true" fvars="fs=1" /] [...]

[kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/4av2pWhkaVw" width="440" height="270" allowfullscreen="true" fvars="fs=1" /] What is ‘blur’? ‘blur’ is a way of looking at things differently. It is a philosophy and reflection of contemporary times and the future that beckons or betrays. ‘blur’ is the most modern world. ‘blur’ best describes the nature of everything to be and that is. The planet [...]

We have powerful ideas in mind for September. We are aiming to expose pressing business issues and get fellow entrepreneurs to help. We feel it would be disconnected from our way of doing things if you were not involved in the process. We want your opinion and our next event is about that, brainstorming on [...]

[kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/O1x5ujsIHEw" width="440" height="270" allowfullscreen="true" fvars="fs=1" /] The worlds leading artist community has just become the Webs hottest art market. Join us if you dare – www.b-uncut.com. FAIRTRADE for Artists.

[kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/jzLR4ibG4ug" width="440" height="270" allowfullscreen="true" fvars="fs=1" /] b-uncut – where the worlds living artists hang online. Join us if you dare. www.b-uncut.net.

Design is rapidly moving from posters and toasters to include processes, systems, and organizations. Design is the accelerator for the company car, the power train for sustainable profits. Design drives innovation, innovation powers brand, brand builds loyalty, and loyalty sustains profits. If you want long-term profits, don’t start with technology—start with design. Start with blur [...]

blur Group recently launched Innovatrs.com, a pioneering Website and online service for entrepreneurs, artists and innovation officers. Innovatrs.com delivers Innovate (TM), one of the world’s first true innovation methodologies and start-up systems, as a Web based service which helps entrepreneurs take ideas to market and beyond, faster and more cost effectively than before. Innovate’s 7 [...]

As blur Group gets more of a following we increasingly get asked why what we are doing is important. It is both a fundamental and complex question to answer. I have spent the last ten years building large communities and marketplaces on the Web – consumer facing, business facing and some that mash both up. [...]

‘How important do you think branding your twitter profile is?’ This was the question asked of me at the latest blur’d Meetup. The answer is obvious, VERY IMPORTANT! Would you have a website or even a business card without your logo & branding applied to it? Of course not. Twitter should be seen as an [...]

At blur we are committed in providing spaces for people to gather and start compelling projects. Our online communities revolve around this concept. We considered to push the idea forward. We started blur’d, a London Meetup for Entrepreneurs, Digital Directors and Innovation Officers. We thought it was a great idea to offer an offline space [...]

At blur Group we really believe in doing things differently. It’s not only a nice statement, it’s a fact. Our company website runs on WordPress Our Intranet is a Ning website, where you can join and mingle with the team. Our initiatives are crowdsourced, but we are more than just a marketplace. We think that [...]

The new b-uncut.com is live. As one of the world’s most vibrant and energetic communities of contemporary artists it has today shifted to online art community AND art marketplace. How fitting that this happened right as b-uncut recruited its 500th artist. b-uncut is now attracting 2 new artists a day from all corners of the [...]