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Spider-Pig, Spider-Pig...

Interesting discussion about the importance and power of 'mash-ups' on the Talent Imitates - Genius Steals blog. Watch the mashed trailer for Spider-Pig. Very funny.

Whether you call it mash-up or cross pollination I agree that it is important to look outside your field of craft or specialisation to move forward. Looking at advertising and design executions I often hear the sound of dueling banjoes in the back of my mind.

It is a serious issue. Innovation is rarely a result of incremental steps forward. Constant research is needed - by which I don't mean focus groups or panels who evaluate the 'quality' of ads or campaigns - but research through constant mucking about and playfulness. The opposite is unquestioning orthodoxy…atrophy and entropy.

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