originality

Jul
19/
08

Eames: the attitude of design

by Michael Buckingham

A great clip from a 1956 interview with Charles Eames as he debuts the lounge chair. *don’t miss their version of the lapel mic.

Eames designed some of the most beautiful, even by today’s standards, creations and…

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Jul
02/
08

600 of our offices closing

by Michael Buckingham
600 of our offices closing

I guess it only makes sense that these offices would be closing since we didn’t technically pay rent. Of course, in many cases we can just move the meetings across the street to the Starbucks that are not closing. I…

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May
07/
08

It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a…logo

by Michael Buckingham

Move over blimp, someone wants your airspace. Using a soapy foam type substance, Flogos, will launch your cloud-like logo into the sky. The flogo clouds currently come as large as 48 inches and they are working on a 6-foot…

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Feb
05/
08

My [fill in the blank] doesn’t understand

by Michael Buckingham
My [fill in the blank] doesn’t understand

It’s one of the most frustrating things in the world of church marketing. The people around you, maybe it’s the church administrator, maybe it’s the church board, or even the pastor, don’t understand the impact of marketing and excellence in…

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Jan
31/
08

Stop stealing from sinners

by Michael Buckingham
Stop stealing from sinners

I was chatting with Terrell Sanders of ministryCOM and during our conversation, we were talking about the possibility of speaking on sermon branding at the conference, we stumbled upon a pet peeve of mine. Church “creatives” stealing ideas from…

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Jan
21/
08

Is there such a thing as going to far?

by Michael Buckingham
Is there such a thing as going to far?

I love originality. Sadly we have a severe lack of creativity in the church today. We copy the church down the street, rip off the latest TV show and we even are even preaching the same exact stock messages.…

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Jan
15/
08

Apple doesn’t steal ideas, they take inspiration

by Michael Buckingham
Apple doesn’t steal ideas, they take inspiration

We who serve the creator should be the most creative.

We serve a creative God and I believe He pours creativity into us. And yet instead of setting the pace, the church chases other people’s ideas. They steal the title…

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Jan
02/
08

Is your T-shirt Spirit filled

by Michael Buckingham
Is your T-shirt Spirit filled

A-See-Ka-Ma-Shun-Da

Yep, you’ve read it right…tongues on a T-shirt. HolyGhostTees.com is selling an entire line of “cutting edge” T-shirts with the language of angels on them. And to push me completely over the edge the shirts come in, and…

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Dec
22/
07

Santa died for your MasterCard

by Michael Buckingham
Santa died for your MasterCard

Wow. Someone has crucified Santa. Is there a rule that we must use all of our weird up by the end of the year?

At least this has a message:

“Santa has been perverted from who he started out…

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Dec
17/
07

Tis the season for free church marketing

by Michael Buckingham
Tis the season for free church marketing

Churches are always looking for great marketing for free…normally I’d tell you that you need to commit to your marketing and as many things your checkbook tells of your commitment. Well Brad Abare posts a great idea for what…

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