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Mobile Dubai – Open Skies
In Magazines, Online on May 8, 2012 at 4:08 pm
Yes, we are up at the top of the Burj Khalifa for the Dubai issue of Open Skies. We have created a mobile office over floors 152, 153, and 154 – the highest office space in the world. We are interviewing some of the more interesting residents of the city, blogging, tweeting and filming our experiences there. We are also hosting a cool party next week with Emirates and Emaar. All good fun, and it looks like the issue is shaping up very well. Follow our antics here and here.
New projects…
In Books, Magazines, Online on February 17, 2012 at 7:11 am
Three new projects to be launched in the next two months. Two are print projects, one is web-based – all will change the future of the world make me feel better. For details on the new magazine we are launching, We Are Here, check out a hastily put together Facebook page. A visual clue to the other project above. The third, web-based project, will be about my sordid obsession with books.
Kabul…
In Design, Online, Travel on January 19, 2012 at 9:14 pm
The Wndr Kabul mobile app is nearly ready – it’s the first mobile application guide to Kabul. It’s free, so download it at: www.wndrkabul.com or if you are an Android user, download here. There is still lots of content to be uploaded, which will be a continuous process over the coming months. We have a Facebook page and a Twitter account, so let us know what you think.
In my quest for new content, found this remarkable video. Showcases some of the stunning scenery the country has to offer. Planning a trip back there later this year, possibly to Mazar-e-Sharif and Herat.
Workage…
In Magazines, Online on October 27, 2011 at 3:10 pm
The Japan issue of Open Skies is out this week – if you are flying Emirates, check it out. Been a busy week of presentations with some exciting projects on the horizon. Als0 been getting good numbers on The Dubai Daily, our new daily news mail out. Sign up. And don’t forget to sign up for our daily deals and cheap flights mail outs as well. Also got sent this rather cool football magazine. Once again, independent magazines are raising the bar when it comes to design and production. I think this is probably due to the iPad but I might be wrong. Also did my first live radio show this week – taking part in Nightline to talk about Voila Dubai.
The Dubai Daily
In Newspapers, Online on October 18, 2011 at 7:14 pm
Launched a news aggregator mail out yesterday: The Dubai Daily. A morning round up of the day’s headlines, it will comprise links, commentary and some sarcasm. Once we get to a certain number of sign ups, we will be expanding it into some interesting areas, so stay tuned.
New Site…
In Magazines, Online, Travel on August 26, 2011 at 6:37 am
We finally launched our new Wndr Media website. We will have a number of new announcements to make in the coming weeks, covering mobile applications, websites and print products, so watch this space! In other news, Open Skies is going to Tokyo to create our Japan issue (which will be published in November). This mobile magazine concept will be the first in a series of projects and should be a great way to work with some of the world’s best creatives in their own backyard. Time Out Tokyo have given us a mention, and a lot more exciting coverage to come.
KT OMG…
In Newspapers, Online on August 17, 2011 at 7:01 pm
Where would we be without the Khaleej Times? Probably in a much better place, but, having said that, the paper continues to batter the English language like it was a baby seal. Take the screen shot to the right. It shows just some of the ways English dies just a little, every day on the KT homepage. This is a world where pressure is piled, where governments duel, where debates stir, where PMs slam and where tongues are colourful.
The cliche is alive and well in Al Quoz.
God help us all.
Read… And Weep…
In Newspapers, Online on June 24, 2011 at 1:44 pm
A new publication emerged in Dubai this week – Read, a weekly newspaper distributed on the Dubai Metro. It is, to be blunt, incredibly bad. The content is banal (the pro’s and con’s of coffee, Hollywood’s most stylish fathers) and the production amateurish (out of focus, lo-res pictures, bizarre design choices, wrong grid etc). For visitors coming to Dubai, Read will only confirm their worst suspicions of a city without any decent local media.
The website is equally dire, looking as if it was designed by a toddler with access to a Mac. The most shocking thing about the whole product is that someone (or presumably) more than one person, signed this off. Someone thought this was good enough to release to the general public. It’s not. It’s an abomination. There was a chance for a smart, relevant local free sheet – God knows there are enough examples globally – but as usual in this market, the product was rushed out, and we are left with a useless shell of a paper. Grim.
