Artificial Intelligence and Creativity Theory
On 18th May 2020 by Simon DasAn article based on an on-going collaboration between Simon Das and Matthew Kershaw, MD of Content at Iris Worldwide . Having worked together in the magazine publishing and music industries over the decades, the article came about as part of a conversation based around ‘resolving’ an AI debate around Matthew’s interest in artificial intelligence (AI) and
Event Proceedings: ‘CREATIVITY COLLABORATION AND MEDIA MANAGEMENT: A CONVERSATION’
On 17th July 2018 by Simon DasA first time for our small (but nicely formed) research group, July 10, 2018 saw us hosting an ‘In Conversation’ hub meeting at LCC (UAL) with two esteemed guests: Dr John Oliver, Professor of Media Management at Bournemouth University and Ruth Leary, Principal Fellow of the MA in Creative and Media Enterprises at Warwick University. Overlooking Parliament
Case Studies on Managing Creativity in Magazine Publishing
On 13th July 2016 by Simon DasOne of the CIMRH bloggers recently published a journal research paper comparing two innovative but different magazines – Style at Home and a magazine website, The UpComing. By examining the publishing ‘idea’ and ‘approach’, the paper highlighted a link between business innovation and how editors manage creativity in the digital era, giving some clues about managing creativity for

Managing Creativity: Media ‘mission impossible’?
On 8th January 2016 by Simon DasCreativity in the media industries, as noted by Lucy Kung (2008), is arguably more important for business competitive advantage than it is in other industries. The creativity in the working ‘capital’ of ideas, new concepts and even technologies in magazine publishing is often cited as crucial for a dynamic industry that has been heavily impacted
Meaning in Method: Critical Realism in Creative Industries Research?
On 19th December 2014 by Simon DasAfter meeting with the CIMRH team to discuss methodologies for our research, it left me thinking about two things: (i) how much we’d all delved into the ontological debates about social science in the last six months and (ii) given discussion about ‘reflexive’ approaches – can there be ground between positivism and interpretvism ? Having shown

Italian Futurism and its humble creator
On 10th October 2014 by Simon DasI like cars, I like architecture. And when you get asked by a stylish magazine to put the two things together, it doesn’t get more exciting that writing about the old Fiat factory at Lingotto. Here’s an article I wrote for Roadbook Magazine earlier this year A 1920s masterpiece in Italian Futurism, it turned around