About Me. I'm Chris Anderson, editor-in-chief of Wired Magazine. I wrote The Long Tail, which first appeared in Wired in October 2004 and then became a book, published by Hyperion on July 11, 2006. You can order it here. My next book, FREE, was published on July 6th, 2009 by Hyperion. You can buy it here. My speaking engagements are handled by The Leigh Bureau If you'd like to have me speak at a commercial event, please contact them directly. Some of The Long Tail is available online for free: The Introduction and Chapter 7 ("The New Tastemakers") are here.
The Long Tail, in a nutshell The theory of the Long Tail is that our culture and economy is increasingly shifting away from a focus on a relatively small number of "hits" (mainstream products and markets) at the head of the demand curve and toward a huge number of niches in the tail. Traditional retail economics dictate that stores only stock the likely hits, because shelf space is expensive. [Disclosures: Many.
Teenagers are spending more on technology than threads. Are teenagers losing interest in fashion? According to the New York Times, new research shows that consumerism's most prized demographic is focussed on smartphones and food, not the latest fashion trends. "It’s definitely more exciting for a lot of teenagers to have a new phone that can do lots of cool stuff than clothing," 19-year-old model Nicole Myers told the Times, exiting an Apple store with a new $200 iPhone. "A phone keeps you much more entertained. It’s a better distraction than clothing. " Trend analysts are reporting marked shifts in how teenagers spend their money: smartphones have now replaced clothes as the ultimate status accessory, with kids desperate to have the latest models in order to affirm their position as modern, mobile people.
The emergence of Instagram as a trusted vessel for self-promotion and the social pressure to document absolutely everything are some reasons that smartphones have become so popular. But this isn't exactly out of the blue. PFW_-_Chanel__Autum_532730a.jpg (JPEG Image, 1024 × 576 pixels) The Sartorialist. EBay Goes to New York Fashion Week. Lena-Dunham-Vogue-US-Annie-Leibovitz-00.jpg (JPEG Image, 730 × 1025 pixels) - Scaled (97%)
Now open: the Mini-Mart on Mount Street | Anya's World. Exhibition – Disobedient Objects. Screen Shot 2014 09 17 at 12 57 30. Screen Shot 2014 09 17 at 12 57 46. What is Luxury? - About the Exhibition. Jeff Koons: A Retrospective. Jeff Koons is widely regarded as one of the most important, influential, popular, and controversial artists of the postwar era.
Throughout his career, he has pioneered new approaches to the readymade, tested the boundaries between advanced art and mass culture, challenged the limits of industrial fabrication, and transformed the relationship of artists to the cult of celebrity and the global market. Yet despite these achievements, Koons has never been the subject of a retrospective surveying the full scope of his career. Comprising almost 150 objects dating from 1978 to the present, this exhibition will be the most comprehensive ever devoted to the artist’s groundbreaking oeuvre. By reconstituting all of his most iconic works and significant series in a chronological narrative, the retrospective will allow visitors to understand Koons’s remarkably diverse output as a multifaceted whole.