Category: Culture

Culture and Heritage–Transmitting Place Identity Through Museums

Much of place identity is communicated through its heritage, of which museums form a significant part. A local or national museum can convey a great deal about a place: about its values, its priorities and how it sees itself, both in an historical and a contemporary sense. Today’s post is based around a recent interview… Continue reading Culture and Heritage–Transmitting Place Identity Through Museums

Recent Trends of Innovation in Advertising

Encourage innovation. Change is our lifeblood, stagnation our death knell. – David Ogilvy The advertisement industry is innovating at a breakneck pace. They must do so to survive. Their clients demand innovation as they go through a pace of change combined with a pressure to redefine, which is having significant impact on all business industries.… Continue reading Recent Trends of Innovation in Advertising

New Museum of Illusions in Zagreb

Like any capital city, Zagreb in Croatia have a number of fine museums. From the archaeological museum which is home to a fascinating variety of collections, including items from prehistoric times such as Vucedol, Greek and Roman times and the Medieval period, as well as an Egyptian Mummy and a superb collection of coins, notes… Continue reading New Museum of Illusions in Zagreb

Zlarin – The Croatian Coral Centre Project

“Coral reefs represent some of the world’s most spectacular beauty spots, but they are also the foundation of marine life: without them many of the sea’s most exquisite species will not survive.” – Sheherazade Goldsmith, English environmental activist and author Zlarin is a small island of the Dalmatian coast of Croatia, almost in the very… Continue reading Zlarin – The Croatian Coral Centre Project

How to be a Better Professional

Everyday we meet many different personality type of speakers, managers, leader etc. Some of them we joyfully listen and follow, some of them leave no respect or appreciation in us. A third group set  us with indifferent aura as the conveyed mixed massages  does not reach the audience or has unclear purpose. In any case,… Continue reading How to be a Better Professional

Vucedol – New Growth From Ancient Culture

After Croatian accession to the EU in July 2013, the goal of achieving good growth rates and sustainable development, as well as reduction in income differences as compared to the EU average, will require overcoming socio-economic challenges, such as building a stable and competitive economy, positive demographic, lower socio-economic differences, a successful environmental policy, promoting… Continue reading Vucedol – New Growth From Ancient Culture

Can Kickstarter Make the Earth Move?

“The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious – the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science.” – Albert Einstein, from “The World as I see it” Kickstarter Kickstarter is a global crowd funding platform for funding projects or startups, launched in 2009 in United States. The… Continue reading Can Kickstarter Make the Earth Move?

Visions of Digital Culture

I recently visited the Archaeological Museum in Pula, which is undergoing an ambitious reconstruction, driven by the dynamic Director Darko Komso. Pula is not alone in rethinking how museums present their collections and interact with the public. Successful museums are creating relationships with visitors that extend before and after the visit. Today there is an… Continue reading Visions of Digital Culture