"The goals of the advertising business model do not always correspond to providing good quality search to users. We expect that advertising funded search engines will be inherently biased towards the advertisers and away from the needs of users." Wrote Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin in an academic article for Stanford University in 1998.…
Hewlett’s first ever monograph celebrates a collection of his illustrations from the Tank Girl comics to his collaboration with Damon Albarn and the art-pop concept Gorillaz…
There's a certain kind of symmetry in that, on the same day bd2 was advising the designers of tomorrow at Standish High School's Mock Interview Conference, we were also attending Manchester Digital's Skills Festival debating the shortage of skills needed today.…
George Orwell's seminal book 'The Road to Wigan Pier' celebrates its 80th Anniversary in 2018. A Civic Reception for his son, Richard Blair, took place on Thursday 1st February in The Mayor's Parlour...…
There was barely a news bulletin last week that didn’t feature a report from the World Economic Forum at Davos, attended by many of the world’s leading and political leaders. One of the more interesting speeches came from renown investor and philanthropist George Soros.…
Meet our new Digital Consultant, David. With over 10 years’ experience covering video production, and formally head of media and film at a North West Higher Education College, he certainly knows his stuff!…
Now that we’re settled in to 2018, it’s time to look at what we can expect from digital marketing this year.…
This year’s ‘bd2 Christmas do’ saw us return to The Low Wood Hotel located on the edge of Lake Windermere for the first time since 2005, which was our initial foray into making a weekend of it. We’ve…
The growing backlash against the ills of social media generally, and Facebook and Twitter specifically, hit the front pages today following comments from a former Facebook Vice President Chamath...…
At this year’s Festival of Marketing we were lucky enough to be one of the first two hundred attendees to receive a signed copy of ‘How Brands Grow, what marketers don’t know’, written by Professor…
Congratulations to the ‘Joining Jack Veterans’ team following their recent win at the prestigious Emirates Dubai Rugby 7s tournament.For the last six years, the Joining Jack charity has entered a team…
Once upon a time, as Ui designers, we were obsessed with keeping images small and optimised to aid download speeds. Now many sites deliver full screen video from the off, with no lag whatsoever. This…
bd2 was once again delighted to be asked to join the judging panel at this year’s Wigan Business Awards. It’s the third time we’ve taken part and it’s always a fascinating experience to listen to the…
One of the overarching themes at this year’s Festival of Marketing was the AI (Artificial Intelligence) revolution. Opening speaker, author and TV personality Stephen Fry warned, “If we sleepwalk into…
I recently indulged myself with the slightly extravagant purchase of ‘Bittersweet’, a collection of the works of renowned illustrator Noma Bar. It’s a limited edition, which would grace any coffee…
The Bread and Butter Thing is a charity dedicated to helping families in financial hardship in deprived areas of Manchester. As a trustee of the charity, I was keen to see the operation in practice…
As a frequent visitor to the design museum when it was based at The Old Shad site on the south bank, I've finally had the opportunity to visit the new one in Kensington which opened last year. I've…
Now that the dust has fully settled on this year’s Festival of Marketing event, I thought it might be an idea to look back and reflect on some of the key subjects that resonated with me the most. I’ll…
We’ve been delighted to support the Expo since its inception and have exhibited at all 8 events so far. Every year has seen a steady progression as the event goes from strength to strength with all…
I’m very proud of the many long relationships we’ve built with our key clients in the near 20 years bd2 has been trading. I believe it demonstrates an ability to continuously deliver (otherwise they’d…
