Signs you’ve been on a committee too long (Perth’s traffic woes)
Years ago Perths traffic was made up of a smattering of surfboard laden green and white Holden cars weaving their way to Scarborough Beach. Occasionally merging amongst them were utes…
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How 3 letters and a chair can help your marketing (Win a VIP pass to Fashionably Loud)
Sometimes all it takes is just three little letters, arranged in the right order, and an empty chair, to spark consumer desire … Imagine sitting front and centre at Fashionably Loud, the…
How to protest or raise community awareness in style (Cause Marketing)
Ponder this … think about your average protester or person struggling to raise awareness about a community issue, what would they look like … what did you come up with?…
Hidden Spaces 2: Richard Woldendorp photography
Having delighted in Robert Junipers studio it was on to multi-award winning landscape photographer Richard Woldendorp’s studio, thanks again to the Friends of the Art Gallery of Western Australia. ©…
Will PFF 2012 see poison rings and voodoo (WA designer Alushia-Sanchia)
First up amongst our PFF WA Designer Collection is jewellery designer Alushia-Sanchia. I first became aware of Alushia’s work through her pyramid poison rings. As a child I loved anything…
What does it take to be in Perth Fashion Festival WA emerging talent collection?
The Ponder Room loves profiling people who are out there having a go at reaching their dreams or trying to make a difference. Likewise we’re always interested in organisations or…
Come in # 99 your time is up (Act-Belong-Commit Avon Descent)
Ask yourself this. Would you … get out of bed on a Sunday morning, a 2 degree winters Sunday morning, don a wet suit, then head on to the river to…
Australia’s obesity epidemic linked to the cunning ways of 1970s year 5 students
Years ago (somewhere between the advent of mobile phones and the demise of the horse and cart) Governments of the day decided to improve the health of West Australian primary…
Superman on Ice (Fremantle Winter Festival)
And I guess the final word should go to Superman … fly Superman fly!!!I hope this rink comes back again next winter. © The Ponder Room © The Ponder Room
Market Segmentation on Ice #3 (Fremantle Winter Festival)
While at the 2012 Fremantle Winter Festival I also pondered how much people changed when they stepped on the ice. The ice really leveled things out, and it was wonderful to…
Market Segmentation on Ice #2 (Fremantle Winter Festival)
Next came …The you’re never too young or too little especially when mum is just infront of you© The Ponder RoomThe oblivious duelling photographers …with eyes in the back of…
Market Segmentation on Ice (Fremantle Winter Festival)
In marketing and consumer psychology we’re often asked to segment markets for clients. A recent trip to the 2012 Winter Festival in Fremantle had me pondering some rarely seen segments,…
Beachside House for sale … free milk
Things I know …. (1) The global housing market has been down of late (2) Way out West in W.A. our isolation means we often do things differently and don’t conform to normal…
Interested in house sitting a Caribbean Island? (Reasons not to jump #2)
If you read the post Reasons Not To Jump #1, and marvelled at the extraordinary trajectory of Ian Ushers life after standing on a freeway overpass pondering life, then you might like…
Reasons not to jump #1 (Ian Usher)
Hopefully you can’t imagine standing on a freeway overpass and jumping, or know someone who might. Just in case following is an example of how you never know what’s around…
Perth has stolen the heart of New York (AGWA Manhattan-style bar)
This morning I was summoned to the Art Gallery of Western Australia (AGWA) which I must admit wasn’t a top priority having had a particularly big weekend. Besides in terms…
LSD legal in Perth
Last week I found myself in a Perth establishment that said it offered ‘the Byron Bay favourite’ … LSD. © The Ponder Room I have to admit that my…
Rome wasn’t built in a day but … (Anzac Cottage)
Rome wasn’t built in a day, the Telethon House takes several months, and The Block contestants are going to take 10 weeks evidently, meanwhile …Back in 1916 work began on…
