BAD IDEA TEAM

Website Editor:
Ben Beaumont-Thomas

Managing Editors:
Jack Roberts
Daniel Stacey

Contributing Editors:
Jean Hannah Edelstein
Alyssa McDonald
Sebastian Meyer

Talk to us
Write for us
Meet our contributors

FOLLOW US

Election Day Gives a Glimpse at the Future of News

Election Day Gives a Glimpse at the Future of News

If you tune into the TV or radio today, you’ll get one of the delightful weirdnesses of election day – the fact that the media…

Read more...

Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Creative Economy | May 6, 2010 2:23PM | No Comments »


Announcing Future Human: Tweet Justice, Weds May 12

London’s freshest and least reverent talk event, Future Human, is back on Wednesday May 12 at The Book Club, Shoreditch. This…

Read more...

Posted by The Bad Idea Team in Events | April 19, 2010 12:13PM | 13 Comments »


Photos from Future Human: The Automated Nation

Photos from Future Human: The Automated Nation

Thanks to everyone who came down to Future Human: The Automated Nation at The Book Club last night. It was a cracker, and it’s already…

Read more...

Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Events | April 15, 2010 11:06AM | 8 Comments »


Tomorrow Night: Future Human, The Automated Nation

Tomorrow Night – Future Human: The Automated Nation

It’s time for the next in our Future Human series, the freshest and least reverent talk event in London. This month’s is subtitled ‘The Automated…

Read more...

Posted by The Bad Idea Team in Events | April 13, 2010 10:21AM | 3 Comments »


Is Neuroscience in the Courtroom Becoming a Reality?

Is Neuroscience in the Courtroom Becoming a Reality?

Brain imaging technologies have developed hugely in the last decade, and can now offer unprecedented insight into the relationship between brain activity, thoughts and behaviour.…

Read more...

Posted by Eleanor Beal in Sci-tech | April 9, 2010 10:06AM | 4 Comments »


Hauntological Happenings at The Wire's New Salon

Hauntological Happenings at The Wire’s New Salon

As you may be aware after our incessant yammering about it, we do a new salon event. But we’re not the only ones – also…

Read more...

Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Events | April 8, 2010 9:48AM | 7 Comments »


Future Human is Back with The Automated Nation, Wednesday April 14

Future Human is Back with The Automated Nation, Wednesday April 14

‘A blend of intimacy, anarchy and intellectual nourishment… the salon has arrived in the 21st century’ – The Sunday Times

‘Hurrah! We get

Read more...

Posted by The Bad Idea Team in Events | March 23, 2010 10:48AM | No Comments »


Now More Than Ever, Content Is King for Magazines

Now More Than Ever, Content is King for Magazines

After we covered their London conference last year, the good people at FIPP, the global magazine industry body, have sent over their Innovations in Magazines…

Read more...

Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Creative Economy | March 18, 2010 12:50PM | 1 Comment »


China's Growth Continues To Dangerously Outpace Innovation

China’s Growth Continues To Dangerously Outpace Innovation

China, thirsty for oil, has turned to an entirely new land mass in an attempt to slake itself. Its new target is Argentina, specifically the…

Read more...

Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Green Rush | March 15, 2010 1:00PM | 3 Comments »


Future Human is Back! Join us Tonight at the Book Club, Shoreditch

It’s been featured in the Sunday Times, Evening Standard, Time Out and even the mighty Grazia – can anything stop the Future Human juggernaut?!? Tonight the FH…

Read more...

Posted by The Bad Idea Team in Events | March 10, 2010 12:13PM | 3 Comments »


Less Than a Week To Go Before Future Human: Fashion's Microchic Shakeup

Less Than a Week To Go Before Future Human: Fashion’s Microchic Shake-up

“[A] blend of intimacy, anarchy and intellectual nourishment… the salon has arrived in the 21st century” - The Sunday Times

One of London’s Five

Read more...

Posted by The Bad Idea Team in Events | March 5, 2010 1:54PM | 7 Comments »


Interview: Ruth Kedar, Designer of the Google Logo

Interview: Ruth Kedar, Designer of the Google Logo

Ruth Kedar is the principal designer at Kedar Designs, a corporate design firm based in Mountain View, California. As well as work for Stanford University…

Read more...

Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Tomorrow People | March 2, 2010 12:06PM | 8 Comments »