Q&A: Faisal Hashmi on Creating The Acclaimed Nurpur TV Commercial & Capturing The Nuances...
As originally published in Synergyzer Issue 4, 2017 – ‘A Better Tomorrow’
What brought you into the world of producing television commercials?
I did my MBA in Marketing and always wanted to build a career in...
CULTURE VULTURE — The Alchemy of Learning
In a world where there is peace amongst the many nations, where there is no poverty, where no one has to work, where there are no lies, where there are no people being enslaved,...
You Are What You Eat
We don’t just consume food. We consume media. And we consume copious amounts of it without thinking about the consequences. And yes, there are consequences. To quote Aldous Huxley, “One believes things because one...
Maximising ROI, Engagement Through Sports Events
Sports events today are like never-ending festivals, where attendees enjoy cheering for their favourite teams, enter competitions and win prizes. Meanwhile, businesses make a sufficient profit by investing minimal effort and funds intelligently. As...
A Bright Idea that Won Big!
SYNERGYZER: What is your educational background and when did you start working on your startup?
ABUZAR SHOAIB SIDDIQUI: I completed my Diploma of Associate Engineering (DAE) in Chemical Engineering, after which I pursued my degree...
No education for the wicked
By Omair Faizullah
“Let’s intelligently design our future using the gift of foresight, something that never existed before brains - and for practical purposes, that means human brains - evolved. The ability to design is...
CULTURE VULTURE: IN VISIBLE LANGUAGE
By Omair Faizullah
“The spectacle grasped in its totality is both the result and the project of the existing mode of production. It is not a supplement to the real world, an additional decoration. It...
Sanna Malik Writes On Information Disorder In The Digital Age
Living in the digital age, the power of information is exceptional. Yet, this scale of hyper-connectivity has also given rise to complex phenomena including distorted information which is distributed at an unprecedented scale, especially...
Culture Vulture: Synchresis
“When you begin to ask those questions of what it means as a designer to be a culture maker, you ask harder questions about what kind of culture you’re creating.” - Dori Tunstall
Synchresis: An acronym...