Tom Banks

2 weeks ago | thedrum.com | Tom Banks

At the time of publishing, goods from China have been hit with a 125% tariff and the UK 10% as US President Trump plays a game of brinkmanship, which is still in its early stages. Stock markets have shown the fall out of this with an estimated £7.39tn having initially evaporated since Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’. Yesterday, markets were resurgent as Trump offered a 90 day reprieve to all countries that had not enacted reciprocal tariffs. Those that hadn’t still face a standard charge of 10%.

3 weeks ago | thedrum.com | Tom Banks

The 2024 film Hayao Miyazaki and the Heron tells the story of Miyazaki, the founder of the animation studio Studio Ghibli, and documents how his painstaking work consumes him; his film The Boy and The Heron took seven years to make. It’s worth bearing this in mind as we recall how last week, following ChatGPT’s 4o image generation update, it was let loose on the world and a trend quickly emerged. Users began creating images in the style of Studio Ghibli’s animated characters.

3 weeks ago | thedrum.com | Tom Banks

Days after Mauro Porcini left his role at PepsiCo, Samsung has today announced his appointment as its first chief design officer in a significant move for the company, which appears to show a desire to build products and services that offer a sense of desirability and relevance.

3 weeks ago | thedrum.com | Tom Banks

With (some) AI models training on just about anything they can devour online, visual assets have found themselves on the menu. Artworks, illustrations and even photographs have been picked over while the real owners – creative partitioners, agencies or brands – remain blissfully unaware until they’re confronted by something created in their style, yet not created by them. Want to go deeper?

1 month ago | bladeofsteel.com | Tom Banks

Dallas Stars Executives Accused Of Exploiting Youth Hockey Families In Disgusting Fashion PUBLICATION Tom Banks March 25, 2025 (10:27) Photo credit: David Kirouac-Imagn Images Three Dallas Stars executives are now under fire for their role in exploiting youth hockey families in a scheme that ran from 2020 to December of 2024. The scheme that was run by Damon Boettcher, Lucas Reid and Brad Buckland involved the trio setting up a company called Stay2Play LLC, a company that acted as a middle...