Enjoyed the company of the charmingly irrepressible Ajaz Ahmed and the irrepressibly charming Stefan Olander this morning (pictured above with their editor, Vermilion’s Susanna Abbott and me on the far right). Between them they have over thirty years on the front lines of the digital revolution. I say front lines plural, because their success is underpinned by a restless dedication to constant change and disruption, surprisingly so for two men at the helm of established global brands.
After over-interpreting the meaning of their book’s cover design (I suggested that the embossed hole represented a silver bullet bursting through the heart of the recession, OK, right) we covered work culture, personal values and the future of publishing, in which we all agreed the printed book has a big part to play.
