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180 THINKERS – “When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.” – Hunter S Thompson. This clip from the new documentary Gonzo, featuring Johnny Depp*, says all you need to know. – Alex Melvin, 180 Amsterdam * Depp was good friends with Hunter S. Thompson until his death and helped to fulfill Thompson’s last [...] 180 THINKERS – There’s a generation of great architects I could have suggested. Foster, Rogers, Geary, Libeskind, to mention a few. However after having a think, I’ve put forward the fantastic Zaha Hadid as a worthy candidate for 180 thinkers. She was born in Baghdad almost 60 years ago and was one of the youngest, [...] 180 THINKERS – I nominate Mukhtar Mai. A beautiful and poor Pakistani rural woman who survived a brutal life in Pakistan. She later founded a school for girls, with nothing but a blanket, under a few trees despite constant threats and attacks. She has an amazing story. I read her book twice, My eyes [...] 180 THINKERS – Daisuke Inoue is a Japanese businessman best known as the inventor of the karaoke machine. Unfortunately Inoue did not patent it, so did not directly profit from the invention that started a booming industry. In 1999, Time Magazine recognized him as one of “The Most Influential Asians of the Century”. “As much [...] 180 THINKERS – Dame Anita Roddick, was best known as the founder of The Body Shop, a cosmetics company producing and retailing beauty products that shaped ethical consumerism. At a time when the world was wrapped up in the ‘take, take, take’ style of business, Anita Roddick made people think another way. The [...] |
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