Place Branding

27 Jun 2020

Iconic designer Milton Glaser has died aged 91. Five years ago we were lucky enough to interview him for the UP FOR REAL podcast series. Listen to it here.

In October 2015 we were lucky enough to get to interview legendary gra...

04 Nov 2019
Place Branding e-ployment | 6 min read

What Benjamin Franklin Would Think About Digital Nomads

It’s a warm fall day in Philadelphia and I’m sitting in Little Pete’s ...

11 Oct 2019

My top 5 takeaways from Dubai about Place Branding

Last week, I had the honor of delivering a keynote speech about the im...

03 Oct 2019

Julian Stubbs Keynote Speaker at  Economic Summit in UK.

Julian Stubbs will be one of the keynote speakers at the inaugural Che...

10 Apr 2019

What makes a city popular with digital nomads?

It is often said that superfast broadband makes geography irrelevant f...

07 Feb 2019
Place Branding | 1 min read

The Place Branding Podcast Episode 1: Milton Glaser

In this first edition of The Place Branding Podcast, UP CEO Julian Stu...

31 Jan 2019
Place Branding | 5 min read

Are cities the new countries?

The question has been raised by the BBC and others such as the Organis...

22 Jan 2019

Place Branding, Tourism and the Climate Conundrum

In the summer of 2018 everything turned yellow. At our farm in the Swe...

29 Oct 2018

Coming to a city near you very soon. Smart lamp posts.

I've been in San Francisco this week and have been following the news ...

15 Jun 2018
Place Branding UP FOR REAL | 10 min read

13 ways the International Place Branding Event Liverpool inspired and connected

From its unique location in a historic dockside warehouse to its fast-...

08 May 2018

Meet the city stylists: A new breed of communicators shaping today's place brands

As cities grow in size and importance, the image of the city is coming...

14 Apr 2018

Destination Liverpool: A place branding experience you won't want to miss

UP is heading to Liverpool soon for a two-day Ted-style conference on ...

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