CELEBRITY TALK in association with Double Take: Anne Landa award for video and new media arts 2009. Remo Giuffré, founder of REMO and pioneer of social media in conversation with Moya Sayer-Jones. Includes a discussion of REMO in the early days, its relaunch in 2000 as the online REMO General Store, his co-founding in 2000 of the General Thinking global thinkers network and an announcement that he has been granted the licence to hold the next TEDxSydney in association with the US based TED Conferences, currently scheduled for May 2010.

REMO General Store Founder Remo Giuffre interviews TED Founder Richard Saul Wurman on Friday 6 February 2009, Day 3 of the 25th Anniversary TED Conference in Long Beach California. Richard sold TED to Chris Anderson's Sapling Foundation in 2003. Richard AND Chris are very different people, driven by very different things ... BUT, magically, the spirit of TED has thrived despite those differences. Here is the unedited impromptu conversation between Remo & Richard.

REMO has been the merchant to TED, AND the official provider of T Shirts for its conferences since 1993. In this REMOVISION episode REMO Founder Remo Giuffré talks T Shirts in the lead up to TED2009.

Here is the footage of the drawing of the REMO prize at the TED Conference in Monterey in 2008 ... a video of a computer screen unfortunately :) This was the last TED Conference to be held in Monterey ... AND this was the last session on the very last day. REMO, as ever, was proud to be involved with TED.

Maybe the worst video we've ever made ... BUT the message is there: Order a Candela Glow 2 Lamp Set FROM REMO any time between now AND Midnight AEST on 13 February 2009, AND we'll throw in a FREE set of "Poppy" (red) replacement covers for the lamps. Great for the bedroom. Cheers!

Just in time for Christmas 2008 ... the MALAMOO 3 Second Tent! Now you have no excuse. Throw one in the back of the car and hit the road. Also ... great for kiddie sleepouts in the back yard. Impressive quality for the price. Double walled throughout. Dimensions: 1.8m x 2.4m weighing 3.5kg Two colour options: Green or Earth. Out they go! Order them HERE.

Here are some scenes FROM the REMO Warehouse HQ in November 2008. Christmas orders are starting to roll in ... AND the shelves are full of great stuff. A couple of BIG projects are underway: the preparation AND dispatch of T Shirts for the TED Conference in California in early 2009 (REMO has been a sponsor for 15 years), AND the assembly of our star product for Christmas: the Serendipity Gift Tin ... a REMO'esque version of the traditional Christmas stocking. The video is a bit boring ... but never mind ;) Maybe just worth the 6 minutes of your life that it will take to view it.

When the going gets tough, the tough go bowling. The last week of October is the last chance for REMO staff to celebrate the year ... after this we're too busy packing and filling your Christmas orders to do any hip-hooraying. So on Friday 24th, the whole team headed off for a night of bowling, eating and drinking. Fun was had.

How exciting! We took delivery today of a bunch of tin toys at our warehouse in Surry Hills. Static pictures didn't seem to do them justice. So, we took one of each home to Bondi and threw together this quickie video. All toys available online at REMO General Store. Cheers!

In July 2008 we were visited by author, handlebar videoblogger, card-carrying Customer Evangelist, Bike Friday adventurette AND galfromdownunder, Lynette Chiang. She posted an initially somewhat controversial opinion of a May 2008 REMO email campaign on the Fast Company website (see it HERE) AND rather than being vilified by us, was invited to inspect our operations. This video documents her visit!

Why not? Why not use our REMOVISION channel as a way to promote the new stuff we're developing for the online REMO General Store. In this gripping installment, Melanie demonstrates the functionality of the all new REMO Utility Dress, an idea that owes its origin to something Balinese that Melanie wore on most days during the recent Australian summer. This version is made for us right here in Sydney FROM a very high quality 100% cotton drill. One size fits all ... as you will see!

REMO has enjoyed a close relationship with both restaurant florent AND M&Co., the seminal 80s design group led by the late AND great Tibor Kalman responsible for its breakthrough graphics. Florent is closing in June 2008 (sadly), after 23 years of serving the neighbourhood AND community with its great food, graphic sensibility AND spirit. Maira Kalman recently hosted the first ever reunion of M&Co. designers at a farewell-to-florent dinner at the restaurant. Thankfully, Maira agreed to let Remo crash the party. Hence this documentary new REMOVISION episode.

No trip to New York City is complete without a quick lunch time visit to the Oyster Bar underneath Grand Central Station. In this REMOVISION video, Remo unexpectedly finds himself playing a part in his own movie. Even so ... at the end of the day, the Cherry Stone Clam Pan Roast made up for everything. Another interesting aspect of this video is the fact that it's the very first one that Remo himself has been able to film and edit by himself on the run. That session on iMovie that he attended at the Apple Store in SoHo was worth the effort. Let us know what you think!

A peek behind the scenes of the REMO Warehouse. The Founder shows us some of his favourite products and we hear stories from Melanie, Adie and Mel.

Join us at the Bondi Icebergs launch of the Printed Thing 2008. Peter Holmes a Court and H.G. Nelson present their wry take on REMO and the Printed Thing, while the glitterati ... glitter.