Brand storytelling and relationships: ING DIRECT NEW RETAIL
Remaking banking in retail community building and development How do you tell a story that's not the same old? In visiting banks -- and the brand presence of their sites (literally and online) -- and studying the crises of the current banking scenario that we've all...
Pearlessence | II
The Launching of the Pearl | Lincoln Square | Bellevue Square Some reference, to meaning: pearl 1258, from Old French perle (13c.), Medieval Latin perla (1244), of unknown origin. Who knows the origin of the word, but there are theories, that reach back in tim to...
Salumeria Rosi | Building brand, building story.
Exploring brand storytelling for restaurant experiences, notations and process. I'd met Antonio Corsano on a recommendation, or a referral, from Paul Bertolli. I've talked about this marvelous person in the past. The work with Paul, of course, was building out the...
Pearlessence: seeking the heart of restaurant experience
Designing The Pearl | Lincoln Square | Bellevue, WA Working with an extremely tight and confined team -- I, along with others at Girvin | Seattle, as well as architect Dawn Clark, AIA LEED AP, and Robert Norwood, interior designer, began an extraordinary collaboration...
The Soloist: art, music and schizophrenia in story — exploring visible identity
Martha Holmes | Jackson Pollock Time©1949 Steve Lopez and Nathaniel Ayers: exploring concepts of the visual language of creativity, music, madness -- and the warmth of humanity in redemption. "Madness is the salt that keeps good sense from rotting." Nikos Kazantzakis...
Human Brands | Steve Jobs and Apple
This is the first in a series on Human Brand | defining the inextricable link between people, founding vision and the brands that they produce. You've got to find what you love. Steve Jobs There's passion here for me. Because I can personally relate to Steve Jobs....
The Luxury of Authentic Brands
The heart of the genuine: exploring the concepts of authenticity, history, brands and the place of luxury. I'd open with the meaning -- and the combinational character of the idea of truth fullness -- and its apparent luxury in telling -- are true stories the rarest...
True Brands: Beautiful Authenticity | Truth in the telling (1st in a series)
I've been looking for truth. I'm looking for truth in my self -- what do I do, in practicing what I tell, preach, to others. And telling the truth in the reign of the firm -- what we do, what we offer, and how we go about doing it, in finding the truth and the heart...
Cor-ten aesthetic | c o l d rolled s t e e l
cold steel |raw materials in architecture I savor materials that are used in the rawest of fashion(ing). Places, building interiors, external details, fastenings and material applications. Large scale applications of raw industrial materials oftentimes reflect a kind...
Brand Truth: Fashion Group International: A panel discussion — Brand, storytelling and the trend to truth
Panelists Anthony Battaglia, Claudia Cividino, Dawn Clark, Paul Terlizzi at Fashion Group International, NYC I've been looking at, and looking for, working on, true brands. Brands that are true. True brands can't be invented, they must be made in the context of...