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...
Nobody’s Fool | Designing for Paul Newman
Finding the truth in life, in motion pictures, in storytelling and the character of Paul Newman. What a loss. What a legacy. What a man. While my connection with Paul Newman was mostly about being a designer, for several of his films, I never had the chance to connect...
Pattern language, brand pattern, patterned brand
Patterning in pattern: the woven, the thread, the cairn, the stone, the array: The psychic language of design, pattern, place and presence. A friend of mine, Susi Johnston, from Bali, introduced me to this group. Doon Susi -- she's a gallery owner there, and she's...
Ralph Lauren | Brand storytelling: transporting American visioning in hybrid media
Exploring the story, the man, the brand, Ralph Lauren I've met Ralph Lauren, but hardly to any degree that he'd recall. But I did have a connection with him, decades ago. Brief. And unforgettable, for me. Likely completely unknown to him. Why? I'd pitched his group on...
BMW & Oracle | Design+Vision+Grace+Action
The BMW | Oracle Trimaran for the America's Cup I've been a fan of BMW design for a long time. But I had a recent encounter that was breathtaking. I'll get to that. The car of my beginnings was a 1972 2002. And what I savored about that car was working on it. I've...
Cheerwine: Brand legacy and storytelling
Tom Barbitta is a friend of mine. A friend, as a client -- a friend as an fellow explorer of story. A brand explorer. He believes in the power of story as a link to building relationships with people. Brand, in story, is solely about that -- linking people to products...