TO A BRAND, WHAT’S RELEVANT? TO A CONSUMER, WHICH CALL IS THE MOST RESOUNDING–AND FINALLY, WHICH BRAND DOES A CONSUMER RELATE TO?
MARKETING SPEAKS TO BRAND STORYTELLING, BUT THEREIN LIES THE SINGULAR FOCUS, THE REALM OF ATTENTION—AND FURTHER, THE INTENTION OF THE REACH. That comes down to the specificity of relevance and utility, the sound of the brand and its resonance to consumers, and...
THE CULT OF THE MOTHER | BOLD CREATIVITY, FEMININE LEADERSHIP AND BRANDFIRE
BRANDS LED BY WOMEN The power of the feminine principal When I was in college, I studied the archetype of the Great Mother who—and which— might be defined as less of an archetype in the common parlance of today’s voice, and more of a deep, collective unconscious...
JÁIME LES SENSATION FORTE
IN THE JOURNEY OF BRAND DESIGN, IT ALWAYS COMES DOWN TO MEANING, MEMORY AND SENSATION. We’ve been working around the brand frontline for 4.5 decades. There are a string of alignments that emanate from that succession that are the core questions that always come to...
COURAGE AND BRAND RISK | THE STRIDE INTO DANGEROUS TERRITORY
Every day, as much as I can, I like to get out there. It’s a mix between terror and joy, fear and exhilaration, exultation and trepidation. Don’t you just love that moment when the fearsome rears up at you and then, rising up on the crest of that momentous inquietude,...
MAKING MARKS | BRANDCODING® AND THE SPIRIT OF THE BRAND
TOUCH ME MORE OFTEN. When you circulate, out exploring things—places, brands, natural experiences in the outdoors—what do you do? How do you explore? Me? I’m a touchy-feely kind of a person—I like to touch things, which is inherent in the character of my work, since I...
DESIGNING THE DREADFUL
According to a high school buddy, now a Emmy-winning screen writer, horror is the new “it.”
MEMORABLE BRAND PATTERNING IN THE CREATION OF PLACE
When you think about a place— what aspects are the most memorable? From my view: patterns, there are patterns that intertwine in the experience of a place that become distinctly memorable. That can speak to unique uses of materials—as in the gnarly grizzle of the...
007 AND BESPOKE DESIGN STRATEGIES
There’s always been a supreme masculinity in the legacy of the mythic, Ian Fleming archetypal character.
DEPTH CHARGE: CAVE JOURNEYS | DEEP BRANDING
THE ALLEGORY OF THE CAVE AS A BRAND EXPLORATION THERE IS A STORYTELLING IN CAVES: HOW OLD THEY ARE, THE RIVERS RUNNING THROUGH THEM, THE JOURNEY THAT THE BRAND JOURNEYER TAKES, GETTING SOMEWHERE—INTO THE DARK, DISCOVERING SELF AND THEN OUT INTO THE LIGHT. AS WE GO...
AND SOME OTHER NOTES ON FEAR
DESIGN AND RISK EVERY DESIGN REACH IS A RISK, IT TAKES COURAGE TO ADVANCE FROM ASKING QUESTIONS AND LISTENING TO OFFERING SOLUTIONS. THE GAUNTLET THROWN TO THE WORK IS THAT—IN ANY JOURNEY—THERE IS RISK. You’re presuming that you—brand person, design researcher,...