Herzog & De Meuron | The Bird’s Nest | Designing for real
I'm interested in the work of Herzog & DeMeuron. The Dominus Winery | Napa Valley And who isn't? Interesting, the art of it -- the work that they do. But what I'm fascinated by is the notion of the raw realness of the work -- the truth of story, visual and...
The letter
The very center of the work that I do lies here, in the heart of the letterform. There can be just that one touch, that relates to the person. D.4-D. The letter, big or small, translates to content. c1460 G. ASHBY Policy Prince 648 Poems (E.E.T.S.) 33 Yf god sende you...
Real Slow | Seeking truth in moving slower
Slow time design by Thorunn Arndottir (Iceland) – clock bead dropping for time measurement (NYTimes) Real Slow | Seeking truth in moving slower I, for one, would comment that my life's overwhelmed with speed. Getting projects, getting them done quickly, moving to the...
Wayfinding
What is the way, found? I was thinking about this. In the context of the work that you do. And what I do. I've wondered about that, the character of being lost, being found. Finding your way. And there's a part of the work that we do that is just about that -- helping...
The Luxury of Books
Tony Cenicola | The New York Times There are levels of the luxury experience. And in a way, it's about what our personal experience of what the sense of luxury might be. But the expression of the luxuriant could be many things. Tom Ford, himself, defines the luxurious...
The signature
The signature is a marking, a signing, that links the gesture of the hand, the fingertips, the wrist, the arm to the mind. It's a kind of drawing of the mind -- your signature is the reflection of your intelligence. That is, I suppose, the character of graphology --...
154 South Gate at the Jumeirah Essex House | NYC
Jumeirah, the Dubai-based global hospitality brand, created -- with help of restaurant designer Tony Chi | NYC -- a new visioning of dining experience at the Essex House. Our role was to define strategy and personality, gather pertinent commentary from Kerry...
the final stroke
.... I'd written about Ken earlier, the work that he was doing on this sidewalk. I'd surely offer that Tony Goldman, the developer, should be applauded for his winning (and willing) innovation. Must be a visionary, to implement this street art, as an adjacent...
Etymology and brand: seeking the meaning within
3000 years ago, the notion of finding the heart of a word was to seek the real thing. Then, it was believed that the spirit of the thing resided in the word. By calling the name of the entity, one would imbue, or bring forth, that phrasing with the immanent power of...
BrandQuest® — new brand strategy and story: the metaphor and the vision from the roof
In a way, this story is about shifting brand visioning. And it's early enough, for this story, this client -- that I can't really reference the brand name. But people ask, what is it like -- what do you do? What happens? Brand development and the questing methodology...