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WHO ARE YOU? BRANDQUESTING® THE SOUL OF SELF
THE PERSONALIZATION OF BRANDS, THEIR ASSETS AND PRESENCE. HOW DO YOU PRESENT? HOW DO YOU SHOW UP? HOW ARE YOU PRESENT? Has anyone ever spoken to you about showing up? That is—when you show up, what happens? How do you present? In a manner, it all comes down to that...
BRAND MIND | CUMULARITY AND MUSICALITY
A CLOUD OF MINDS, CROWDSOURCING IDEAS, INNOVATIONS AND DIRECTION: WHERE COULD YOU GO? AND HOW COULD YOU GET THERE? CUMULARITY AND MUSICALITY: THE THUNDERSTORM OF MINDS, A MUSICAL WHORLING TOWARDS THE NEW: NIMBUS NIMBLE, TORNADO TURNTABLE, STRATOS STRATEGY: I’ve...
ENTRANCEMENT: ENCHANTMENT, CAPTIVATION AND SPELLBINDING | BRAND SONG AND EXPERIENCE DESIGN
IN THE QUEST OF TRAVELING THE WORLD: EXPLORING SPELLS, BINDING AND BRAND MAGIC In an adventure of working around the world, one sees things differently in the layering and context of place. Different cultures approach brands in varying ways—to each, their own way of...
THE QUEST FOR THE ARCHETYPE IN THE DESIGN OF PLACE-MAKING
DESIGNING PLACES: EXPLORING THE DEEP METAPHORS, SYMBOLS AND ARCHETYPES IN PLACES MADE RETHINKING EXPERIENCE STRATEGY In the journey of designing guest enchantment pathways, customer experience procession, there is one path to consider—step by step, what is the...
LOVE MORE OFTEN
BUILDING BEAUTIFUL BRANDS: CAUSE MARKETING, HUMANITARIAN BRAND-BUILDING AND CHARITABLE PROMOTIONS. I REALIZED, SOME TIME BACK, WORKING FOR AS LONG AS I HAVE, THAT BUILDING BEAUTIFUL BRANDS, HOLISTICALLY RICH, ROBUST AND BEAUTIFUL, VISUAL AND TEXTUALLY ARTICULATED...
BY HAND, WITH MIND & MEDITATION | DESIGNING MOVIE BRANDING ART
From Mind to Eye to Hand and the Illustration of Language and Ideals
RETHINKING BRAND AND ITS ARMATURE: ALLEGORY, MYTHIC AND SYMBOLIC DESIGN TACTICS: METAPHORICAL VISIONS AND THE CUMULARITY OF CLOUDMIND®
IF THERE’S A QUEST TO CREATE A NEW SURFACE, RESKINNING IMAGINATION: THEN WHAT LIES BENEATH? In a recent set of workshops, working out of state, with a brand team and CEO, there was a journey into the deeper side of the brand’s essence—the “what does this brand really...
A J O Y O U S 2019
ISN’T IT SO THAT OUR JOURNEY IS A STRIDE TO FINDING? It’s the quest and questioning of—the something in and of ourselves—the walk and the wander that powers the light of our creativity, which is a spiritual path—since really, creativity is about spirit. And spirit =...
BRAND MYSTICISM
EXAMINING THE DEEP SPACE OFSOULFUL BRAND STRATEGY. W H A T I F? You were to think: "really—there’s something deeper, more profound, more magnetically, more soulfully powerful about the enterprise that I’m working on.” There’s more. Really? Perhaps you did...
TIM GIRVIN, LLOYD REYNOLDS AND STEVE JOBS, THE CALLIGRAPHIC CONNECTION AT REED COLLEGE
CONCEPTIONS OF ITINERANT LEARNING—EXPLORING THE "GO THERE, GET OUT OF HERE" MODELING OF EDUCATION. “YOU COULD LEARN MORE IF YOU ACTUALLY WENT THERE.” I was talking to an LA team on my traveling, vagrant-based approach to learning—leaning-in to learn by going remote,...