THE DARK AND MYSTICAL SAP | TAR OF THE FOREST GODS
Once you begin your walk into the working world of perfume, you’ll find that there is a place for you. There is a vale that holds scented secrets that are just for you, that just reach into your heart and the most profoundly happy memories of your life as a human,...
THE OED: THE BRAND AS FIRE: *BRANDISHMENT”
BRANDISH — THE WAVE AND FLOURISH OF BRAND The OED: “brandish” — Brand as fire. Notes on the Place of being. Considering meaning and etymology, reflections on distinction and memory of meaningful experience. I had a conversation with a friend of mine, Dawn A. Clark....
THE FOG SOCIETY | THE ALLEGORY OF THE MISTED
CELEBRATING THE UNSEEN Into The Mist: Time ticks as you walk in the dark, emerging or failing light — and you realize that your true reliable momentum measure is the sound of your heels — moment to moment: pavement, gravel, pea, grass, chipped woods, snow and ice....
THE FIRE OF YOU | BRANDFLAME
THE PASSION OF INSPIRATION: YOU-BRANDING | HUMAN BRAND STRATEGIES FLAME ON! I met Tom Peters, just moments after his (as usual) carefully integrated marketing of “the brand called you” positioning. As ever, he knows how to get the work / word / world out there quickly...
The Rain of Code The Matrix 18 Years Ago Today
So: the alphabet is the beginning of much of what we design.
THE QUEST FOR WONDERMENT: JOURNEY, EXPLORATION, CREATIVITY AND WANDERING
YOU COULD FIND A WAY OUT, THAT COULD BE A WAY IN. I was first struck by this sign that I found in an antiques shop [above.] W A Y O U T When we think of way out, that could be an experience of layered and expansive experience. “Way out, man!” But, the way out, to...
THE UNFORGETTABLE BORGES: THE LABYRINTH OF LANGUAGE, WONDER AND STORYTELLING — A CHANCE ENCOUNTER WITH JORGE LUIS BORGES
The mystical character of a man, a letter and an inspiration Jorge Luis Borges I had a dream about this man, this meeting and I had to recount it again. It’s one of the things that happens when you’re on the road a lot — there is a time where a simple chronological...
THE FOUR STROKES OF THE APOCALYPSE: #
THE LEGENDARY SYMBOLISM OF THE HATCH MARK, THE HASH TAG, HATCHING STROKES AND THE UBIQUITOUS # DESIGN THINKING, ARCHETYPES AND ALLEGORY. In a manner, this speaks to the symbolism of place, that was just my journey this past week in Boise, ID — talking then to the...
Alphabetica Geometrica | Designing Fonts on The Premise of Geometric Perfection
The Scribbling of Design Theorems — Drafting With Navigational Instruments The word scribe to script, as a verb, is a “scratching, a scribble, a marking.” Describe comes to mind, for in that scratching, definition and articulation of idea becomes manifest — and in a...
THE SCENT OF WOOD: THE ART OF SPLIT TIMBER
AND THE PERFUME OF ITS MAKING THE DARK RESINS OF FIRE AND WOOD — AND THE TRANSFORMATIONS OF PITCH, BURNING, ASH AND THE INCENSED DUST OF FRAGRANCE. I live and dream in the forest — an old sitka grove out on the coast, washed in fog from the sea. Perfume is a way of...