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...
BRAND REACTIVITY: THE INTUITIVE RESPONSE IN INSTINCTUAL RECOGNITION IN BRAND STRATEGY
HOW’S THAT FEEL? Girvin BRAND REACTIVITY: THE INTUITIVE RESPONSE IN INSTINCTUAL RECOGNITION IN BRAND STRATEGY THESE ARE THE DAYS OF EXPERIMENTS: EVERYWHERE, EVERYTIME. AND GREAT IDEAS, INSPIRATIONS, AND ANSWERS — COUPLED WITH THE WISDOM OF EXPERIENCE — CAN CLICK IN AN...
THE LEAP, THE JUMP TO RISK
THE LEAP, THE JUMP TO RISK The Grand Canyon There is a path of the straight and narrow. And there is a path of an unexpected roadway. You can take either, depending on your expectation of outcome. There is an easy way, and there is another, that breaks the normal...