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The Alchemy of Perfume | Mandy Aftel

A Journey into the Craft and Mystery of Making Perfume. Some years back I'd read Mandy Aftel's book, I was struck then by her link to the presumptions of aligning alchemy and the making of perfume. Theoretically, it works -- but, in her application, the spirit of her...

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Looking at Skins

Studying the Face of People and the Buildings that they Make In the past, we've talked about the modeling of a brand relationships -- the relating [the carrying, the holding and the retelling] of that content, product or story in a manner that it can be acted on, and...

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The Pink that is: "indescribably pink."

Color, Brands, and the Layering of Experience, Memory and Recognizability Some say -- "stop calling the FT pink!" According to the color standards at the Times, the real color is a "so-called" Salmon Pink. But being an inveterate traveler, and persistent worker in...

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James Turrell

James Turrell, Designer in Light The Guggenheim | NYC We have a lot of history with the legacy of Turrell -- and real history, in terms of what we've done for Seattle in introducing Seattle to his work. Only about 28 years ago. Deanna and I were taking a break,...

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Crafted by Hand

Designing a World: Bears, Children, Wonderment and Michele Clise Ophelia's World [Ophelia, showing above] Now and then, you get a chance to work on a project, or a succession of them, that might be reaching out to the edge of "what's that, you're looking for what?"...

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