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Light

In the spirit of light, storytelling illumination. The character of what can be seen, in scene, the drama of Light. As an intensely curious person -- a person that seeks out answers by finding the people that build things, do things, make things, one of my journeys,...

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The perfume of Babies

Working in Japan, we designed for Japan, for Shiseido. There's a story there, digging in, building the fluency of designing to another culture, in that culture; it's not American design, transported to work in the Japanese markets, it's designing with a Japanese...

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You are a farmer

The Metaphor of the Deeper Storytelling in Brand,  the Undercurrent of Persona; the Dodge Farmer Ad, Super Bowl The bigger allegories in archetypal positioning. Imagery, shown [above and below] from the Dodge Super Bowl ad. On Tuesday February 5th, I gave a talk on...

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The Raven, a telling

Look, listen, study -- the poetry of the birds I am watching the birds, and listening to their calls. More so, I'm watching how they watch. Normally, that's something that I do with people -- watching how they look at things. How do people see? Driving across the...

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Drafting messages for goodness

A calligraphy for a Lama's retreat in the Himalayas In recent months, Girvin | Seattle had a blessing of place with a long-reclusive Lama Jigmela a practioner of prolonged retreats in absolute silence and deep meditation in a cave-like grotto in the Himalayas,...

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THE ART OF THE HANGER

THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE SIMPLEST PRODUCT DESIGN AND ITS VARIATIONS TO UTILITY. In the spirit of exploring the hand made, old-tech and the utility of the obvious solution -- from clothespins to pencils, I was talking to two people on two different bents. Girvin...

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I was so dirty

The waft of scent and memory -- deep fragrances from the earth, the forest, dark smoke and fire I was so dirty, with scent: the power of perfume, dirt, darkness and memory Lying on my bed, in a darkened bedroom, painted a deep, raven-dark purple, I was looking at an...

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