Brand story, the layering of content
Layering content, the palimpsest of meaning A calligraphic broadside, a gift, for speakers and presenting participants at The Evergreen State College 40th Anniversary. When I was a student, library adviser, workshop instructor and finally, faculty member [graduate...
I have a story to tell.
So -- do I have to listen? The sentiments on the power of storytelling continue to emerge. Point is, who cares to listen? These days, dozens of friends, colleagues and client send along snippets to the power of the story, well told. The image above comes from our...
Tell me, Daphne — are you a Mother?
Daphne, the human brand, is she a Mother, too? Answer would be yes. Happy Mother's Day, Daphne. Image above, below -- of Daphne. from DarkBlues. Might be, that the mission, the promise of Daphne is about celebrating design and creativity [which is really what the...
Optimism is Optimal
The word, the work, that optimizes Working in NYC, I was rifling through my wallet, heading downtown to the office, I pulled my subway card -- which I'd noted in an earlier overview. Optimism, the MTA card There's a word, that word -- placed -- says more than the word...
Stanley Kubrick + Douglas Trumbull > Monoliths on Mars
Stanley Kubrick + Douglas Trumbull > Monoliths on Mars Seeing the imagery of a so-called "monolith" [alá 2001, A Space Odyssey from NASA on Space.com reminded me of a string of experiences -- working in Hollywood. During the development of a theatrical advertising...
BIG Japan, made elegantly small: UNIQLO CALENDAR
Uniqlo brand glow BIG Japan, made elegantly small: UNIQLO CALENDAR: NYC uniqlo | holiday | 2011 I embrace attitude. I like people that have attitude. Employees, friends, clients. And brands. I ponder, what is attitude? 300 years back, it was "posture and disposition."...
Frustro, the font and Escher, the mathematician
Frustro, Martzi Hegedüs and Escher The puzzlement of design, translated as an impossibility of form in space. A friend of mine, type and design hunter, blogger and musician, Stuart Balcomb [Los Angeles] pointed this reference out -- the font. Earlier in my career,...
THE SEMINARIUM | INTERNATIONAL RETAIL CONGRESS
Travel, brand, retail, explorations: The 9th International Retail Congress Seminarium. The focused walking-study, explorations of design and human-place, place-making, retail storytelling, cultural impressions and insight in presence. Just got back, last week. [all...
The love of place | GIRVIN|BRANDS: San Francisco, the Bay Area, Silicon Valley
A new office in one of our favorite cities: the love of place | San Francisco, the Bay Area, Silicon Valley: GIRVIN's new presence in California Building strategic intention, tracking our design heritage, Girvin returns to work in the City by the Bay. S.F. East Bay,...
You are the one | Human + Brand concepts of singularity
YOU ARE THE ONE The focus of distinguishment - the one, the only, the you. I was at Seminarium, in Lima, Perú, over the course of the last couple of days -- the focus: retail strategy. This connection started with a link, and an link -- that goes back in time. All...