REAL(NESS)
THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE TRUE Real people, real brands, enterprises that are true. Have you been with someone, a person, a brand, that's untrue -- to you? You had an impression, then you went to "meet" them, work with them, buy from them -- and they're we're untrue, to...
TURNING SPACE, MAKING PLACE
There's a distinction between the sensation of raw space, and the making of place - - a place to be, that can be, held. The nature of holding is about warmth, holding -- being held. Etymologically, it might be offered that "relating" is really about "holding" and...
Camper’s New Soho shop | Shigeru Ban
Camper [soho] new shop | Brand storytelling -- each store, and story, slightly different: a patterned retelling. Manifesting style in the legacy of invention, the Shigeru Ban addition. photograph above: Halley Tsai Camper's international retail style is one of store...
Atelier Mecanic, Romania
Atelier Mecanic Crank, or Drink up? At Atelier Mechanic, there's not much about this concept that's actually "mechanical" -- it's more to artful and highly personalized assembly -- a gallery of the personal experience. Soul makes a difference. Things accumulate,...
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."...