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The Vibe of Place, the Context of Story, the Meaning of Connection
Could the connectedness of one person to another, the perception of placement be -- vibration? What is the vibe of this place? What is the vibe of you? What is the vibe of brand? It's possible that everything circulates, pulses, surges on the nature of vibe -- the...
Sara Carner | CARNER BARCELONA
IN THE SHADOW OF THE WIND, SCENT EVOKED, PERFUME DESIGNED ON THE BREEZE OF CONSCIOUSNESS IN THE BOOK, The Shadow of the Wind, written by Carlos Ruiz Zafón, there is a story, wrapped a story, hidden in a story -- a book, among many books, hidden in a mythical library,...
The Scent of Rot
ROUGH TRADE #3 The Perfume of Refuse, Decomposition and Excrement (The third of three essays on unusual scent strategies) In the beginnings of Das Parfum, authored by Patrick Süskind, there is a grouping of expressions that I'd first read in the original German. The...
WHAT WAY, FOUND? SIGNING, SHOPFRONTS AND WAYFINDING
GALLERY VI | THE STATE OF WOWNESS* SOMETIMES, IT'S LESS ABOUT THE MERE "GO THIS WAY" [OR DON'T] AND MORE TO GO ANOTHER WAY, SCENE, SEEN, BEAUTY, TOUCHED. ARTFULLY, THIS PATH. AS A LONG RUNNING DESIGNER OF SHOPFRONTS, SIGNING SYSTEMS, LOOKING AT SIGNS AND THE MESSAGES...
THE LAYERING OF TEXT | ALPHABET RHYTHMS | GALLERY V
THE LAYERING OF TEXT | ALPHABET RHYTHMS | GALLERY V THE STATE OF WOWNESS* AS A PERPETUAL STUDENT OF THE ALPHABET, I'M PRONE TO EXAMINE THE MYSTERIES THAT LIE IN ITS STROKING -- ONE STROKE, THE FIRST, IS A LINE. ONE LINE, BEGINS THE MARKING OF THE WHO, THE WHY, THE...
THE LONG WALK | THE PROCESSION | GALLERY IV
THE STATE OF WOWNESS* IF I'M THINKING ABOUT THE WAY, THE WALKING ROUTE -- IT'S LIKE A LONG STRIDE TO THE SOMETHING THAT LIES AT THE END. THERE'S A RHYTHM, A SEQUENCING OF PILLARS THAT MARK THE TIME. STEP BY STEP. LOOKING UP, IT'S STEEP, THE RISE TO THE LIGHT THAT...
THE CENTER OF THE WORLD
ARCHITECTURAL SYMBOLISM, METAPHOR AND CENTERING Walking a old, forested Buddhist compound outside of Tokyo, I was told that the temple site was a specially sacred site -- and one that was anciently "magical." The idea of spirit spaces, places that have special power,...
LOOK UP, LOOK OUT | PRINCIPLES OF ABOVENESS
LOOK UP, LOOK OUT | PRINCIPLES OF ABOVENESS | GALLERY III THE STATE OF WOWNESS* IN THE NATURE OF SEEING, THERE ARE DIRECTIONS - THE VECTORING OF PLACE AND SITE, SIGHT SEEN AND UNSEEN. BUT IT DOES COME DOWN TO THE LOOKING - AND THE LISTENING IN THE LOOK. AS ONE STUDIES...
The Perfume of Sex
ROUGH TRADE #2 The Sense of Scent in the Most Profound and Personal Encounter (The second of two essays on unusual scent strategies) The design of the scents of evocation and emulation, storytelling legendary experiences It's been said that perfume is the ultimate...
THE SEARCH FOR LIGHT | GALLERY II
THE STATE OF WOWNESS In the exploration of design, organizing information, considering presentations and context, emotional relatedness, there are two elements that I look for in the conjunction of creative intelligence and communications to community. Content and...