Possessed by an idea: mapping collaboration, sharing and the crowdsourcing of genius
Olivier Beauchesne at Science-Metrix The flow of innovations and the interplay of minds. There was an idea, an inspiration, and it was shared, and went from one to another, and another. Then the world knew. It's interesting that the idea of genius -- the ancient...
CONTEMPLATING THE SPACE OF INNOVATION: The workplace of newness, now.
The designed space of innovation, design labs, incubation works and architectural evolution. Over time, working around the world and linking into innovation environments, the idea of designing a working laboratory for innovation is something that ranges from raw...
Speed Thrills. Slow spills.
Girvin | Delano, Miami Beach, Fl. A meditation on the concepts of speed and pace -- in the relationship with anyone, anywhere, anyplace. Do you find yourself hurrying past the conversation that you're having? Are you looking ahead, in passage against where you are...
THE LONG REACH | Story Flow and Dispersal
THE LONG REACH | Story Flow and Dispersal -- the Nature of Influence and Connection: Crowd Panic Strategies Crowds, panic, flow, clustering and the flow of information -- Brands, stories, communities -- observations at the roadside. How does one story become another...
Brand Posse | Staging brands and performance: Rodarte
Design, community, embracement, love -- how does the crowd gather round? And when they do, what is the story that they tell? It is about truth, telling, holding, relationship. Talking today, about the early days (several years back) reviewing the transitioning of Yves...
Enchantment, engagement and embracement in the layering of brand messaging, visualization and experience design
What do you know? The mystery of mind, message and meaning. I was thinking about that question -- someone asked me: "well, what'cha know?" And I contemplated the depth of the question. It's just as powerful as "what's your story?" I thought about it: "really, what do...
The Bridging of Creativity — Strategy, Design, Fashion, Fragrance and Experience: the Scent of Ice: Andrea Maack
www.AndreaMaack.com The smells of stone, fire, snow and the sea -- the perfume of Iceland: I walk the fragranced way. Every corridor, is a sequencing of scent. Every road, an avenue of smell. Each pathway, the censed notation. I do dream about the crossing guard of...
The Ring of Steel: Steve Jobs | and the Leadership Circle at Apple
The Fresnel light lens as metaphor Image: Girvin The rippling of leadership strategy and structure: brilliance, radiance and the rays of innovation. The metaphor of the amulet, the charisma and the vibe of Apple -- prophecies of evolution. There are those that might...
Chromosomal Brand Strategy: the Sound Genes of Pandora
A Decade of Evolution: technology, evolution, distribution -- the music genome project I can recall, in the very beginning, the idea of Tim Westergren's notes on the concept of Pandora. Back then, an email to Tim would be returned, and that the story of forums, town...
LOGO BURN | BMW AND THE PHOSPHENE EFFECT
BMW and the physiology of branding the eyes with flash effect. What about the idea of using image flashing to imprint the retinal curvature of the inner eye thereby burning the image into their sight? This year will surely be about change. And innovation. And...