Tattoos | Art, body, brand, relevance
Harvard Business Review's observations: cool. I found it interesting that the Harvard Business Review would be identifying the tattoo as a point of relevance to analyzing trend. But of course, it -- the trend content -- really comes from a hiring agency. Personally, I...
Dazzlement | a study in camouflage
What is the nature of the design of camouflage? Who designs it, and how does it work? The French cruiser Gloire A colleague of mine, pointed out an intriguing effort to abstractly camouflage boats during WWI with elaborate geometric rippling, reflective patterning....
Scent design | vessel: translucency, transparency, tsutumi and touch
What's being said, the framing of design, in the containment of fragrance. Ancient containments | Museo Santa Maria Novella, Firenze (Girvin) Pierre Dinand, story and Girvin: collaborations, explorations and ideals: perfume bottled, scent packaged, story told....
Ryuichi Sakamoto | Memories, observations, listening
Piano, noise, and translation: genius + the human brand > a sound making tool Linking up with friend Josh LaBelle, creative director, musical maestro at Seattle Theatre Group (I used to be a board member there), I had the chance to reconnect -- after decades of...
The Care and Nurturing of Brands | An Early Steve Jobs Discussion
EXPLORING HONOR, TRIBUTE, CARE IN THE MAKING OF BRANDS. Rethinking difference in the re-making of Apple principles. "Marketing is about values. This is a very complicated world, it's a very noisy world. And we're not going to have a chance for people to remember a lot...
Women are the world…
Women are the world; art, archetype, anonymity and the TED prize 2011. Portrait of JR. Courtesy © Christopher Shay If you don't have time, just watch this. I'm sure you're on the list, the TED list, and you get their mailings. If not, you should. I've been there, TED...
Human Brands | Premchit Prateap Na Thalang + Experience | Premchit
Exploring the conceptions of brand, story and the human presence of healing A 400 year old story, the alchemy of healing Over the course of the last number of months, I've been working -- along with the team at Girvin, Norman G. Jones and Premchit Prateap Na Thalang...
SCENT BOMB | Perfume overload at retail
When scent becomes too much in retail environments and place making: fragrance awash in experience design Image courtesy of Warner Brothers (Inception) Abercrombe & Fitch, conflict and protest -- a Fierce objection You might recall a time when, strolling at a...
Louis Vuitton | Truth in the Telling
Forging Authentic Brand stories: Examples, Challenges and Directions If telling the truth becomes questioned in a branding proposition, then how to right the equation? With Louis Vuitton (LVMH) as a client, we've spent a lot of time studying the brand -- in the larger...
The New Starbucks | East Olive Way: Exploring Evolutions
Redesigning connections to community, experience design and retail food service "This incredible new store design represents our ongoing commitment and leadership in global store design and offers a new experience to the Capitol Hill neighborhood. You will have an...