SEEKING INSPIRATIONS | CREATIVE MENTORS: HAROLD BALAZS:
THE DEFINITIONS OF DESIGN SPIRIT: A CHILDHOOD, RECALLED
SEEKING INSPIRATIONS | CREATIVE MENTORS: HAROLD BALAZS
REMOTE WORK:
Seeking beauty, active focus, and contemplative strategy in remote locations: working someplace other than where you’re supposed to be.
Fire and Smoke as Design Elements | the conception of the ultimate transformation
THE SCENT OF BIRCH TAR
An exploration of trees, their saps, the resinous outcomes, the essences and their fragrances. And Birch bark — a visit to the Early Buddhist Manuscripts Research Project in the palaeographic laboratories at the University of Washington.
Duluth Pack | True Brands: Beautiful Authenticity | Truth in the telling series
Brand storytelling that goes back 130 years, and pitched as a marketing strategy for merchandising sales at Barney’s. Notes on selling old brands as something newly hip.
LOGO DESIGNERS OUT OF BUSINESS?
PHOTOGRAPHIC AGENDA: DRIVE-BY SHOOTING
Wi-Fi ubiquity: Starbucks + new digital content
Wi-Fi ubiquity: Starbucks + new digital content. What if Starbucks created its own content for Wi-Fi users? Who cares?
Steve Jobs | Steve Ballmer: Devices to be Proud: presentation and leadership
Brand, story, positioning and strategy, what’s working here?
I was struck by Steve Ballmer’s presentation of the Slate technology at the Microsoft WWDC and the profound difference in positioning that the two brands represent — and by two, you know which two I mean. There are, too, two human brands at the helm, and for one, it’s Mr. Ballmer’s Microsoft, and for the other, it’s Mr. Jobs’ Apple. As noted, we’ve written about some of these positionings — the human factor, the truth factor, the authenticity factor.
ALPHABETICA | THE STROKES OF THE ALPHABET
ALPHABETICA | THE STROKES OF THE ALPHABET
STROKES, FINISHES, GESTURES, DETAILS — ON THE SERIES OF THE RIGHTFUL MOVES.


