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April 24, 2013
Tom Ford, the Creativity of Babyhood
How are Designers, Creative Minds, Changed by Babies? Having met Tom Ford, albeit in a short quasi-interview and completely unscheduled encounter at a WWD | BEAUTY + FASHION CEO SUMMIT; I’ll admit that I was afraid [of him.] When I … Continue reading
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April 17, 2013
A love of the Skull | Alexander McQueen
The End that is the Beginning | Brands & Death It might be said that the idea of associating the creative essence of the late Alexander McQueen with a skull is a mistake — a slide off the backside of … Continue reading
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February 25, 2013
Working in Japan, we designed for Japan, for Shiseido. There’s a story there, digging in, building the fluency of designing to another culture, in that culture; it’s not American design, transported to work in the Japanese markets, it’s designing with … Continue reading
February 15, 2013
The patterning of time and the Creative Journey The timing of pattern, the layering of story, the weaving of ideas, a tapestry unfurled. The work of living — is a rippling — a stone, cast, water bound, rippling, outwards. As … Continue reading
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December 26, 2012
When I was in Bhutan, high in the misted Himalayan mountains, I’d spied a remote monastery and spoke to my guide, Tsewang Nidup about “getting up there.” We did get up there, like nearly every other lonely vista we aspired … Continue reading
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December 5, 2012
Marketing Segmentation > story | message | visualizations
story | message | visualizations [and the taste of things to come] Is the story, in experience design strategy – a segmented telling — each, to their own. What is the taste of the experiencer? I was working in NYC, … Continue reading
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November 14, 2012
The Deep Scent: Alcoholic Spirits, Perfume, and Distilled Essences
The perfume of booze: strategy, story, packaging Partnering in Paris, Tokyo and NYC with Pierre Dinand, we talked about — and worked together on — the idea of enchanted containment, ideating iconic containers of concretized, luxurious value as being a … Continue reading
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November 9, 2012
Tom Ford, James Bond and Design
Theatrical design, costumery and captivation Who’s the man? There’s always been a supreme masculinity in the legacy of the mythic, Ian Fleming archetypal character and the theatrical playing power of James Bond – perhaps never better evidenced that in the … Continue reading
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October 26, 2012
THE PERFUME OF INK, PAPER, WOOD AND LEAD
Notes on the Last Letterpress & the Last Paper Seller – DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES IN TRAVELING THE JOURNEY OF THE CRAFT, THERE’S A KEY TO RELEVANCE – IN THE SELLING ENTERPRISE, THE NOTION OF BRAND IN PLACE, BRAND IN THE … Continue reading
October 24, 2012
The Mulleavy spirit At Girvin, we’ve been following, writing about, the Mulleavy sisters for a couple of years. We’ve also studied, and written about Starbucks. Even Howard knows about our blogs. What is compelling about the sisters Mulleavy is the … Continue reading
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