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November 5, 2012
The design strategy of simplification A friend, Stuart Balcomb, a musician and composer in Venice, California, reminded me of something, to design — and Steve Jobs. I worked as a consultant to Apple, at the behest of Steve Jobs in … 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 17, 2012
Paper, ink, the book — the printed package
The sensuality of the book I was working in a remote, private room, the so-called rare book library at Girvin | Seattle. It’s a small space, and in this book room, the volumes start at about a yard from the … Continue reading
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October 15, 2012
THE RICHNESS OF STYLE, STORY, CONTENT AND EXPERIENCE PLAYED LARGE Above, The Blue Frog Lounge, Mumbai, India Sound branding | integrated music lounge ––––– What about the sheer implications of style, design made manifest? I have no information on these … Continue reading
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September 24, 2012
The Genius of Invention, the Infection of Enthusiasm Weeks later, I’ve been thinking.
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September 6, 2012
Amazon retail — bricks and mortar?
Amazon retail, a theory [Girvin]– bricks and mortar? Brand, retail, retelling, retooling, rethinking. Retail and community, brand storytelling as a reflective sharing — the story of place, of culture, of wonder, embracement and connectivity. There is a theory [Girvin] that … Continue reading
August 23, 2012
Marvin Traub and Bloomingdale’s
Marvin Traub and Bloomingdale’s Girvin’s 1985 2-sided shopping bag for Bloomingdale’s The height of retail branding | Girvin, John Jay, the 1980′s. Campaign Theme Design as a Form of Integrated Retail Experience
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August 6, 2012
Handwriting, the message, and the carriage of content I can look at a person’s handwriting and know how it will work out [their relationship to me.] There are insights in the cartography of writing [handwriting as soul-mapping] — and these … Continue reading
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July 27, 2012
T H E S T O R Y O F C H R I S P F E I F E R – A M A N A N D A D R E A … Continue reading
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May 2, 2012
Frustro, the font and Escher, the mathematician
Frustro, Martzi Hegedüs and Escher The puzzlement of design, translated as an impossibility of form in space. A friend of mine, type and design hunter, blogger and musician, Stuart Balcomb [Los Angeles] pointed this reference out — the font. Earlier … Continue reading
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