Tag Archives: story

August 29, 2012

The Shining

SHELF EPIPHANY, RETAIL DESIGN, BRAND STORYTELLING AND SHINING ––––––––––––– I was talking to a client about the concept of the shine. Walking the street, I spied this installation — a shine brush in a window. And it urged a meditation … Continue reading

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August 13, 2012

Designing perfumes for place: scent, memory, recollection, richness in experience

Creating sensate holism in place-making Color, perception, light — happiness in moment — personal voicing of story and gathered re-collection, all impact the moment of scent, the waft of an instant, reclaimed and recalled. summering scents — could be: wood … Continue reading

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August 10, 2012

Rippling – the metaphor of touch

Rippling – the metaphor of touch. One story, is another, and another. An other. You tell me your story, and I will hold it to heart, and carry that story as it becomes my own — carried for you, by … Continue reading

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June 18, 2012

You Could Be No Where

These Days, People Work Anywhere; and Brands, Their Stories, Can Live Anywhere. But they can’t be nowhere. Everything needs a place. The nature of the seamless world, presumes an osmotic fluency — content, storytelling, wonderment, spectacle and experience – it … Continue reading

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June 13, 2012

WHO ARE YOU, ANYWAY?

A KEY START, TO ANY DEFINITION OF SELF, BRAND, ENTERPRISE, DIRECTION. The Quest for brand stance and conditioning. In my office, at the corner of 2nd Avenue and Stewart, Seattle — on the wall, a sign poses the simplistically profound … Continue reading

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June 8, 2012

REAL(NESS)

THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE TRUE Real people, real brands, enterprises that are true. Have you been with someone, a person, a brand, that’s untrue — to you? You had an impression, then you went to “meet” them, work with them, … Continue reading

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May 16, 2012

I have a story to tell.

So — do I have to listen? The sentiments on the power of storytelling continue to emerge. Point is, who cares to listen? These days, dozens of friends, colleagues and client send along snippets to the power of the story, … Continue reading

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May 11, 2012

Optimism is Optimal

The word, the work, that optimizes Working in NYC, I was rifling through my wallet, heading downtown to the office, I pulled my subway card — which I’d noted in an earlier overview. Optimism, the MTA card There’s a word, … Continue reading

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March 7, 2012

INFINITE RIPPLING: THE WAVE PATTERN OF THE STORY[TOLD]

(Girvin | Barcelona) THE FINITE, THE INFINITE — AND WHO CARES WHERE YOU’RE GOING? HOW FAR MIGHT YOUR STORY GO?

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December 5, 2011

The Vibe of Place, the Context of Story, the Meaning of Connection

Could the connectedness of one person to another, the perception of placement be — vibration? What is the vibe of this place? What is the vibe of you?

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