Fear of Missing Out — The FOMO instinct
Could it be that FOMO is really tribal disconnection? Ever been proud that you didn't know what was going on? Been happy that you had no clue about the newest big deal in your community? Pleased that you had no word on the hottest gossip? For some, the idea of not...
Simple is beautiful | Food Service & Experience Branding
Sometimes the best restaurant concepts are the simplest, the most honest, the most direct. They go back to the heart of giving, exchanging and trading enterprise. Asking the core questions -- Why [do we love this idea -- devoting ourselves to it]? Where [will we be...
Working with Tony Scott
The Genius of Invention, the Infection of Enthusiasm Weeks later, I've been thinking. I was shocked to read about Tony Scott's passage, in the manner of his so-called choosing -- and more critically, not knowing the truth in, about, any of it. Who does, who will:...
WAKA | TokyoCrows
The heart and soul of Crows, People, Cityscape and Poetry: Tokyo Waka | A film KRISTINE SAMUELSON + JOHN HAPTAS image from Waka The Kaw-Call of the Crow | Tokyo. Who couldn't forget this call? Tokyo CROWCALL: Wakaaaa! The character of Waka might relate more to the...
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Meeting M I L L A Market Restaurant | Paris THE STREAM FLOWS -- BUT WHICH WAY, THE CURRENT? I was thinking about the idea of current flow -- watching leaves in a river, idling -- breeze and river flow moving the leaves along. And in that state, what is their turning...
Patterning brand & brand patterning
Patterning brand & brand patterning - - developing typologies, morphologies of brand experiences | Graffiti Café, Varna, Bulgaria The nature of experiences, pattern language, visualizing layers of patterned context in place, message and ideology. [Photography,...
Moscow Centre of Modern Art
I was thinking about the bridge between shelf presence, art and content. Earlier in my life, I made a connection with a collective of people that related -- gathered round -- the work, the inspirations, of a man named Ben Shahn. Mr. Shahn was very famous, during his...
Brand, story, patterning in placemaking in hospitality
Brand, story, patterning in placemaking design strategies in hospitality and destinations IF THERE'S A STORY TO BE TOLD, COULD THAT STORY BE A PAINTING? THE GRAPHICAL PAINTING OF EMOTION, PATTERNING IN PLACE -- designing the destiny of destinations. What is...
In the future, everyone will be famous for 15 minutes
These days, the idea of an anniversary is the search for legacy -- and there are many that are searching for legacies, threads, reaching back to the soul of earlier years, when another degree of artfulness, more robust storytelling, a new flavoring of history that...
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...