De-Fictionalizing The Future of Brands
Imaginary Made Real Rob Walker, the author and former NYT Magazine “Consumed” columnist, is one of my favorite brand thinkers. In my opinion, his various works have pushed public discourse … Continue reading
Quick Hits & Half Thoughts
I’ve been a deadbeat dad to this blog lately. So rather than hold off any longer with intentions for the perfect comeback post, I figured I would share some of … Continue reading
Generational GapCasting
In a lovely example of what I like to call unlikely friendship, Google’s recent Project Re:Brief takes a handful of advertising legends from the Mad Men days and puts them to work … Continue reading
Boxed Experiences
Sensory Pairings For Every Situation Last week I caught wind of a new initiative from Lurpak Butter that teams them up with Last.FM to create recipe-based playlists: FoodBeats will recommend you music … Continue reading
Budding Pinterest
The visual web, curated ideas & brand identity FutureLab had an interesting post the other day asking whether Pinterest – and its visually focused layout – is the future of … Continue reading
Imagination Exchange
I recently stumbled upon illustrator Dave Devries’ beatiful Monster Engine project which asks the question: what would children’s drawings look like if they were painted realistically? The results are these fantastical … Continue reading
Jacobs meets Jobs
Weird associations, recent reading & rambling Over the summer I posted some loose thoughts that were spinning around my head about an emerging Age of Weird and its implications for … Continue reading