Mermaid Tears
Pure poetry of title and color.
Decoding the world of culture, design, and marketing.
Thick Description (Abduction)
How do we identify codes, and in doing so begin to construct a meaning matrix?
Pharmacist vs. Guru
Making sense of how brands, media and culture are responding to COVID-19. (1 of 4)
Battle Ready
The spoils of victory displayed triumphantly.
The Fifth Element
Leeloo's strength is also her weakness.
Meaningful Luxury
Instructing luxury consumers on the importance and nature of discovery and how to, well, discover it.
Wherever You Go
Wherever you go, there you are: fabulous, eccentric, unique.
Radioactive Trinitite
The suicidal ideation of the Cold War was infectious, and I caught it young.
High Horse
Snobbery and soulfulness, privilege and passion.
The Bad News Bears
In life, as in baseball, things can always get better. Or worse.
Holy Jolie
A fantasy of healing and romantic redemption that’s wildly off the mark.
Icon Mode
Projecting today's icons backward in time to see whether or not they can pass in that context.
Rabbit Box
I never gave that little silver rabbit to my mother.
Taking the Mickey
A marvelous proliferation of Mickey’s meaning.
Raising Arizona
A blank affect can be a canny psychic-survival stratagem.
Ballad of a Thin Man
Is this the end of the road for European serotonin depletion culture?
Going Natural
“Thank God I’m natural”