Did ya miss any of these? Design Is Everybody’s Business — a write-up on Herman Miller’s ten principles of design (this post was featured on GigaOM and several other sites). Brand Experience Brief: Gap — a video comparing Gap’s store redesign to an “old” Gap The Over-Promise Problem — a blog post about how companies tend to over-promise […]
It’s no surprise that the company behind the much-praised Aeron chair – Herman Miller – would embrace a compelling design ethos. The exquisitely-designed chair is featured in the Museum of Modern Art’s permanent collection, after all. And yet, I was captivated by a recent presentation by the company’s director of insight and exploration, Gretchen Gscheidle. […]
(Check out my latest “Brand Experience Brief” — a report with insights and analysis of new and interesting restaurant and retail concepts.) Fast fashion retailer Uniqlo is on a roll. I visited the company’s Herald Square location, one of three stores it has in New York City. Here’s what I thought of the brand experience there: more brand […]
I was fascinated by the story told in a recent strategy+business piece about Herman Miller, Inc., the “office-furniture maker.” That descriptor belongs in quotation marks because it seems the company is as adept at building breakthrough business practices as it is its cool Aeron chairs. The article offers a peak into the great company behind […]
Nike recently released their “Corporate Responsibility Report FY07-09” and I was so impressed by it, I just had to share my thoughts about it. […]
I’m fascinated by the recent flurry of activity of designer PCs. Having worked at Sony during the early years of VAIO (perhaps the first fashionable PC line, launched with its distinctive violet color and sleek features and all), it’s pretty amazing to me to see how the category has developed. […]
Trolling through recent news from Packaging Digest, I noticed the juxtaposition of two stories that make a great point. […]