Posted in Brand Culture, tagged Brand Culture, Brands, Forecourt Fountain, Ira Keller Fountain, Lawrence Halprin on June 22, 2009 | 3 Comments »
On Thursday I was walking to lunch when I happened past the Ira Keller Fountain and stopped.
Originally called the Forecourt Fountain, it was created by the famous landscape architect Lawrence Halprin. I still remember when it opened in 1970. My friends and I were among the multitudes who happily splashed about in its cool cascading [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Portland!, Xbox Live, Gamers, Music Lover, Digital, Techie, new gadgets, new technology, pandora, lala, pitchfork on June 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
WE NEED PARTICIPANTS!!
Please see the groups below and join us for 1 of 3 Friendship Dinners – and no, it’s not a religious cult meeting, it’s actually a night of great conversation on your favorite subjects…and you get to try out new stuff among like-minded people. And great food and alcohol is always part [...]
Posted in Brand Culture, tagged Brand Culture, McCann India, Prasoon Joshi on June 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
OK, in the midst of eating my Qdoba burrito today for lunch I am putting down my fork and writing this post.
Because I just discovered I have a brother in India. In fact, all of us here at ID Branding do. Weird. We never knew it.
His name is Prasoon Joshi and he has a ridiculously [...]
Posted in Announcements, tagged Bloomsday, David Ogilvy, James Joyce on June 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Happy Bloomsday.
Posted in advertising on June 15, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The whole way GM handles marketing would be fascinating in an academic way if it weren’t for the fact that you, me, and everyone else who pays taxes is going to suffer because of it.
If you want to weep over your own dollars, just read the AdAge interview with Mike Jackson, former GM VP of [...]
Posted in Brand Culture, tagged Brand Culture, brand meaning, shallow brands, shallow people on June 10, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Our thinking about Brand Culture has raised some big questions, both internally and out there in the world. New employees especially are concerned about some of the apparent implications of our new model of branding.
Fundamentally, they’re asking: does the theory of Brand Culture say that humans today are so shallow that brands and consumption are [...]
Posted in Brand Culture, tagged Brand Culture, Branding, Brands on June 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Laura, one of our strategists, just pointed me toward this blog posting about Brand Cutlure. The blogger is asking whether brands can be cultures or not. And whether Facebook is a culture.
I’m looking forward to reading other peoples’ responses to his questions.
- Doug
Posted in Brands, tagged Alice In Chains, Penske, Saturn on June 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here they come to snuff the Rooster.
Here come the Rooster.
Ah, Saturn. The victorious warrior steps out of the jungle, alive after all us civilians had nearly given up hope. Let Alice In Chains play loudly to celebrate the survival act of one smart, tough brand that had been stripped of its weapons and abandoned in [...]
