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Category Archives: Opinion
the difficult color
There is more to green than meets the eye. It is a color whose history makes a notable irony of green’s contemporary meaning and application. Green has vexed artists and colorists for centuries. All this was nicely encapsulated in a … Continue reading
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Posted in Color, Contract interiors, Industry, Opinion
Tagged color, color application, color history, color story, color theory, green
allsaints we are not
“Is this where I buy my post-apocalypse, anti-zombie wardrobe?” It seemed a logical question, standing there amongst salesclerks draped in black leather, urban-directional clothing on steel racks and columns sheathed in riveted plating.
Asked of a particularly deft salesclerk, he managed … Continue reading
five features needed in sit-stand furniture
“If there is one hot thing in this industry right now, it has to be sit-stand desks.” In making that comment recently, this editor of a well-respected publication acknowledges the interest in sit-stand has grown faster than anyone expected. Or … Continue reading
hat tips 2012
“It is true of the Nation, as of the individual, that the greatest doer must also be a great dreamer.”
Theodore Roosevelt
Berkeley, CA, 1911
(Via In His Own Words by Theodore Roosevelt Association.)
In this, the second annual presentation of the Please Remain … Continue reading
Posted in Industry, Opinion, SWA
Tagged Hat Tips 2012, haute living, JustStand.org, mobili mobel, montauk sofa, SHP Leading Design, Steelcase Store
they meant it before they retracted it
Another business is hit by a communications kerfuffle. When Instagram rolled out new Terms of Service on Monday, the Facebook-owned photo sharing app rolled them over their own users’ toes.
Earlier this year, FB paid $1 billion for Instagram, a business … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Brand, Opinion, Social Media
Tagged Blog, communications marketing, Facebook, Instagram, Kevin Systrom, Terms of Service, Twitter, Zuckerberg
what would calvin klein say?
Calvin Klein spoke at a university-sponsored event in my hometown the other night, so I decided to drop in and see what he had to say. Mr. Klein led a rapt audience through his career from 1968 to 2006. He … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Brand, Contract interiors, Opinion
Tagged Calvin Klein, commercial interiors, communications marketing
three showroom visits
How often do visitors arrive at Chicago’s Merchandise Mart by cab or train, disappear inside its gleaming doors, then leave the same way—not discovering what lies just to the north? Perhaps some have enjoyed the restaurants, boutiques and galleries there. … Continue reading
hat tips 2011
If we shadows have offended,
Think but this, and all is mended,
That you have but slumber’d here
While these visions did appear.
— Act V, scene ii-epilogue, A Midsummer Night’s Dream
These famous lines at the end of A Midsummer Night’s Dream are addressed … Continue reading