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Brand thinking, published.
Where the thinking behind the work goes when it needs more room.
19 August 2026
Taste Can Be Templated. Judgement Can't.
Taste has an ad campaign now. Fitting, since the pitch is that you can't buy it.
12 August 2026
I Don't Argue About This Anymore.
A podcast asked me on to talk about AI and my industry. I said no, and I'm still glad I did.
21 July 2026
The Leopard Never Needed to Change.
On essence, recognition, and the difference between becoming and uncovering.
08 June 2026
A Brand Is a Feeling. So What's Holding It Together.
The conversation about sensory branding is right. It's just incomplete.
02 June 2026
The Room Is Still the Brief.
And I've been quietly pretending otherwise.
28 April 2026
The Race No One Can Win.
The AI arms race is accelerating faster than attention can absorb. Even the early believers are starting to feel it.
20 April 2026
The Brief Before the Prompt.
Anthropic just launched a design tool that reads your brand before it builds anything. It’s worth pausing before you open it.
08 April 2026
Luxury Moves First. It Has For a Century.
What luxury brands understand about AI that everyone else is still arguing about.
27 March 2026
Value Is a Decision.
Axiology, consumerism, and the discipline of choosing what earns its place in your life.
06 August 2025
Bland Is Not a Brand.
Why the great strip‑back is leaving some brands… well, naked.
21 July 2025
Finding Myself in the Mirror of AI.
On possibility, progress, and reflecting the best parts of ourselves.
20 June 2025
The Practice is the Brand.
Why trust is built in the small, unseen acts that quietly resonate.
13 June 2025
The Taste Test.
On instinct, experience, and the quiet edge that makes brands memorable.