I’ve read a few good guides to email etiquette and getting responses. Recently, I had a couple of experiences where I was on the wrong end of miscommunication.
I read an entire email from a friend, mashed reply and asked them a question that I could have answered myself IF I HAD CLICKED THE LINK HE [...]
The story about Tropicana’s failed redesign wouldn’t have caught my attention or ire if I hadn’t read the Brand Week article referenced in the New York Times.
The part that bothered me:
Here is the capper: Tropicana wanted a physical mnemonic for the brand. The design team at the Arnell Group took half of a mid-season orange [...]
Patagonia recently announced that most of their footwear can be resoled by Mountain Soles out of Portland.
Resoling is nothing new to footwear, up until maybe 25 years ago. Shoes now have enough externalized costs that it makes more financial sense to throw them out and buy a new pair whenever the old ones [...]
From my twitter, a little bit ago :
“Small and impeccably curated is the new huge and miscellaneous.”
I can’t say if it’s a new trend, or my own tastes changing, but I am discovering more venues of objects or information that are tightly focused with a lower volume than I used to.
Even a couple years ago, [...]