Three Curious Things
Smart ideas from branding, culture, and art. Every Friday. Lightly unhinged. Never boring.
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Three approaches to showing up: perform joy loudly, signal depth quietly, hide completely
Intimacy.exe: when AI, screens, and photography all want your attention
When brands ask for trust: Nike's brain shoes, Ramp's stunt, and Jolene's 6-year-old designer
Architecture as obsession: desert isolation, Hollywood illusion, and sky meditation
When giving up control is the smartest move a brand can make
Three stories about what happens when brands actually listen to their communities (and go way overboard)
When art stops being something you watch and becomes something you feel
The objects that expose our values: unattainable prizes, disappearing creativity & digital anxiety
Three brands that make you work for it: treadmill screenings, sleepy hotlines & generational patience
No scripts, no polish, no second chances: three stories of beautiful creative mess
The humans behind the machines: tiny artists, digital rebels & the last of the patient internet users
Outdoor edition: one brand gets bit, one gets loud, and one wonders if we deserve nature at all.
