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Archives for April 2013

April 29, 2013 By Martin

Sharon Van Etten – One Day (Live on KEXP)

Filed Under: Music Tagged With: Sharon Van Etten, video

April 24, 2013 By Jay

All great artists and thinkers are great workers, adept at rejecting, sifting, transforming and ordering

“Artists have a vested interest in our believing in the flash of revelation, the so-called inspiration…shining down from heavens as a ray of grace. In reality, the imagination of the good artist or thinker produces continuously good, mediocre or bad things, but his judgment, trained and sharpened to a fine point, rejects, selects, connects…. All great artists and thinkers are great workers, indefatigable not only in inventing, but also in rejecting, sifting, transforming, ordering.”
~Friedrich Nietzsche

Filed Under: Quotes Tagged With: artists, Friedrich Nietzsche

April 22, 2013 By Martin

Facade: Intangible Dance Hall / Wistful Penal Stockade With Patronizing Manchurian Arch Treatment

Facade: Intangible Dance Hall / Wistful Penal Stockade With Patronizing Manchurian Arch Treatment by The Mansbridge Directive, 2013
Facade: Intangible Dance Hall / Wistful Penal Stockade With Patronizing Manchurian Arch Treatment by The Mansbridge Directive, 2013

Filed Under: Design, Photography Tagged With: architecture, Facade, The Mansbridge Directive

April 12, 2013 By Jay

Facade: Unauthorized Reproduction of the Mansbridge Directive Black Hole Facilities Maintenance Secretariat, Dusky Rollups Division

School of Mansbridge - Dusky Rollup
Facade: Unauthorized Reproduction of the Mansbridge Directive Black Hole Facilities Maintenance Secretariat, Dusky Rollups Division. (Attribution: School of Mansbridge.)

Filed Under: Design, Photography Tagged With: architecture, Facade, The Mansbridge Directive

April 7, 2013 By Martin

Facade: Move Along This Seemingly Derelict Building Certainly Could Not Contain A Traversable Wormhole With Trapdoor & Chain-Link Accent Treatment

Facade: Move Along This Seemingly Derelict Building Certainly Could Not Contain A Traversable Wormhole With Trapdoor & Chain-Link Accent Treatment by The Mansbridge Directive, 2013
Facade: Move Along This Seemingly Derelict Building Certainly Could Not Contain A Traversable Wormhole With Trapdoor & Chain-Link Accent Treatment by The Mansbridge Directive, 2013

Filed Under: Design, Photography Tagged With: architecture, Facade, The Mansbridge Directive

April 4, 2013 By Martin

Facade: Inconspicuous Ruttish Wicket, Sluice Purse and Randy Turnstile Effluvium

Facade: Inconspicuous Ruttish Wicket, Sulice Purse and Randy Turnstile Effluvium by The Mansbridge Directive, 2013
Facade: Inconspicuous Ruttish Wicket, Sulice Purse and Randy Turnstile Effluvium by The Mansbridge Directive, 2013

Filed Under: Design, Photography Tagged With: architecture, Facade, The Mansbridge Directive

April 1, 2013 By Jay

Zinzin news and updates

Here cometh April again, and as far as I can see the world hath more fools in it than ever.
~Charles Lamb

Happy April Fools Day! But no foolin’, here’s a roundup of recent Zinzin news and website updates:


pivot logo

New name: pivot (lowercase) is our name for a new social action and general entertainment TV network from Participant Media. Pivot is all about thinking on your feet, adaptation and informed change. The old ways of thinking and relating to the world aren’t working. It’s time to pivot.

Read the pivot Case Study.


Larky - perks rewards app

New name: Larky is our name for a company and mobile app that keeps track of all your perks and reward program memberships in one place. Larky plays off “lark” — a carefree or spirited adventure, harmless prank, or family of melodious songbirds — in fun, playful, singsong way, and also conjures up a “lucky” feeling.

Read the Larky Case Study.


Gravy

New name: Gravy is our name for a hyperlocal event listings mobile app. Gravy is the good stuff, the “secret sauce,” a source for discovering all the juicy things going on around you. The brand embodies — and the new name demonstrates — a rich and flavorful experience.

Read the Gravy Case Study.


New CAN entries: We have added new entries to the Compendium of Amazing Names (CAN), with more to come soon. The CAN is where we highlight great company, product and services names, wherever in the world we find them.


Some recent articles:

  • Five steps to avoid defining an empty set in your brand positioning
  • Brand Mascots 100. No.98: Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works Skunk
  • Bowie and Burroughs: systematic derangement
  • Who was Arno Schmidt and what is Zettels Traum? Some evidentiary fragments…
  • Diogenes, the original punk/Dadaist/Cynic, meets Alvin Lustig
  • Escudero Etchebaster Solidad Casals: Style, by Marianne Moore
  • Sightings: Bigfoot, Elf and J.D. Salinger

Filed Under: Naming, Zinzin

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