From Low Culture To High Art: The Punk Rock Uniform
Featured in the Arts and Leisure section of the New York Times today is a journalistic tribute to context creating pop culture, inspired by the exhibit at the Metropolitain Museum of Art in New York...
View ArticleHypepotamus: The Atlanta Creative Class Creating Their Own Empowerment Platform
My favorite thing about the Creative Class as a growing sub-culture, economic force and general psychographic is the mindset that you don’t have to change the system from within the system. Rather,...
View ArticleSocial Responsibility Served Up With Niche-Oriented Subtelty
As I was mindlessly flipping through the CB2 catalogue this morning, daydreaming about what the furniture in my beach house might look like if I “had a million dollars”, I spotted this My heart smiled...
View ArticlePersonifying Our Pets: A Consumer Culture Creation
As someone who feels awkward around her dog when she is “naked”, I can totally relate to this conversation about how we anthropomorphize our pets. The nature of pet ownership in America (and the...
View ArticleBrain Candy: An Exercise in Knowing Thy Context in The Check-Out Aisle
Checking out at the Whole Foods on my way to a Father’s Day lunch I spied (and purchased) this parent-trap: Sharkies Kids Sports Chews. As with most things in life, brand and product positioning (the...
View ArticleMillennial Wedding Rituals: Nuptuals With A Social Media-Inspired Twist
I recently attending a wedding where my wife was performing a special selection of songs for the ceremony. It was a Cinderella-style event for one of her voice student’s sisters and her college...
View ArticleThe Future Mobile Global Internet: Context Is Everything For Emerging...
I have been receiving emails for a few weeks now from internetserviceproviders.org asking me to look at their infographics for potential sharing on my blog. In this case, the relentless communication...
View ArticleMy Future Dream Job: DEO
And by dream job, I mean – this is the role I will create for myself. It’s all about self-authorship and the image below is the “cloud” of my life. I am reading Rise Of The DEO by Maria Giudice and...
View ArticleUgly Sweaters, Other Consumer Christmas Traditions and Their Origins
Did you find yourself online shopping at a place like The Ugly Sweater Store this season to find the perfect tacky holiday sweater to wear to a theme party? Did you find yourself wondering when the...
View ArticleMillennials in Love: Why They’re Not So Different From Their Parents After All
thenarcissisticanthropologist:So excited to have gotten the call to participate in the dialogue in this article…. Originally posted on Ideas: There’s nothing quite like a new generation setting out to...
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