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Culture is a shared set of elements that characterize a group of people – a religion, a race, a society, a movement, a scene.
Tapping into culture needs to be more than, how do I make my brand cool? Cultural strategy is the act of understanding, contextualizing and applying cultural knowledge to achieve an intended outcome or change, in a way that... See more
Tapping into culture needs to be more than, how do I make my brand cool? Cultural strategy is the act of understanding, contextualizing and applying cultural knowledge to achieve an intended outcome or change, in a way that... See more
Nick Susi • Culture Is the Client
A culture doesn’t have to be huge - it can just be a subset of a group, but no matter how small it is, it is still a movement, a collective of individuals striving for something beyond themselves.
The goal of cultural strategy is to influence these groups, your people, in a positive way that brings them forward, and not just yourself.
From an early age, we trim our preferences and desires to avoid rejection from others. We're wired to follow the mass, to do what everybody is doing, to look like everybody around us. We learned to stop daring, to stop being different.
We were taught not to be weird.
But here's what I want to tell you: you are beautiful as you are. Your value comes... See more
We were taught not to be weird.
But here's what I want to tell you: you are beautiful as you are. Your value comes... See more
Carolina Wilke • 072:The Business of Being Different: Why Your Weird is Your Power
We were always taught to be somebody that we weren’t. Whether that was in life or even in business, there is always pressure coming from all sides of the world and of social-media to fit in, to follow, and to not “step out of line,” as if that was the only way
Rick Owens Interview | In the Studio | The New York Times
youtube.comwhy artists are meant to be in service
this might sound — grandiose, sure — but I think as artists, we are connected so intimately with the essence of life; more deeply than any other profession, other than the spiritual/religious.
I’m not referring to art as a means of purely aesthetics or creative labor (particularly now in the age of AI) — but... See more
this might sound — grandiose, sure — but I think as artists, we are connected so intimately with the essence of life; more deeply than any other profession, other than the spiritual/religious.
I’m not referring to art as a means of purely aesthetics or creative labor (particularly now in the age of AI) — but... See more
Kening Zhu • the guiding question to build wealth as an artist — kening zhu
You can say artists are the greater representatives of the the divine: we are the ones that are able to bring the Kingdom of Heaven onto earth for everybody to experience as a human.
If there’s valuable cultural knowledge that we are looking to gain, what unique valuable knowledge do we have that we can also share back? How can we open source research, mentorship, education, connections?
To reclaim originality in an era of sameness requires a different kind of noticing—one that privileges interiority over approval. Ask yourself:
This isn’t about avoiding all trends or purging... See more
- What would I want if I had never seen anyone else want it?
- What colors, textures, or environments make me feel joy?
- What forms of beauty did I love as a child?
This isn’t about avoiding all trends or purging... See more
Good Taste is Making You Boring
When you free yourself from these pressures, your creative genius can rise to the surface again. Over time, these seemingly "useless" projects lead to fresh ways of thinking and help designers grow—both practically and metaphysically, as writer Maria Popova would say. And in the end, clients benefit from the designer’s exploration, even if the... See more
Marc Posch • Useless Projects: Catalyst for Creative Ideas
Imagination is the one faculty you have that comes closest to God.
