Keely Adler
@keelyadler
brand strategist by trade; time-traveling futurist at heart. core team @ RADAR. find me most places @keels223.
Keely Adler
In Japan they’re called jazz kissa – bars and cafes fitted out with high-quality sound systems and libraries of hundreds of vinyl records. While these old-world establishments are in decline in Japan, overseas visitors who’ve stumbled across the remaining jazz kissa are embracing the concept and opening listening bars when they return home,... See more
instagram.comFreedom isn't something we fight for alone. It's something we practice together: in town halls and neighborhood meetings, in mutual aid networks and cooperatives, and in digital spaces designed for connection rather than extraction. The future of democracy depends not just on whom we elect, but on how deeply we are engaged with and can participate
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When I’m traveling, I like to bring back one thing where I say, This could only exist here . As unattainable as it may seem, I want to have things in my life where I say, ‘I can’t link to this. I came upon it by chance, it’s imperfect, it has a soul, and probably no one else has it.’”
Blackbird Spyplane: The unlinked thing with a soul. It can feel
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taste and why curation...
Something sinister happened over the past algorithmically driven decade: brands took a sharp turn toward efficiency and benefits mindshare, often focusing on a laundry list of functional and emotional whoop-de-doos.
It’s this paint-inside-the-lines mentality that stokes irrelevancy and meaninglessness. And the whole point of a brand is to create an... See more
It’s this paint-inside-the-lines mentality that stokes irrelevancy and meaninglessness. And the whole point of a brand is to create an... See more
From Brand Strategy to Brand Anarchy
There’s a reason, for instance, that TikTok has declared not just a handful of but twenty-something aesthetics to be the next big thing in 2022: It’s because TikTok’s bread and butter is creating microtrends that flare up fast and die out faster. Whether or not they actually last (or exist in any meaningful way at all) is besides the point; as... See more
Rebecca Jennings • Fashion is just TikTok now
LaMDA, Lemoine, and the Allures of Digital Re-enchantment
L. M. Sacasastheconvivialsociety.substack.com
“Curating [is] an act of generosity — you’re sharing what you love and what has inspired you. […] Algorithms, by definition, are based on calculations that treat the viewer as a consumer and nothing else.”
Thomas Klaffke • Visualizing Minimalist Design
By disobeying the digital design standards, we find room to explore new possibilities. We create surprise and we dive into the undiscovered. Refusing these guidelines, we design new spaces within which new narratives can occur, that people should take time to discover and understand. By doing so, we create a relationship with our welcomed visitors
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