Keely Adler
@keelyadler
brand strategist by trade; time-traveling futurist at heart. core team @ RADAR. find me most places @keels223.
Keely Adler
“Shut up, I’m manifesting” became a meme.
Stuart McGurk • Making dreams come true: inside the new age world of manifesting
We tend to treat "ethics" as a philosophical layer; a footnote, a disclaimer. But in reality, ethics shape design.
Because what you centre, amplify, or ignore in a strategy becomes practice. Becomes product. Becomes power.
zoe scaman • The Work
Luxury is no longer about simply reviving heritage codes of the past, but rather it’s a dream space. Status is therefore found in radical solutions and ground-breaking projects.
Victoria Buchanan • Vol.17: Victoria Buchanan: Surrealism, World Saving Luxury + Fractional Work
There are many incredible individuals, communities, and organisations dedicated to cultivating this fertile soil, nurturing the infrastructure of possibility across the many levels of society (though some may not recognise themselves or their work as such, nor use the language of the ‘imagination’ or ‘futures’). While this work sits largely on the... See more
Will Bull • Building the Infrastructure of Possibility
the success of packaging up a cultural product with its most committed community front-of-mind, being outside and touching people, offering exclusive artifacts and experiences to them, and letting them do the rest to interpret and build your brand energy for you.
Grace Gordon • How to Build Brand Energy
During the rapid urbanization of the 20th century, many cities were designed for the people building them: able-bodied men who weren’t typically caring for children. This created all sorts of lingering obstacles for kids and their caregivers: Think metro platforms reachable only by descending a flight of stairs (not easy with a stroller), or bus... See more
The Atlantic • Cities Aren’t Built for Kids
As the “casual instagram” trend shows, honest performativity in any form has been discarded in favour of a heavily-constructed facade of authenticity. Ring-light selfies have been replaced by blurry photos which are nonetheless casually-yet-meticulously photo-dumped in artful configuration; winged eyeliner and blowout curls have been dropped in... See more
rayne fisher-quann • The cult of the dissociative pout
“The obvious opportunity,” he said, “is to build a new religion.”