Philipp Rimmler

My phone is silent but it feels like it’s yelling at me all the time.

L’esprit d’escalier

“A trademark is a picture. It is a symbol a sign an emblem an escutcheon...an image. There are good symbols... like the cross. There are others... like the swastika. Their meaning are taken from reality. Symbols are a duality. They take on meaning from causes... good or bad. And they give meaning to causes... good or bad. The flag is a symbol of a... See more

The reference dig. Anyone that knows me knows how much I love my references, crate digging for quotes, and the recommendations my friends gift me. There's a well spring of values from incredible technologists across the decades who simply got the timing wrong. Revive old projects/theses and see where it might take you.

“You get to decide if art has value. Then you just put yourself at it.”

increasing market penetration , which comes from making the brand easy to think of (mental availability) and easy to buy (physical availability)

“To live externally is to live more dangerously,” Moskowitz writes, of giving up the constant inward gaze. “It is to live a life that takes up public space, a life that is messy and confusing and thus a life that is often frowned upon, especially in an era in which everyone is accustomed to control and curation over social space and affect.”

Craftsmanship in luxury is a must-have, not a nice to have. It is the product truth, not a marketing activation. Luxury brands grew out of the exceptional product design, and the enduringly profitable luxury brands pursue product-led branding.

Their guest is Charles Broskoski, the co-founder and CEO of Are.na, and the first part of the podcast is devoted to an essay he wrote about “all of the important reference points (like books, artworks, people, etc) that have changed who I am (or maybe helped me become who I am).”