Authenticity, genuineness and the luxury brand

With enhancement technologies amplifying a sensual…

Caring — an antidote to mindless consumerism?

Once we have seen beauty and profound care, we cannot un-see it.

I disagreed with a few things that Jonathan Ive said in his talk at the Design Museum. But there was one thing he…

Men in women’s fashion: the gender imbalance we don’t talk about

In the fashion industry, women are…

Digital (and the) luxury consumers

The web, as I see it, is Ginger Rogers to the world’s Fred Astaire.

Just as she did everything he did, but backwards and in high heels, the web does/ has everything the world does/ has but visibly, frictionlessly, faster.

Is care in design exclusionary and elitist?

Anyone can create products with care and respect, for…

Wearable tech’s luxury & fashion challenge

Wearable tech, as it exists now, is failing the very first…

Of subtractive creativity

Subtractive creativity is rewarding. In the words of the Lotus car creator…

Respectful design, contemptuous design

Contemptuous design privileges technology & sunk cost over…