“But they tended to convert moral questions into resource allocation questions; questions about how to be into questions about what to do.”
Now that Nicola’s at Lane Crawford Hong Kong is open, here’s a sneak peek of Nicola’s at Lane Crawford Beijing. The Nicopanda invasion continues …
(via nicolaformichetti)
i <3 innovation via paradoxes
“true innovation requires that we push away from our comfort zone. in fashion, that means moving away from conventional beauty to arrive at something new”
“McQueen’s influence on future innovation, as well as the importance of his passion for transforming hideousness into beauty as a design strategy”
“Parsons offered a graduate seminar titled “Design as Social Movement: Steve Jobs and Alexander McQueen…Nussbaum asked the students if they thought that aesthetics, fashion, and even entrepreneurship may be affected by the “Occupy Wall Street” movement.”
taking something from the idea of ‘disease’ to ‘disability’, thereby altering the concept of a ‘cure’.
“It’s time to talk less aboutautistic deficits and extraordinary savants, and more about the strengths of atypical cognitive styles like autism”
“‘We hope that understanding this increased ability to process information may enable people with the condition to capitalize on their unique strengths.’”
“startups get branding advice & connections to clients; ad shops get insight into what’s next”
intrigued by this trend. definitely see similarities in the two communities. creation & connections.
“Venture capital, marketing and pop culture are largely about pattern matching. Something happens, something else happens and it’s the beginning of a trend.
Some people (like Clive Davis and Fred Wilson, to pick two) see the trends before others, often without being able to verbalize them.
If you are around people who are able to understand these things before you are, it’s worthwhile to call yourself on it, and see if you can get into some discussions about what they see that you don’t. I get particularly restless if it’s obvious that there’s something going on but I can’t see it. I can’t move on until I see it too.
The more often you match patterns, the better you get.” -Seth Godin
Jonah Lehrer, Frontal Cortex, Wired Science Blogs
“Every feeling is like a summary of data, a quick encapsulation of all the information processing that we don’t have access to.”
learn to perceive your feelings & trust your gut
