Brands are works in progress that we mistakenly think are finished. Instead, we should consider brands through the principles of wabi-sabi – a Japanese aesthetic ideology centered around the acceptance of persistent transience.
NEW THINKING
NEW THINKING
Brands are works in progress that we mistakenly think are finished. Instead, we should consider brands through the principles of wabi-sabi – a Japanese aesthetic ideology centered around the acceptance of persistent transience.
Brand is a multifaceted term with a myriad of definitions. So how do we begin to understand it? Is the brand the material elements – the ‘things’ (products, logo, imagery) – or is the brand the ideas – the ‘concepts’ (values, meanings, purpose)? Well, I suggest that a brand isn’t any one of those – it’s all of them and more.