High-Lowbrow Mickey
"He is the voice and personification of the weltschmerz to the sophisticate."
Josh Glenn
Josh Glenn is a Boston-based consulting semiotician. He is cofounder of the consultancy Semiovox, editor of the websites SEMIOVOX and HILOBROW, and series editor of The MIT Press's RADIUM AGE. He is an adjunct instructor at RISD and convenor of the monthly online "Semiofest Sessions." His books include The Idler's Glossary, Significant Objects, and the family activities guide Unbored. In the ’90s, Josh published the zine/journal Hermenaut; in the 2000s, he was a Boston Globe staffer and columnist.
Debating in A Vacuum
“It’s like a jigsaw puzzle, all one color. No key to where the pieces fit in.”
Doctor vs. Counselor
Making sense of how brands, media and culture are responding to COVID-19. (2 of 4)
Pharmacist vs. Guru
Making sense of how brands, media and culture are responding to COVID-19. (1 of 4)
Stimulus Set Design
How do we decide what brands and other stimuli to audit?
Validation Session
A brilliant white pattern, or schema — a functional-looking mandala — appeared on the sticky tabletop.
