Queen Mary Fob
Ocean liners represented empire, speed and scale.
Narrative
Stories — true, invented, or somewhere in-between.
Kütür Kütür
"Turkish has an extraordinary range of words depicting food texture."
Swaziland Condoms
"Masculinity is about short-term pleasure… and potential long-term danger."
Chocolate Ideology
"A lesson in comparative religion and culture."
Scent Fantasy
"The semiotician must act as a 'bridge' between perfumer and consumer…"
Dolphin Square
"Reshaping a community's identity and future through a simple shift in narrative…"
Cuban ways of seeing
"In Cuba we don’t see containers…"
Undead Luxury
"A dark fantasy of membership in an immortal, superhuman elite…"
“I Watch, Therefore I Am”
"Content consumption has become an active form of identity construction."
Kitsch
"Kitsch — the very symbol of banality — is rarely banal."
Where the Boys Are
"Media producers and brands have to meet men where they are…"
Mother-Packs
"So many types of moms I saw in those packages..."
Fictional Decoders
What can we learn from the methods of fictional semiotician-esque characters?
Post-Angel
"My mistake could have turned into a disastrous unfocused mess…"
Mexican Pink
"It feels like its purpose is cutting through the thick slices of time…"