https://brilliantcrap.com Brilliant Crap is the portfolio site of Cole Stevens Sat, 20 May 2023 00:38:09 +0000 https://brilliantcrap.com en https://brilliantcrap.com/Naming Tue, 31 Jan 2023 22:47:54 +0000 Brilliant Crap is the portfolio site of Cole Stevens https://brilliantcrap.com/Naming Naming <img width="2700" height="1800" width_o="2700" height_o="1800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c29a4a317d24e5f6d03bafe6235128f2822a7db06106fda328141b5d92187fa2/naming-monark-lead-2.png" data-mid="171275333" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c29a4a317d24e5f6d03bafe6235128f2822a7db06106fda328141b5d92187fa2/naming-monark-lead-2.png" /> <img width="2700" height="1800" width_o="2700" height_o="1800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b915a0f5e2b1f7ecceaadd436ccec67ee99c68702515ff916bc4f4ce211ea13a/naming-monark-lead-1.png" data-mid="171275329" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b915a0f5e2b1f7ecceaadd436ccec67ee99c68702515ff916bc4f4ce211ea13a/naming-monark-lead-1.png" /> <img width="4806" height="3204" width_o="4806" height_o="3204" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e15f2164a11f43595415622cb0ddcd01afe2b811621d669fb5e00e82803af8d3/naming-archer-lead-1.png" data-mid="172101658" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e15f2164a11f43595415622cb0ddcd01afe2b811621d669fb5e00e82803af8d3/naming-archer-lead-1.png" /> <img width="4671" height="3114" width_o="4671" height_o="3114" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/13b85a8692f6cb096a754d784cc92499d4a30638718d79fcfe0ccd563682f570/naming-archer-lead-2.png" data-mid="171275330" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/13b85a8692f6cb096a754d784cc92499d4a30638718d79fcfe0ccd563682f570/naming-archer-lead-2.png" /> <img width="4950" height="3300" width_o="4950" height_o="3300" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/04c818e2ec18ec7816770b04d420c6fec630e46e2c0f102f2a9358bf3509fd87/naming-monark-lead-3.png" data-mid="171275332" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/04c818e2ec18ec7816770b04d420c6fec630e46e2c0f102f2a9358bf3509fd87/naming-monark-lead-3.png" /> <img width="4953" height="3302" width_o="4953" height_o="3302" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8c5a5b59ed2539b6ec6f104e877c596adddb936412492f8428f0cebc8e53f828/naming-voyant-lead.png" data-mid="171275331" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8c5a5b59ed2539b6ec6f104e877c596adddb936412492f8428f0cebc8e53f828/naming-voyant-lead.png" /> <img width="2000" height="1333" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8064f7735531400c3d151e0d2b15807006a9ba97684ea76726e84253f3348e7f/matter-lead.png" data-mid="171014978" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8064f7735531400c3d151e0d2b15807006a9ba97684ea76726e84253f3348e7f/matter-lead.png" /> Q: What’s in a name? A: Everything.From P2P payment platforms and proprietary methodologies to signature cocktails and wholly new companies, I’ve gotten the opportunity to name all sorts of things, refining my approach in the process. Language and the lived experiences and connotations we bring to the table can be tough to navigate, but with the right name, you’re bound to go far. Working with leaders in retail, beauty, cannabis, and hospitality to introduce their brands to the world, I’ve been able to apply blue sky thinking to unearth the most fertile territory. The resulting names strike the right balance between anything’s possible and everything’s been done before. Pick the winningest name in 4 easy steps.&nbsp;Engage a diverse discovery cohort to avoid lost-in-translation landmines. By casting a wider net, you’ll hear the new slang and learn of some words’ more obscure connotations.Audit the landscape and competition thoroughly, not to mention all the trademark and copyright filings, to ensure you find your very own slice of the pie.&nbsp;Conduct as many stakeholder interviews as you can muster. A solid buy-in increases adoption, promotes stewardship, and eases any&nbsp;transition process.&nbsp;Choose something that is easy to say, spell, and remember, unless your name isn’t—in which case you’d better have the most epic story, an astonishing new product, or really big huevos. <img width="2687" height="1791" width_o="2687" height_o="1791" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d23a32c3eea3b854029c057a435d81a75e5ac3ea38a72f0d485d7ec3b8d45db2/naming-monark-2.png" data-mid="171274960" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d23a32c3eea3b854029c057a435d81a75e5ac3ea38a72f0d485d7ec3b8d45db2/naming-monark-2.png" /> <img width="4950" height="3300" width_o="4950" height_o="3300" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d9557d58d57946828d19222b9a670a368c140fb346df033953e7fff81781d0f3/naming-monark-3.png" data-mid="171274961" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d9557d58d57946828d19222b9a670a368c140fb346df033953e7fff81781d0f3/naming-monark-3.png" /> <img width="4950" height="3300" width_o="4950" height_o="3300" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cadedd80ec150a06232767e6fb626432d73d12366a49d7dd0cf7bc6b11f07094/naming-monark-4.png" data-mid="171274962" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cadedd80ec150a06232767e6fb626432d73d12366a49d7dd0cf7bc6b11f07094/naming-monark-4.png" /> <img width="4950" height="3300" width_o="4950" height_o="3300" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fdfbf430bccff63464da0e4e0a7784a8f9a7ff89aaded50e101c5d0c1f3b720d/naming-monark-5.png" data-mid="171274963" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fdfbf430bccff63464da0e4e0a7784a8f9a7ff89aaded50e101c5d0c1f3b720d/naming-monark-5.png" /> <img width="4950" height="3300" width_o="4950" height_o="3300" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dd66a443b01584fb9ce007f95186d625d6583061f5efdc41d418f57a1d682fad/naming-monark-7.png" data-mid="171274965" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dd66a443b01584fb9ce007f95186d625d6583061f5efdc41d418f57a1d682fad/naming-monark-7.png" /> <img width="4951" height="3300" width_o="4951" height_o="3300" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/355259995348909e51085d958c22b35361c370ee85cd8a2c7aebd89c1e88e750/naming-monark-6.png" data-mid="171274964" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/355259995348909e51085d958c22b35361c370ee85cd8a2c7aebd89c1e88e750/naming-monark-6.png" /> <img width="4950" height="3300" width_o="4950" height_o="3300" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8ddf7fbfe2494b87d68e4ddae8ecd2fb1ab8d34ed2cd7174d146799751183cc5/naming-monark-1c.png" data-mid="171274959" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8ddf7fbfe2494b87d68e4ddae8ecd2fb1ab8d34ed2cd7174d146799751183cc5/naming-monark-1c.png" /> <img width="4221" height="2814" width_o="4221" height_o="2814" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3e38a847340f92e05d6dc3720c2231978a0cef6bc16c0a37a88e11e95da12ec8/bb-test.png" data-mid="171296799" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3e38a847340f92e05d6dc3720c2231978a0cef6bc16c0a37a88e11e95da12ec8/bb-test.png" /> <img width="4160" height="2773" width_o="4160" height_o="2773" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7d21d228c7d3171a0bc1212381dc1fb7e9847d1298e0afa8426a634dc76d3a82/bb-test4.png" data-mid="171297612" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7d21d228c7d3171a0bc1212381dc1fb7e9847d1298e0afa8426a634dc76d3a82/bb-test4.png" /> <img width="4160" height="2773" width_o="4160" height_o="2773" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7ea574e98c79b78dceffd65551d4d443ed357be85416d3463c354a20e5ae63e7/bb-test5.png" data-mid="171297614" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7ea574e98c79b78dceffd65551d4d443ed357be85416d3463c354a20e5ae63e7/bb-test5.png" /> <img width="4221" height="2814" width_o="4221" height_o="2814" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4da444c8bfed7f2a4db83c109a2933699fd43ea50dce33d3f33a180dd92f70e1/bb-test3.png" data-mid="171297613" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4da444c8bfed7f2a4db83c109a2933699fd43ea50dce33d3f33a180dd92f70e1/bb-test3.png" /> Monark Brand Book, Lookbook, Website, Social, Advertising Copywriting, Brand Strategy, Media Planning, Account Management, Social Activation With the acquisition of three thriving distributors of premium home appliances, Sears needed to reconcile the family of brands to maximize a coast-to-coast market opportunity. I co-designed and co-facilitated a custom audience and industry research program that informed the foundational strategy and key brand recommendations for consolidation. The “go big, once” approach to expansion and growth involved launch, transition, and adoption plans to ensure alignment of teams across more than a dozen showrooms. I conducted stakeholder interviews and on-site visits to gather insights on the processes, materials, and tools that would best support teams, clients, and partners. I concepted and wrote a brand book for launch and a subsequent lookbook that showcased the Monark home as a way of life.&nbsp; Why Monark? &nbsp;Speaking to luxury without using the word itself, the name conveys the idea of high-end and highness (as in the monarchy). The prefix mon-, which means “one”, points to unification and the new brand’s singularity while the use of "k" instead of the traditional "ch" differentiates the company’s leadership in kitchens.&nbsp; <img width="4895" height="3264" width_o="4895" height_o="3264" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8675611401d7169e6b4b88297d1e35123579cece1414daaa54518fef7549340b/naming-archer-3c.png" data-mid="171270064" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8675611401d7169e6b4b88297d1e35123579cece1414daaa54518fef7549340b/naming-archer-3c.png" /> <img width="4913" height="3275" width_o="4913" height_o="3275" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cf0d9fc91517679c3ae55937fcc257af12c7298d3ba09bbc4688e6383c39f51f/naming-archer-2c.png" data-mid="171270063" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cf0d9fc91517679c3ae55937fcc257af12c7298d3ba09bbc4688e6383c39f51f/naming-archer-2c.png" /> <img width="4935" height="3290" width_o="4935" height_o="3290" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7c330d25fbda473a9b2eb337bdd0620a5ee5c061c232cce25061458e4a60091c/naming-archer-4c.png" data-mid="171270065" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7c330d25fbda473a9b2eb337bdd0620a5ee5c061c232cce25061458e4a60091c/naming-archer-4c.png" /> <img width="4915" height="3277" width_o="4915" height_o="3277" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7159b64f8e1235bcf3a7f2650ff46e17096c208b8ebf5d9704bc2eb43936caf3/naming-archer-1c.png" data-mid="171270062" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7159b64f8e1235bcf3a7f2650ff46e17096c208b8ebf5d9704bc2eb43936caf3/naming-archer-1c.png" /> <img width="4904" height="3270" width_o="4904" height_o="3270" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5527a49ef29435484c70d0d3da9bf90bafc50f6528c8de985fca522fd6765cbe/naming-archer-5c.png" data-mid="171270066" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5527a49ef29435484c70d0d3da9bf90bafc50f6528c8de985fca522fd6765cbe/naming-archer-5c.png" /> Archer Guest Experience, Website, Advertising, Ephemera Copywriting, Account Management, Social Activation Hospitality developer LodgeWorks had a clear mandate when launching their newest boutique hotel in NYC: build a destination brand—from the man up. But who was this nameless and faceless figure and how could an entire hotel much less a whole hotel chain revolve around him? For me, Archer is a curator, a consummate host, and a well-heeled, well-traveled patron who enjoys life’s finer things—from New York to Napa. To help launch the boutique brand, Archer got an identity system that could scale and translate across new locations, reflecting an upscale look while allowing space for local touches. I created the brand narrative and brand voice guidelines, as well as messaging for everything else a hotel needs to operate. The invitation to join Archer’s inner circle was true to his warmth —the brand design’s confident elegance punctuated by a brand persona that exudes wit, charm, and casual cool. A comprehensive marketing strategy spanning digital, print, and social targeted industry insiders, neighborhood partners, and affluent travelers. The brand has since grown to include eight locations across the U.S. https://brilliantcrap.com/Systems Tue, 31 Jan 2023 22:47:55 +0000 Brilliant Crap is the portfolio site of Cole Stevens https://brilliantcrap.com/Systems Systems <img width="5101" height="3301" width_o="5101" height_o="3301" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1e4e07d3fb3c2fe1efde5561cc00065440b9cd6326f9abc095d3498f37e2422b/full-portfolio-38.png" data-mid="171017529" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1e4e07d3fb3c2fe1efde5561cc00065440b9cd6326f9abc095d3498f37e2422b/full-portfolio-38.png" /> Your marketing should be greater than the sum of its parts. Taking into account everything from social media, email marketing, and branding to advertising, retail experience, and broadcast, I’ve helped companies navigate an ever-changing landscape of customer behaviors, technology platforms, and industry trends. I have worked with global brands like Abbott, BBVA, Mastercard, and Slalom to enter new markets and launch new practice areas. I’ve developed marketing and messaging frameworks that highlight specific areas of focus and expertise while working within and complementing larger brand and business narratives. Utilizing a scalable and flexible approach to content strategy, I have created sales enablement tools and marketing tookits that educate and empower teams through templated yet highly customizable materials. True or false:&nbsp;Brands are living, breathing organisms.People commit to brands they see as friends, brands who engage in real life and in real time. These friendships are built on a foundation of trust, respect, understanding, and the ability to have meanignful two-way conversations. Delivering products, services, solutions, and experiences that impact and enhance lives is no easy task, but none of it’s possible without fostering a healthy brand ecosystem. Brand ecosystems optimize your marketing and operations functions through adaptive, omnimedia communications frameworks that reach the right customers at the right time with the right message. Your brand ecosystem should reinforce your value as a consistent, relatable presence in an uncertain world. &nbsp; Abbott For more than 125 years, Abbott has brought new products and technologies to the world—from medicines, nutrition, and diagnostics to cardiovascular and diabetes care. Across the entire business, I helped develop frameworks for sharing the brand story in dynamic, user friendly ways, conducting stakeholder interviews and workshops to inform the process.&nbsp; <img width="1689" height="1126" width_o="1689" height_o="1126" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/63a1312110dfa8c32cee51f1c8dc4448e3bc2f129c764c936063976a8f67bd9b/IMG_0234.jpg" data-mid="171147634" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/63a1312110dfa8c32cee51f1c8dc4448e3bc2f129c764c936063976a8f67bd9b/IMG_0234.jpg" /> <img width="1876" height="1250" width_o="1876" height_o="1250" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d3a08429b828e07a4617ed8fb39d28a2a08029d6c7147a54a1c974029a68725b/IMG_0252.jpg" data-mid="171147738" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d3a08429b828e07a4617ed8fb39d28a2a08029d6c7147a54a1c974029a68725b/IMG_0252.jpg" /> <img width="1650" height="1100" width_o="1650" height_o="1100" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/699d3fd22457a56a7b79dd0312b81caa53b08d2540ed28b65407d395d4e20cba/abbott-systems-3.jpg" data-mid="173082330" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/699d3fd22457a56a7b79dd0312b81caa53b08d2540ed28b65407d395d4e20cba/abbott-systems-3.jpg" /> <img width="1683" height="1122" width_o="1683" height_o="1122" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b20c50226f0da519d2caee28076cba962a80596ab01fb67ca6021e336b9c30a3/abbott-systems-4.jpg" data-mid="173082331" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b20c50226f0da519d2caee28076cba962a80596ab01fb67ca6021e336b9c30a3/abbott-systems-4.jpg" /> Website, Intranet, Signage Pillar Messaging I helped refine messaging around core pillars of the business. Bringing a more human, empathetic, and ownable tone of voice to the brand, I co-created interactive digital, print, and environmental experiences to raise awareness of Abbott’s impact, core values, and capabilities.&nbsp; <img width="1446" height="964" width_o="1446" height_o="964" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/36b4fdb8ecd4271b0329de0aff20522f6bc8dfb95f6e56c707883233976b4947/IMG_0248.jpg" data-mid="171147259" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/36b4fdb8ecd4271b0329de0aff20522f6bc8dfb95f6e56c707883233976b4947/IMG_0248.jpg" /> <img width="1464" height="976" width_o="1464" height_o="976" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fa8cf39e7f9073d6286f1294b43a127867ebb07e57eeb1e05aad1f4b225b3269/IMG_0246.jpg" data-mid="171147475" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fa8cf39e7f9073d6286f1294b43a127867ebb07e57eeb1e05aad1f4b225b3269/IMG_0246.jpg" /> <img width="2700" height="1800" width_o="2700" height_o="1800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1ddc83f436bd63e9d117fa851fed540bc8a9b8c70265bdedb163392397738cdb/systems-abbott-1.png" data-mid="171183012" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1ddc83f436bd63e9d117fa851fed540bc8a9b8c70265bdedb163392397738cdb/systems-abbott-1.png" /> <img width="2000" height="1333" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fb54d44b7ec60503e9a6223bbce43b23c5420c99d9be9343573712d600058a27/abbott-systems-set.png" data-mid="173082393" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fb54d44b7ec60503e9a6223bbce43b23c5420c99d9be9343573712d600058a27/abbott-systems-set.png" /> Global Marketing Framework Breakthrough Innovation Messaging With robust, customizable marketing and sales frameworks, new visual and verbal studies for the thematic expression of breakthrough innovation and cross-division co-creation were completed, influenced by and impacting the entire organization. New processes and new ways tools elevated the ways in which Abbott executive leadership views and speaks about the brand's many contributions to the world's populations. Mastercard Mastercard makes marketing expertise a differentiating value add to their customers. Much of my work with Mastercard helped the brand strike the right balance of structured, consistent communication with the creative product domain flexibility that makes it possible for valuable marketing and sales tools to remain both easy to use and scalable. <img width="4500" height="3000" width_o="4500" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2d8f2ab8f73d0bcb56b0f154f638c0665f83da3928bc25547f21c9882ee874b3/systems-mastercard-lead.png" data-mid="171276429" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2d8f2ab8f73d0bcb56b0f154f638c0665f83da3928bc25547f21c9882ee874b3/systems-mastercard-lead.png" /> Tap &amp; Go Merchant Campaign E-Learning Tools&nbsp; Research, Activation Strategy, Copywriting Creating a suite of materials to help educate merchants on the benefits of contactless payments technology as well as point-of-sale retail displays that would drive consumer adoption required a clear understanding of the B2B2C purchase journey. Equally vast was the network of Mastercard team members needing to learn Adobe Experience Manager, for which I developed an e-Learning tool to empower enterprise-wide quick proficiency. <img width="2000" height="1333" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8de158aeae9851a676273e080ce44d3233be49fcc4d345447da937bc95ec9019/systems-mastercard-2.png" data-mid="173069852" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8de158aeae9851a676273e080ce44d3233be49fcc4d345447da937bc95ec9019/systems-mastercard-2.png" /> <img width="2000" height="1333" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d219c232f3f81c81543ca56e38b3a72152c97c6428a3bdbe37d0dbc278fc2857/F462DADA-547E-4673-9384-146557475D0C.PNG" data-mid="173080961" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d219c232f3f81c81543ca56e38b3a72152c97c6428a3bdbe37d0dbc278fc2857/F462DADA-547E-4673-9384-146557475D0C.PNG" /> <img width="2000" height="1333" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/00860ce943863f8d210b9f41714b81a3a01abf91fc8dafe2e40eacf4421149d9/systems-mastercard-1.png" data-mid="173025183" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/00860ce943863f8d210b9f41714b81a3a01abf91fc8dafe2e40eacf4421149d9/systems-mastercard-1.png" /> <img width="1921" height="1281" width_o="1921" height_o="1281" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d26035ffcffc43de21ca62caf71379f6cd63ddeb7bfc02c4b5801312e390e074/IMG_0801.jpg" data-mid="173080439" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d26035ffcffc43de21ca62caf71379f6cd63ddeb7bfc02c4b5801312e390e074/IMG_0801.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="1333" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/83f7b3a2f10c0f0c6b383df0c7d02204e6a7e1cd20661baffc96d2dc932f1ac3/3602F674-D709-4506-8D38-9567BA1ED623.jpg" data-mid="173080440" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/83f7b3a2f10c0f0c6b383df0c7d02204e6a7e1cd20661baffc96d2dc932f1ac3/3602F674-D709-4506-8D38-9567BA1ED623.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="1333" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/488aad23ee2af38812c5e154a9bb4c1bccb29913b274dd15b524ca545cb3289b/B9827DB0-F1AE-4F90-AE30-5BA6F334FB69.PNG" data-mid="173080441" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/488aad23ee2af38812c5e154a9bb4c1bccb29913b274dd15b524ca545cb3289b/B9827DB0-F1AE-4F90-AE30-5BA6F334FB69.PNG" /> Sales Enablement, Foundational Marketing Research and Strategy, Copywriting I worked with the Global Product B2B Marketing team to develop B2B2C Design and Messaging Templates. The guidelines were formalized in an FMM Playbook that summarized the recommended approach and provided sample communication templates across the most-used channels. https://brilliantcrap.com/Print Tue, 31 Jan 2023 22:47:55 +0000 Brilliant Crap is the portfolio site of Cole Stevens https://brilliantcrap.com/Print Print <img width="4950" height="3300" width_o="4950" height_o="3300" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/26a2d2301efc89b86e7dc64d4f0f82858d93b1927f2d420b7a793f61f56541e0/IMG_0344.jpg" data-mid="171053165" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/26a2d2301efc89b86e7dc64d4f0f82858d93b1927f2d420b7a793f61f56541e0/IMG_0344.jpg" /> Print is dead! Long live print! They said print was done for, finished, kaput. Whether you see it as a commodity or a luxury, nothing beats the experience of a well-produced printed object in one’s hands. Some people love the way old books smell, the feel of something fresh-off-the-press, or the way ink lays on a page. With an array of dazzling special effects, new techniques, and innovative technologies, print continues to evolve, becoming more interactive than ever. Print as we knew it might go the way of the dodo, but the print of tomorrow has arrived, and the possibilities are endless.&nbsp; <img width="4950" height="3300" width_o="4950" height_o="3300" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d0b3dab360be0bbf20d29b6b681589eeee487547187ae96215a9642ab2d908b2/IMG_0336.jpg" data-mid="171052705" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d0b3dab360be0bbf20d29b6b681589eeee487547187ae96215a9642ab2d908b2/IMG_0336.jpg" /> <img width="4950" height="3300" width_o="4950" height_o="3300" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/081b172ce486ddb87f84e2382f6c10d44562c54687c91ab5e9f4ad2dde7d675c/print-sappi-lead-swatch.png" data-mid="171276637" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/081b172ce486ddb87f84e2382f6c10d44562c54687c91ab5e9f4ad2dde7d675c/print-sappi-lead-swatch.png" /> <img width="4950" height="3300" width_o="4950" height_o="3300" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6e8c49608bf71fcba8061733d6cec1f1ca05fbeab51735a28ae157deba336ebe/print-sappi-lead-swatch-2.png" data-mid="171276638" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6e8c49608bf71fcba8061733d6cec1f1ca05fbeab51735a28ae157deba336ebe/print-sappi-lead-swatch-2.png" /> <img width="4950" height="3300" width_o="4950" height_o="3300" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a0e4225057b09db3f54f5dda69257d983bcb042839efea05e9b6340ec36c73e0/IMG_0343.jpg" data-mid="171054546" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a0e4225057b09db3f54f5dda69257d983bcb042839efea05e9b6340ec36c73e0/IMG_0343.jpg" /> <img width="1416" height="944" width_o="1416" height_o="944" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/96ae6d538f68edc7b0ccd3229993c4a26632d204284c00f3c31e556b55df3c42/IMG_0239.jpg" data-mid="171054550" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/96ae6d538f68edc7b0ccd3229993c4a26632d204284c00f3c31e556b55df3c42/IMG_0239.jpg" /> <img width="3783" height="2522" width_o="3783" height_o="2522" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a9306422304e8f4ed8a1db3cf0e66e991a72912cb1be7829162120e670f63785/print-sappi-hyperlink-01c.png" data-mid="171265975" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a9306422304e8f4ed8a1db3cf0e66e991a72912cb1be7829162120e670f63785/print-sappi-hyperlink-01c.png" /> <img width="3783" height="2522" width_o="3783" height_o="2522" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a9e862c0175af2a7a0f2131d3d6a2b5d9e3ba736704e62aec1384fdaddd68621/print-sappi-hyperlink-2c.png" data-mid="171265976" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a9e862c0175af2a7a0f2131d3d6a2b5d9e3ba736704e62aec1384fdaddd68621/print-sappi-hyperlink-2c.png" /> Sappi Surface I &amp; II: Paper Demonstrations Digital Papers Swatchbooks Hyperlink: A Guide to Interactive Print Strategy, Creative Concepting, Art Direction, Copywriting, Account Management Sappi Digital Papers wanted to push the limits of printing, so we explored the edges of premium McCoy. Surface I and II are two wire-bound promotional samples that contain exploded-view process stories that get to how and why while showing the boundlessness of digital papers. Equally challenging was the complex production of Sappi Digital Swatchbooks, my first heavy lift as Sappi account manager. Hyperlink bridges the physical and virtual, exploring augmented reality, the actual genius of QR codes, and a whole host of new packaging technologies and interactive capabilities. &nbsp; <img width="3783" height="2522" width_o="3783" height_o="2522" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/19f2f788ee67cd89654e1bf71ebfc918dff45a8eef2e5ac348dbf9c6e58d879a/print-sappi-hyperlink-03c.png" data-mid="171265977" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/19f2f788ee67cd89654e1bf71ebfc918dff45a8eef2e5ac348dbf9c6e58d879a/print-sappi-hyperlink-03c.png" /> <img width="3783" height="2522" width_o="3783" height_o="2522" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4043d88229e46f2e4c9d01efbd06c9b6137da6df53eaddfbc7ab10a7ee59ceac/print-sappi-hyperlink-04c.png" data-mid="171265978" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4043d88229e46f2e4c9d01efbd06c9b6137da6df53eaddfbc7ab10a7ee59ceac/print-sappi-hyperlink-04c.png" /> <img width="3783" height="2522" width_o="3783" 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I helped global architecture and design firm DLR Group commemorate half a century of elevating the human experience through design. Neither monograph nor history text but rather an unconventional, non-linear approach to storytelling DLR Group’s legacy, I wrote a book highlighting their past, present, and future. <img width="4951" height="3301" width_o="4951" height_o="3301" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/808d0aa38b41cd7243e4733f1aab8d1c19c325bf042db1e989f02dc2b365e2e4/print-knoll-2.png" data-mid="173268255" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/808d0aa38b41cd7243e4733f1aab8d1c19c325bf042db1e989f02dc2b365e2e4/print-knoll-2.png" /> <img width="2000" height="1333" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/664cbf1f43e1f688013fa31fd194cbaca60fe4b1b2aeb9449fd8df1767ae1ce2/print-knoll-5.png" data-mid="171146374" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/664cbf1f43e1f688013fa31fd194cbaca60fe4b1b2aeb9449fd8df1767ae1ce2/print-knoll-5.png" /> <img width="2000" height="1333" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/20a06137baba3210c473be536037e1df5a7270fac30d6afe97014665f56d203a/print-knoll-1.png" data-mid="171144463" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/20a06137baba3210c473be536037e1df5a7270fac30d6afe97014665f56d203a/print-knoll-1.png" /> <img width="1722" height="1148" width_o="1722" height_o="1148" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/69b068bef92fe2f97d0a2a02392553d31c0e7938ba085837e6c6cf540668c0e9/print-knoll-6.png" data-mid="171146375" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/69b068bef92fe2f97d0a2a02392553d31c0e7938ba085837e6c6cf540668c0e9/print-knoll-6.png" /> <img width="4951" height="3301" width_o="4951" height_o="3301" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1dba0ab4c5c80191b95f22431c0b6ce32ce1e5d9ab07821b51591787570d9e56/IMG_0350.jpg" data-mid="171054772" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1dba0ab4c5c80191b95f22431c0b6ce32ce1e5d9ab07821b51591787570d9e56/IMG_0350.jpg" /> <img width="1696" height="1130" width_o="1696" height_o="1130" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b7606fafa0065040265b8a3211805ef70b8fa286f9c55244cc8705a3ac042589/print-knoll-4.png" data-mid="171146373" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b7606fafa0065040265b8a3211805ef70b8fa286f9c55244cc8705a3ac042589/print-knoll-4.png" /> <img width="1711" height="1140" width_o="1711" height_o="1140" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4f0494564992463df224c1cf6c7a040194aa6cfda16ccab75129d87d11fa37a9/print-knoll-3.png" data-mid="171146372" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4f0494564992463df224c1cf6c7a040194aa6cfda16ccab75129d87d11fa37a9/print-knoll-3.png" /> Knoll 75th Anniversary Integrated Print, Digital, and Social Campaign Copywriting, Account Management, Media&nbsp;Planning and Trafficking&nbsp; I developed strategic messaging and integrated campaign platforms for Knoll over the past ten years, working on the agency side to position the company’s brands with distributors, design professionals, and consumers in relevant, engaging ways. Supporting Knoll Office, KnollStudio, KnollTextiles, Edelman Leather, and HOLLY HUNT, I created materials with a consistent focus on strong, ownable positioning—most notably the Knoll 75th anniversary campaign. The celebratory tagline “Modern Always” continues to be a lead element of the Knoll brand narrative, even since the M&amp;A with Herman Miller in 2021. https://brilliantcrap.com/Video Thu, 09 Mar 2023 19:54:59 +0000 Brilliant Crap is the portfolio site of Cole Stevens https://brilliantcrap.com/Video Video <img width="2000" height="1333" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/186483c35909090717b72c6d299c97e55fef3770e2ef9cb6ae40201bd87a8278/video-bbva.png" data-mid="171185331" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/186483c35909090717b72c6d299c97e55fef3770e2ef9cb6ae40201bd87a8278/video-bbva.png" /> BBVATreasury Management and Spend Net Video Series Copywriting, Scripting, Storyboarding, Creative and&nbsp;Art Direction I developed storyboards and scripts for two three-part video series for global banking brand BBVA. Collaborating with my agency design team and animation studio Bien, I helped capture the full spectrum of their Treasury Management and Commercial Payments Solutions through two hero videos and four supporting vignettes. The framework is scalable and shareable, conveying a consistent, relevant value story. <img width="2000" height="1333" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f4229b3393efaacacaefba9f826ace65a53f0de9fa081791e67133a40b63d648/video-sappi-1.png" data-mid="171186888" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f4229b3393efaacacaefba9f826ace65a53f0de9fa081791e67133a40b63d648/video-sappi-1.png" /> Sappi Sappi On Marketing&nbsp;Video Series Copywriting, Scripting, Storyboarding, Creative Direction To support ongoing marketing initiatives, Sappi was looking for an approach that provided an easier means for sharing and digesting content with larger audiences. I helped create a visually cohesive video series that highlights the unique energy of several different Sappi programs: Fashion, Sustainability, McCoy and Spectro. https://brilliantcrap.com/Nightwalks Wed, 15 Feb 2023 17:43:55 +0000 Brilliant Crap is the portfolio site of Cole Stevens https://brilliantcrap.com/Nightwalks Nightwalks <img width="2975" height="1983" width_o="2975" height_o="1983" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4ae87bb984284a12d5319e9d7a5f9ab09e7c737587a20a0b4b6198f25607b4f5/nightwalks-lead.jpg" data-mid="170907366" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4ae87bb984284a12d5319e9d7a5f9ab09e7c737587a20a0b4b6198f25607b4f5/nightwalks-lead.jpg" /> Bubbles on South Loop Terrace, 2019 Some enchanted evenings.&nbsp; Nightwalking during the pandemic took me all sorts of places. Daytime had higher probability of encountering others who also were supposed to be in lockdown, and nighttime somehow felt safer, even in Chicago. While the emptiness of the city seemed strange and eerily calm, I found this a meditative and useful space for rediscovering my love of photography. With no set destination and the streets vacant, everywhere became liminal space—a world in limbo for me to explore and find comfort in.&nbsp; <img width="2000" height="1333" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c68d78de21bc5bdea8be9a6cb0412f06c8a0b180b0910541f175a29ea7d7a710/nightwalks-1.png" data-mid="170370303" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c68d78de21bc5bdea8be9a6cb0412f06c8a0b180b0910541f175a29ea7d7a710/nightwalks-1.png" /> <img width="2000" height="1333" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2a2a6b8c744697ff8ea7d184cb37df788bd9bda64ae7df407c67d99086f6b574/nightwalks-2.png" data-mid="170370764" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2a2a6b8c744697ff8ea7d184cb37df788bd9bda64ae7df407c67d99086f6b574/nightwalks-2.png" /> <img width="2000" height="1333" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/19b7da6a892b284cb3ad0f0b17a784589a3021d477e7fcc47351a880463a3ea0/nightwalks-3.png" data-mid="170370772" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/19b7da6a892b284cb3ad0f0b17a784589a3021d477e7fcc47351a880463a3ea0/nightwalks-3.png" /> <img width="2000" height="1333" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e05531a0779025b4a6fa04448e2e67573c941c3259bb5dc2ab8b9fb60f0b3316/nightwalks-4.png" data-mid="170370852" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e05531a0779025b4a6fa04448e2e67573c941c3259bb5dc2ab8b9fb60f0b3316/nightwalks-4.png" /> <img width="2000" height="1333" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/31f911b2eed6ee26838a2047ee38df0422610b8b6bb07f01d324c8f69003d113/nightwalks-5.png" data-mid="170371013" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/31f911b2eed6ee26838a2047ee38df0422610b8b6bb07f01d324c8f69003d113/nightwalks-5.png" /> https://brilliantcrap.com/Images Wed, 15 Feb 2023 17:41:19 +0000 Brilliant Crap is the portfolio site of Cole Stevens https://brilliantcrap.com/Images Images <img width="2961" height="1974" width_o="2961" height_o="1974" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1c794c8c695f22d00d94389df5e2793941370d1c46b7643f2093a10f64bda54a/IMG_0016.jpg" data-mid="169692809" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1c794c8c695f22d00d94389df5e2793941370d1c46b7643f2093a10f64bda54a/IMG_0016.jpg" /> <img width="2258" height="1505" width_o="2258" height_o="1505" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d1d9776b857978a15c91507293c9bdaf62cc13ad4b633c51a4faadafd27fde48/IMG_0215.jpg" data-mid="169693304" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d1d9776b857978a15c91507293c9bdaf62cc13ad4b633c51a4faadafd27fde48/IMG_0215.jpg" /> <img width="1992" height="1328" width_o="1992" height_o="1328" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/57425afbb1f01d4fe7b7270c8a114cafd6a190c1eb3fc85c153134c6a979e5ec/IMG_0029-2.jpg" data-mid="169693191" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/57425afbb1f01d4fe7b7270c8a114cafd6a190c1eb3fc85c153134c6a979e5ec/IMG_0029-2.jpg" /> <img width="3801" height="2534" width_o="3801" height_o="2534" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c86d2ae1792fbfddd0057fd95fe0e9cb5a7f40fbe1266e06972f31cd3a535320/IMG_1472.jpg" data-mid="177598136" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c86d2ae1792fbfddd0057fd95fe0e9cb5a7f40fbe1266e06972f31cd3a535320/IMG_1472.jpg" /> <img width="3011" height="2006" width_o="3011" height_o="2006" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c34b1cb32a9f0ce5eb5e4d81ec076f6f6dc451a98e34dbb769f7265fbb3c1b5d/IMG_0766.jpg" data-mid="177598091" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c34b1cb32a9f0ce5eb5e4d81ec076f6f6dc451a98e34dbb769f7265fbb3c1b5d/IMG_0766.jpg" /> <img width="1935" height="1290" width_o="1935" height_o="1290" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/42b3ffec99d570f65e28c4e146fd61c99bd7cce3aa2fefb0c7e136aeda1aa263/IMG_0216.jpg" data-mid="169802969" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/42b3ffec99d570f65e28c4e146fd61c99bd7cce3aa2fefb0c7e136aeda1aa263/IMG_0216.jpg" /> Chicagoland, 2015–2023 Eternity, in an instant.&nbsp; Photography is the equivalent of meditation or religion for me because it relies on the ability to be in the present moment, fostering a divine oneness with the subject. The impossible angle.&nbsp; I ponder photography's relationship with time and memory. My love of nature, the everyday, and getting lost are vital to capturing a feeling that’s familiar but also brand new to you.&nbsp; <img width="3823" height="2549" width_o="3823" height_o="2549" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/825dcc397725faca07a16e003ee67a3df8b042b1c14989669e1adfb0f526a748/IMG_0619.jpg" data-mid="171928102" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/825dcc397725faca07a16e003ee67a3df8b042b1c14989669e1adfb0f526a748/IMG_0619.jpg" />Ides of March, Twenty Twenty-Three #1 <img width="3397" height="2265" width_o="3397" height_o="2265" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/87eb42cc1d8e093ea7cf7e23c62b3721a63ef6203a171c3efd1cd25bba97cac6/IMG_0641.JPG" data-mid="171928260" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/87eb42cc1d8e093ea7cf7e23c62b3721a63ef6203a171c3efd1cd25bba97cac6/IMG_0641.JPG" /> Ides of March, Twenty Twenty-Three #2 <img width="3446" height="2297" width_o="3446" height_o="2297" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/24b35e3de6314af6e6b37058bdc63c7edb7b23bd0f8d2b097a22e801ea7b744d/IMG_0655.JPG" data-mid="171928261" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/24b35e3de6314af6e6b37058bdc63c7edb7b23bd0f8d2b097a22e801ea7b744d/IMG_0655.JPG" /> Ides of March, Twenty Twenty-Three #3 <img width="2282" height="1523" width_o="2282" height_o="1523" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f222f8519a098b095d3e9981fcda1e72f906664de510cbd496379d4e8dce09a0/IMG_0677.JPG" data-mid="171928262" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f222f8519a098b095d3e9981fcda1e72f906664de510cbd496379d4e8dce09a0/IMG_0677.JPG" /> Ides of March, Twenty Twenty-Three #4 <img width="2687" height="4030" width_o="2687" height_o="4030" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0534708f3fbcdc1070dabadda61ccbe02ecb23b062f777d9217dc13f2ab70fcd/IMG_0022.jpg" data-mid="173083098" border="0" 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data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8715a1065bba32f16d1618a720cabfdb68549dc1e056b51b49a5effc5fc73d77/IMG_0027.jpg" data-mid="173083260" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8715a1065bba32f16d1618a720cabfdb68549dc1e056b51b49a5effc5fc73d77/IMG_0027.jpg" /> <img width="2688" height="4032" width_o="2688" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/92b29b9de617d07fae1d9addf3ce2bd64b5a95aebc5b8b797a73d5b71ea100ca/images-bc-10.jpg" data-mid="173083267" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/92b29b9de617d07fae1d9addf3ce2bd64b5a95aebc5b8b797a73d5b71ea100ca/images-bc-10.jpg" /> <img width="2455" height="3686" width_o="2455" height_o="3686" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/714ca5e2396fa5bef8d2e94ff1d9f8aec30de7b83caaab6125ea1121e4ac78ae/IMG_0209.JPG" data-mid="173083265" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/714ca5e2396fa5bef8d2e94ff1d9f8aec30de7b83caaab6125ea1121e4ac78ae/IMG_0209.JPG" /> <img 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data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1dc4b1f612822b0ab7e6ca4b536c0c53bd6fe654d7e85eeaeff2d5435de11cb7/IMG_1364.JPG" data-mid="177598141" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1dc4b1f612822b0ab7e6ca4b536c0c53bd6fe654d7e85eeaeff2d5435de11cb7/IMG_1364.JPG" /> https://brilliantcrap.com/Art Sat, 20 May 2023 00:38:09 +0000 Brilliant Crap is the portfolio site of Cole Stevens https://brilliantcrap.com/Art Art <img width="3000" height="2003" width_o="3000" height_o="2003" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/35db7731d95b5f53f469f7ff45980225c181188e7e25baa3f0cff264def1a63f/IMG_1515.jpg" data-mid="179746651" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/35db7731d95b5f53f469f7ff45980225c181188e7e25baa3f0cff264def1a63f/IMG_1515.jpg" /> Wolfgang: A Basic Introduction&nbsp; It was 2007, and somehow I fell in with a bunch of cool kids, riding my baby-blue BMX around and running a creative space with a crazy talented product designer, Ali Campbell. Wolfgang was a gallery and design studio in downtown Phoenix’s Roosevelt Row arts district focused on five practice areas: communication, event, space, art, and product. Our mission was to design life lived better and more beautifully. Wolfgang captured a way of looking at and engaging the world around us. From business card to household object, from the painting on the wall to the party last weekend, Wolfgang was known for ideation and creation as well as for its openings, which were filled with energy and enthusiasm for outsider art, captivating large-scale photography, and immersive installations.&nbsp; <img width="851" height="567" width_o="851" height_o="567" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7f867a6a60e3b779ef013ee951ce6ff24e32ebad1aa4616b3987fdcb4a329a25/wolfgang-diagram-bc.png" data-mid="179341194" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/851/i/7f867a6a60e3b779ef013ee951ce6ff24e32ebad1aa4616b3987fdcb4a329a25/wolfgang-diagram-bc.png" /> <img width="3501" height="2334" width_o="3501" height_o="2334" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/282905fea9ba640d3effe9bbb56c34233c3a551d3622a41a28f5206f5e87eca0/wolfganglogo-bc-site.jpg" data-mid="179581971" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/282905fea9ba640d3effe9bbb56c34233c3a551d3622a41a28f5206f5e87eca0/wolfganglogo-bc-site.jpg" /> <img width="752" height="501" width_o="752" height_o="501" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/93542217ee7511373058608b0d025b7cb71f6f347b2bcb8ab2fcee0ecd180a2b/wolfgang-elements-1-bc.png" data-mid="179341205" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/752/i/93542217ee7511373058608b0d025b7cb71f6f347b2bcb8ab2fcee0ecd180a2b/wolfgang-elements-1-bc.png" /> <img width="600" height="903" width_o="600" height_o="903" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6d0a899914ac0d98a0809bc310c6f72b68bb0a7bbbe3427e2a41e1bd6f21a2b7/IMG_1741.JPG" data-mid="179341199" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/600/i/6d0a899914ac0d98a0809bc310c6f72b68bb0a7bbbe3427e2a41e1bd6f21a2b7/IMG_1741.JPG" /> <img width="638" height="956" width_o="638" height_o="956" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e39870203a10d96cfa804d03d09be8ada708ed51b5a965ecb5e854be91616d38/l_001a6ad201a61e860d3c47f4d5823a12-ALT.jpg" data-mid="179341204" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/638/i/e39870203a10d96cfa804d03d09be8ada708ed51b5a965ecb5e854be91616d38/l_001a6ad201a61e860d3c47f4d5823a12-ALT.jpg" /> <img width="600" height="899" width_o="600" height_o="899" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/45e409ecac57766843f96aeb52961b1b243b8fec55d8f05122c0ee779bce8468/IMG_2295.JPG" data-mid="179341202" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/600/i/45e409ecac57766843f96aeb52961b1b243b8fec55d8f05122c0ee779bce8468/IMG_2295.JPG" /> <img width="800" height="1200" width_o="800" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5928e6ca3a675152bc83420bb99b6d2d2164da3f1beeba185f0330f5f6351e84/IMG_2078.JPG" data-mid="179341201" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/5928e6ca3a675152bc83420bb99b6d2d2164da3f1beeba185f0330f5f6351e84/IMG_2078.JPG" /> <img width="600" height="899" width_o="600" height_o="899" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/eccaefd25889baa1b7330f9fb27392cda96c317977c56f71793a998a1b7230b2/IMG_1324.JPG" data-mid="179341196" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/600/i/eccaefd25889baa1b7330f9fb27392cda96c317977c56f71793a998a1b7230b2/IMG_1324.JPG" /> The gallery featured artists working across many media, including Bobby Castañeda Luis Gutierrez, and Jorell Hancock. In June 2008, Wolfgang launched an exhibition of installation art capturing the spirit of a rapidly changing downtown and the ethos of our creative agency. Carefully gridded artifacts, each catalogued and spray-painted with our Wolfgang logo, served as time-stamped and place-based documents of our everyday essentials: earth, concrete, glass, metal, and human. The experience was very much like living in a Wes Anderson film. For a brief moment, Wolfgang was the nucleus of an arts movement that in some small way left the Valley of the Sun forever changed. It certainly influenced the way I view art and how I engage artists, and helped me see my own life as art and artistic expression. &nbsp; https://brilliantcrap.com/Front-page Tue, 31 Jan 2023 22:47:56 +0000 Brilliant Crap is the portfolio site of Cole Stevens https://brilliantcrap.com/Front-page <img width="1643" height="1096" width_o="1643" height_o="1096" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/35175213b72a6ffa66e50b86a20060ec55f146e6ad0088597a10e4057fcb3d06/front-page-image.png" data-mid="170203960" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/35175213b72a6ffa66e50b86a20060ec55f146e6ad0088597a10e4057fcb3d06/front-page-image.png" /> https://brilliantcrap.com/Information Tue, 31 Jan 2023 22:47:56 +0000 Brilliant Crap is the portfolio site of Cole Stevens https://brilliantcrap.com/Information A. WriterB. StrategistC. Creative Director D. All of the Above Cole Stevens is a multidisciplinary maker of narrative experiences, working across many media and using a robust toolkit and skillset designed to connect, provoke, educate, inspire, and entertain. With equal parts insight and intuition, I deliver work that fits and focuses business and brand objectives. I turn data and knowledge into actionable, best-in-class strategies, helping people engage the world around them, find meaning and experience beauty in new ways and in unlikely places. I studied Architecture at Yale University and have spent the past decade as a Writer and Creative Director in the advertising industry, working also in publishing as an Editor of magazines focused on culture, architecture, and design. My clients include Abbott, Agncy Design, BBVA, Ferguson, Haier, Hello Mr., International Truck, Knoll, Mastercard, NYSE, Rise, Sappi, Sony, Starwood, Terlato, Under Armour, and Wilson. From active lifestyle, architecture, and healthcare to manufacturing, pharmaceutical, retail, and tech, I’ve worked with Fortune 500 clients on everything from product and brand naming, reorganization strategy, and launch activation to the ground-up ideation of whole new companies, anniversary celebrations, coffee table books, and market-moving campaigns. As founder of Cathedral Projects, I’ve always had a passion for research- and performance-driven work that translates and distills big ideas across vast ecosystems. The shape-shifting creative consulting company listens and learns to adapt and disrupt, guiding digital, marketing, and media initatives for all kinds of brands and clients. Email Cole&nbsp; 312-497-6094 LinkedInSubstack Download Resume (.docx) Download Resume (PDF) https://brilliantcrap.com/Shop Wed, 08 Mar 2023 07:49:11 +0000 Brilliant Crap is the portfolio site of Cole Stevens https://brilliantcrap.com/Shop <img width="1333" height="2000" width_o="1333" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e319f5a70ec284be568d4f798ff71756e85fbb9aca4a209aa04de0792a14735b/goblin-ghost.png" data-mid="171123461" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e319f5a70ec284be568d4f798ff71756e85fbb9aca4a209aa04de0792a14735b/goblin-ghost.png" /> <img width="2000" height="1333" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f05680f5cba7c0aae2dd431f81d089f98b4d80c577ded7d0026177f7f574175d/goblin-mode-2.png" data-mid="171123601" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f05680f5cba7c0aae2dd431f81d089f98b4d80c577ded7d0026177f7f574175d/goblin-mode-2.png" /> Goblin Mode&nbsp;Dad HatThe Oxford Dictionary’s 2022 Word of the Year, goblin mode is the outward expression of our innermost animal instinct, also known as the nihilistic human tendency to just fuck it all. May the hat be as close as you actually get to going goblin, because it’s not pretty.&nbsp; <img width="2000" height="1333" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0a67376618d4368ff17240b124ea7751d158ccd1daff8b05873b6b45bde46824/tee-template-1.png" data-mid="171133032" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0a67376618d4368ff17240b124ea7751d158ccd1daff8b05873b6b45bde46824/tee-template-1.png" />You’re Not Invited Tee An extra layer of defense against the crust lords trying to get fresh at the Starbucks mobile order pickup. A way to wall off your personal space by drawing attention to it. The exact right thing to say to anyone and everyone who wishes to gain your favor but never will. A classic white t-shirt to keep fresh and clean or to destroy in a bad run of goblin mode. You do you! <img width="1333" height="2000" width_o="1333" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/026bbe98abc1406419ed3bfa2fe9504afe051d39f6a88257c9d80473bfcda35e/three-amigos.png" data-mid="171222234" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/026bbe98abc1406419ed3bfa2fe9504afe051d39f6a88257c9d80473bfcda35e/three-amigos.png" /> Tools for Life Tote Old-timey prosthetics were beyond useful, with countless gadgets and gizmos as options for serviceable appendages. This tote is perfect for grocery shopping, art supply buying, and harvesting your community garden tomatoes-a-plenty. Enjoy! <img width="2000" height="1333" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/22a00a71e40b8ca4ec9c0e2746f794b7085353fd8219be74289afd79f5b7ada1/three-amigos-detail.png" data-mid="171222560" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/22a00a71e40b8ca4ec9c0e2746f794b7085353fd8219be74289afd79f5b7ada1/three-amigos-detail.png" /> Color: Black <img width="2000" height="1333" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f5da3314d6d8935eeca71ec487f4b5eca3f9387831448546e6101d8980dda7d4/three-amigos-detail-1.png" data-mid="171222454" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f5da3314d6d8935eeca71ec487f4b5eca3f9387831448546e6101d8980dda7d4/three-amigos-detail-1.png" /> Color: Oyster <img width="2000" height="1333" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3d701ec3f0aa0fbb5bbb0d4486b31ac2ed45c46bd7510cba28fa0c78544165e4/circular-sweat-2.png" data-mid="172085155" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3d701ec3f0aa0fbb5bbb0d4486b31ac2ed45c46bd7510cba28fa0c78544165e4/circular-sweat-2.png" /> Circular Energy Is Real Sweatshirt Some artist friends used to say this in response to almost everything: the long checkout lines at the Hawthorne Fred Meyer, the barter economy they always wished for (and finally kinda got because now they’re repped by some pretty big-name galleries, and art for money is still a trade, yes?), and the sad-then-happy state of gay marriage in Portland in 2004 because karma’s a bitch.&nbsp;