Comments on: Design, marketing and anthropology

By: Infiniti parts

Infiniti parts — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:46:17 +0000

The Infinity vehicles never did give names to their cars, instead consistently using letters and numbers to designate the coupes, sedans and the SUVs. With the Infinity Q45 being the flagship sedan, the Infinity found its place in the American market.The Infinity vehicles never did give names to their cars, instead consistently using letters and numbers to designate the coupes, sedans and the SUVs.

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By: Grant

Grant — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 18:18:29 +0000

Carol Gee, yes, that’s one of the production houses that gives us new selves, but I think we are also multiplying culturally, so that I have an accumulation of selves as produced by each decade (and my disco self still has the very worst sense of taste in clothes) and we are multiplying perspectivally. I can now see things from an employer, employee, owner, investor, stock broker’s point of view (not because I’ve been all those things but because I am beginning to see how they see, if you see what I mean). It ends up being quite a group. Someday we’ll all go out for a pic nic. Thanks, Grant

Donny H, thanks, I don’t think so, success can’t be measured in selves, but in a dynamic culture, it’s hard to imagine someone flourishing unless they can manage a certain diversity. Not impossible, just much harder. Thanks, Grant

Peter, you are too kind, sir. I only wish I could sell it. Best, Grant

By: Peter

Peter — Sat, 04 Mar 2006 06:38:08 +0000

Re the sailing ship of (5): As always, Grant, your ability to create stunningly-apt metaphors and analogies is awesome! Perhaps this is a result of training as an anthropologist: having to learn about, think inside, and translate between, different cultures. Have you ever thought of refining and selling *this* capability? Metaphors-R-Us, say?

By: Donny H

Donny H — Sat, 04 Mar 2006 03:50:18 +0000

Grant, does a person who falls under the category of those who haven’t (by choice or circumstances notwithstanding)”cultivated a diverse portfolio of selves” generally fail in life, or is perceived as such by others when this person’s lifestyle is measured against mainstream’s standards constituting what is success?

An interesting blog, by the way.

Holla

By: Carol Gee

Carol Gee — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 18:21:18 +0000

Grant, the other “selves” we always have with us are the psychological ones: “Kid” selves of various ages, a “Critical Parent” self, a “Nurturing Parent” self, and an “Adult/Smart” self. I believe that my clothes shopping is peopled by one of those selves. That is why I am often disappointed with purchases later, because I am no longer in that self at home-or wherever. So much of advertising speaks to the unconscious, huh?