Resonance Consultancy – they do brands and strategies for places and products – has just released a new report called: World’s Best City Brands – A Global Ranking of Place Equity. With all of these sorts of rankings, it really depends on the research methodology… Read More
I was recently asked: How do you go into a neighborhood, build new, and not erase and/or sterilize what makes that neighborhood interesting in the first place? Gentrification is a controversial topic in city building. Too often I think we ignore what happens when we… Read More
There’s something powerful about seeing/hearing cities being depicted in film, TV, and other kinds of pop culture. It creates familiarity and does a lot to drive the brand of that place. But how often are you just seeing one city disguised to look like another?… Read More
I’ve been following Airbnb pretty much since the beginning. The company has always fascinated me because I saw it as being less about technology and more about travel, hospitality, community and, in my view, real estate. An office building is just a set of spaces that get… Read More
BRANDON DONNELLY 