Patterns No. 3: The War for Talent, LLMs are a Dead End, and Vacheron’s Louvre Display
On the leverage of talent, the cost of abandoning product development, why LLMs will not get us to AGI, and the audacity to do incredible things.
A practice of noticing
Patterns
Short observations on recurring behaviors, tensions, and signals worth noticing in work and everyday life.
Patterns No. 2: Shoes & Bags, Hardware & Software, and K-Pop Design
On doing things differently, the lasting power of the Birkin, and design's cultural impact on the music industry.
Patterns No. 1: The State of Luxury Fashion in 2024
Looking at luxury fashion's down year, the strategies of the outliers in Brunello Cucinelli and Mui Mui, and the creative director carousel