BrandBox: The Rituals That (Used to) Keep Us Grounded

PRINTCast: The PRINT Podcast Studio is a curated collection of cutting-edge podcasts we love about design, creativity, branding, books, and further subjects afield. Soon, we’ll have a dedicated digital listening room. In the meantime, we present the latest episode of BrandBox, “a (playful and thoughtful) podcast on the strategies and effects of brands.”

Heading to work. Picking up a scone and coffee on the way in. Having your Monday morning all-staff meeting.

Ritual tends to reign supreme.

On this episode of BrandBox, hosts Tom Guarriello and Mark Kingsley explore the “the role of ritual in brands, brands' contributions to ritual—and the sense of groundedness that can be given through ritual and through routine.”

… And perhaps most notably: how we've become unmoored in an era of COVID-19 that lacks ritual.

Listen in:

Show Notes

• Hurricane Andrew.

• Midnight Cowboy —“I’m Walkin’ Here!”

• God Is Dead. So Is the Office. These People Want to Save Both.

• Getting an Italian Driver’s License.

• The Death of the American Shopping Mall is Coming Sooner Than You Think.

• Black Friday (Shopping).

• Cyber Monday.

• SoulCycle.

• Tough Mudder.

• Crossfit.

• Landmark Forum.

• Bikram Yoga.

• Walt Disney World.

• Honduran Migrant Seen Fleeing Tear Gas With Her Toddlers is Now in U.S.

• Malcontent, Still Life 02 (Association).

• Pivot Podcast.

• ISIS Fast Facts.

• Baltimore Catechism.

• Transubstantiation.

• Consubstantiation.

• Episteme.

• Imprimatur.

• Grand Rounds.

• Cargo Cult.

• What is a Cargo Cult? Origins of the Term.

• Martin Heidegger, The Thing.

SVA Masters in Branding program // Music courtesy of Mikel Rouse // Dr. Tom Guarriello // Mark Kingsley