Muji, William Gibson and the Future of No Brand

Muji, William Gibson and the Future of No Brand

By Michael Hu · Mar 2015 In 2003,  William Gibson wrote a prescient novel - Pattern Recognition -  that explored  the tension between art and mass commercialization in retailing, among other interestingly speculative themes.  One area of Gibson's focus was consumer  fatigue against ubiquitous brands in an increasingly global and digital market through his metaphoric protagonist Cayce Pollard - a coolhunter who experiences and… Continue reading Muji, William Gibson and the Future of No Brand