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Oliver Buchannon
Will Forrester

I am a merchandising and planning specialist and as an experienced director in the product lifecycle, I can ensure the creative elements withstand. If the magic starts to diminish, I stoke it’s fire… Curating & keeping the art of storytelling alive.


The Small Brand That Made a Loud Category Go Quiet

The Small Brand That Made a Loud Category Go Quiet

How daisysound turned taste, restraint, and stubborn craft into a debut worth telling a story about

Jul 30, 2026

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3 min read

Is The Show Over? You're Not Doing The Work. You're Receiving It.

Is The Show Over? You're Not Doing The Work. You're Receiving It.

Or: sequencing a textile repeat pattern, and realizing there's a version of flow where you're not doing the work — you're receiving it.

Jul 24, 2026

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4 min read

It Reads as Joinery. It's IKEA.

It Reads as Joinery. It's IKEA.

A bootroom in Gresham Blue, and the trick underneath it that I used to get paid for.

Jul 22, 2026

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2 min read

I Could Watch Him Work for Hours

I Could Watch Him Work for Hours

How a hypnotic little reel led me to Estofo Real — and to Paulo Simões, one of the last master upholsterers in Lisbon.

Jul 14, 2026

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2 min read

The Connector That Gives Claude Eyes and Ears on Social Video

The Connector That Gives Claude Eyes and Ears on Social Video

Drop a reel, get the breakdown, and feed your AI real audience language — without burning tokens.

Jul 8, 2026

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2 min read

Inside Paradise Mill: The Silk Weavers Keeping a Rare Craft Alive

Inside Paradise Mill: The Silk Weavers Keeping a Rare Craft Alive

Every pattern is cut by hand. Every mistake costs days. Almost nobody left knows how to do it.

Jul 4, 2026

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2 min read

The Pale Blue Sash That Carries a Dynasty

The Pale Blue Sash That Carries a Dynasty

In Ralph Heimans’ portrait of Prince Philip, the Danish Order of the Elephant turns royal dress into a wearable archive of ancestry, ceremony, and style.

Jun 27, 2026

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2 min read

The day finally came — I was living and working in LA. A dream come true. Come to find out it was on my vision board!

The day finally came — I was living and working in LA. A dream come true. Come to find out it was on my vision board!

I made the board, lived the dream, and forgot I'd ever wished for it — until I sat down to write this.

Jun 20, 2026

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1 min read

Everyone's Building a Studio. I've Been Building One Since 1993!

Everyone's Building a Studio. I've Been Building One Since 1993!

Brands are becoming entertainment studios. Good — it's video, soundtrack, content, the feed. But a slate is an assortment, and that's where product merchandising belongs inside the loop.

Jun 14, 2026

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3 min read

It's All Math. Every Bit of It.

It's All Math. Every Bit of It.

A merchant's theory of how value moves — from fiber to floor, from foundation to roof, from the body in motion to the canoe on the ceiling.

Jun 2, 2026

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4 min read

The Little Chapel That Holds the World: Inside Watts Cemetery Chapel

The Little Chapel That Holds the World: Inside Watts Cemetery Chapel

A community-built Arts & Crafts marvel in Compton, Surrey—where Celtic symbols, Art Nouveau curves, and Romanesque echoes meet in one unforgettable room.

May 2, 2026

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2 min read

The Bill Cunningham Lesson: Archives Are a Form of Power

The Bill Cunningham Lesson: Archives Are a Form of Power

Why the Most Valuable Thing You Can Build Is a Record That Outlives You.

Apr 25, 2026

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3 min read

When Price Outruns Product, the Customer Quietly Leaves

When Price Outruns Product, the Customer Quietly Leaves

A pricing-and-margin lens on why luxury lost the aspirational buyer—and why the middle is winning it back.

Apr 9, 2026

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4 min read

Every Stitch Has an Author

Every Stitch Has an Author

There is a room I still think about, its down the rabbit hole of French lace, Alice Temperley, and the man who dressed Balenciaga.

Mar 21, 2026

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7 min read

The Fabric Doesn't Disappear. It Waits.

The Fabric Doesn't Disappear. It Waits.

On A.P.C. Quilts, deadstock, and why I chose textiles over biochemistry.

Mar 19, 2026

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7 min read

I Unplugged the Fax Machine in 1992

I Unplugged the Fax Machine in 1992

Or: the night that set my entire career in motion.

Mar 14, 2026

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4 min read

Move Fast. Keep the Craft.

Move Fast. Keep the Craft.

Agility, craft, and the new operating system every modern brand needs

Mar 7, 2026

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6 min read

I Wasn't Multitasking. I Was Context Engineering.

I Wasn't Multitasking. I Was Context Engineering.

Three years of daily documentation, 5,000 communication events, and the moment a video gave me the vocabulary for what I had already built.

Feb 20, 2026

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6 min read

A Textile Engineer's Dream Studio

A Textile Engineer's Dream Studio

Why Nest Design's Leytonstone headquarters speaks to those of us who started at the drafting table

Jan 24, 2026

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7 min read

The Thread Between Craft & Code

The Thread Between Craft & Code

What product merchandising really means—and why clarity is the edge

Jan 2, 2026

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4 min read

The Secret Keepers: When Memory Becomes Art

The Secret Keepers: When Memory Becomes Art

Sometimes the most powerful stories are the ones we carry.

Oct 17, 2025

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4 min read

Scratching the Surface: The Threads I Keep Following

Scratching the Surface: The Threads I Keep Following

Ongoing transformation, technology vs craft, and the emotional innovation that connect everything

Sep 4, 2025

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8 min read

Floating Between Worlds: The Ghostly Spirits of The Tempest

Floating Between Worlds: The Ghostly Spirits of The Tempest

A London Theatre Experience & a TikTok success

Sep 2, 2025

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5 min read

The Guilt of Good Tailoring

The Guilt of Good Tailoring

Why I'm conflicted about calling Thom Browne America's finest tailor when his craft is pure Italian

Aug 26, 2025

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2 min read

Why I'm Done Being Quiet About What Matters

Why I'm Done Being Quiet About What Matters

A Milan memory, a friendship, and the responsibility to tell our stories.

Aug 19, 2025

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4 min read

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