Language is a tool of discovery. Sometimes, you use a word because it's the closest fit, and in the process of doing the work, you discover the word that is finally, perfectly true. For the longest time, we’ve used the term "brand foundry" to describe our work at unearth.im. It’s a strong,...
Read moreThe Find: Some names are found through analysis. Others are found by listening. In a digital world saturated with noise, a truly resonant name is a rare signal. When we first unearthed esse.im, the echo was immediate and profound: "I am." It is the Latin root of that declaration, the original...
Read moreMost naming tools and brand generators produce addresses: functional, forgettable, and soulless concatenations of syllables. They are vacant lots in a sprawling digital suburbia, algorithmically optimized for traffic but devoid of human meaning. A visionary brand, however, does not need another...
Read moreWhy the future of branding isn't about technology, but identity. The rise of the .ai extension tells the defining story of our technological decade. It is more than a domain; it is a signifier for a new paradigm, a functional label that instantly and economically communicates that a service is...
Read moreWe believe in the quiet confidence that comes from owning your digital ground. It’s a feeling that defined the soul of the early, hand-built web—a time when we built our own spaces, one <HTML> tag, one pixelated GIF, one personal homepage at a time. It was an era of digital homesteading,...
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