Cannes Lions, today (June 17) announced the shortlist of the Design Awards categories, with advertising agencies featuring heavily in the logo segments. This is the week in which comms creatives and strategists head down to the Fre...
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Cannes Lions, perhaps the biggest event in the communications calendar, runs all of this week with more categories than ever before. This year Cannes Lions received 37,400 entries from 97 different countries. The five countries wit...
Staying afloat
Every quarter we’ll ask brand experts from around the world to rebrand or reposition a historical organisation or event. This quarter, we look at the impact of the Titanic disaster on White Star Line’s brand credibili...
The tiger awakens
FMCG markets in Asia are diverse, colourful and engaging as they cater to experienced and new consumers alike. Packaging must thus be versatile and exciting across all sectors and countries. Maureen Byrne examines som...
What’s your type?
Typography can help define a brand and influence the way in which a company is perceived by its stakeholders. These three typography experts contribute their thoughts and experiences in designing, applying and impleme...
Open Sesame!
Once upon a time (in fact, only fifteen years ago towards the height of the west’s first dotcom boom), was the beginning of a modern-day fairy tale to rival 1001 Arabian Nights. Jack Ma, a school teacher from Hangzhou, near Shangha...
Opinion – Stefan Liute says brand strategy is a reference point for business
However fast the world seems to be changing, some things don’t, actually. Stefan Liute discusses how brand strategy acts as a point of reference among this maelstrom of change and keeps businesses on a steady path We live in a time...
Opinion – Rufus Radcliffe
Popular British media company ITV unveiled a rebrand last January. The project took home the Grand Prix at the Transform Awards Europe and is continuously lauded for its success. Rufus Radcliffe writes about ITV’s rebrand On 14 Jan...
Taking Brands Beyond Binary
The ways in which digital affects brand communications has become increasingly complex as businesses struggle to change internally while remaining competitive externally. Dean Quinn investigates It used to be so easy. Get a nice, e...
Heard mentality
Brands must be both seen and heard. The ways in which a brand’s audio assets are developed can have a huge impact on the effectiveness of that brand’s communications. Ruth Wyatt investigates. Sound is an intensely visceral sense, s...
