The luxury sector can be contradictory. It is at once focused on the future and the past, on digital and traditional communications, on exclusivity and awareness on sustainability and on sales. Yet, it’s ultimately th...
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Rewind: League of Nations
After World War I, US president Woodrow Wilson’s brainchild, the League of Nations, took shape. Yet the grand experiment failed with the onset of a second catastrophic conflict. Could the league have taken action to s...
Material improvement
Uniforms and corporate workwear can drastically alter the ways in which employees relate to the brand and their desire and ability to be brand ambassadors. What should uniform creation take into account? Ruth Wyatt in...
Crafting an icon
Digital iconography has become the modern form of wayfinding and signage. Icons lead a user through a site, app or digital experience, but only recently have brands begun to customise their iconography and turn them i...
Craft, heritage and revolution for the water of life
The perception of whisky is shifting away from the dusty bottle on the old man’s liquor shelf. Younger consumers, digital communications and packaging technologies have led to a revolution in the ways in which whisky...
Not what the future used to be
Post-recession, bank brands are in a period of transition. Many are trying to account for their past discrepancies while preparing for a future wholly different from that which they had envisioned. David Benady report...
Creative culture: Dubai Lynx inspires a region
Photo courtesy of PPAMPicture/iStock by Getty Images The annual Dubai Lynx Festival of Creativity celebrates creative communications. Speakers and sponsors of the event all...
Two’s company: Jim Prior on running brand agencies
It’s been nearly a year since Jim Prior added the stewardship of Lambie Nairn to his existing role as CEO of the Partners. He and Andrew Thomas discuss the challenges of running not just one but two global brand agenc...
Raising the black flag: Carre Noir’s CEO interviewed
This year Christophe Fillatre celebrates his tenth anniversary at Carré Noir. Andrew Thomas caught up with the president of the personality-driven French brand agency....
Be true to yourself
The language brands use is not only exemplary of their communications strategies, but is derived from the personality, nature and identity of the company itself. Ruth Wyatt explains why it’s important to maintain cons...