Dan Whetstone, associate director at retail design specialists Lumsden, argues that, as the world emerges from the Covid-19 lockdowns, everyday brands need to provide meaningful in-store experiences to create communit...
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Hidden depth – when big brands undergo subtle identity change
Jesse Swash, co-founder of London-based agency Design By Structure, explores how seemingly small changes within established brands, like BMW, can give us clues of the enormous changes which are to come in an industry....
How to grow trust with down-to-earth farmers
Wendy Unger-Moore, international marketing director at Kramp, explains how she discovered that authenticity is the key to cut through with an agri-audience. If you’ve...
Is your web challenge a symptom of a greater business opportunity?
Joanne Kerr and Paul Campbell, strategy partner and digital partner respectively at Brandpie, explain how digital thinking from the creation of a business can save a lot of time and money in the future....
The intersection of sustainability and profit = brands
Luc Speisser, global chief innovation officer at Landor & Fitch, explains why getting consumers to believe in sustainability initiatives will elevate brand reputation and generate revenue. He shares five lessons f...
Why we need to design for more friction, not less
Stuart Barnes, strategy director at independent brand and design consultancy, True North, explores the importance of friction in brand design. He argues that agencies need to proactively build-in imperfections and fri...
M is for Mediocrity: Why Facebook’s rebrand won’t avert disaster
Adam Sefton, digital strategy director at global brand agency, Superunion, explores how Facebook’s rebrand to Meta reveals the mediocrity of a social media platform which has uninspiring spam as its most popular conte...
25 Years of Sonic Branding
Daniel M Jackson, partner at sonic branding agency, Sonicbrand, explores the changes he has witnessed in the last 25 years of sonic branding and what the future of the industry holds....
Aural sculpture – next year brands will shape virtual sounds of the future
Vijay Iyer, CEO North America of sonic brand agency, amp, explores the 2022 trends in audio branding. These include how brands will extend their sonic brand strategies into virtual worlds and how sound branding will e...
Why R&D should be the beating heart of every creative business
Dave Dunlop, partner and chief design officer at ELSE, an experience design consultancy in product and service innovation, writes about the importance of research and development (R&D) in the creative world. Dunlo...
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