• Transform magazine
  • May 04, 2024

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Brand purpose – does your business have a ‘why?’

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Gayle Carpenter, director of creative agency Sparkloop, writes about the importance of matching profit with purpose. She argues that some of the world’s most powerful and successful brands have found exactly the right...

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The ethics of renaming

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For many brands, it's way past time to re-evaluate their resonance in the 21st century. Laurel Sutton, linguist and co-founder of of naming agency Catchword, writes that the cost of renaming a company or product m...

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New Model Agency

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Alex Clegg, co-founder of branding agency Saboteur, writes about the importance of change and evolution, particularly for branding agencies. He explores the radical changes Saboteur has implemented, taking the opportu...

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European chain supermarket loses out in trade mark battle of the gin bottles

Laurie Bray

Following the recent trade mark rights issue about ‘Colin the Caterpillar’ cake, Laurie Bray, senior associate and trade mark attorney at European intellectual property firm Withers & Rogers, explores another trad...

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Reinventing the creative skill set for the experience economy

Jack Ashdown Creative Director B&W

Jack Ashdown, creative director of digital agency Great State, writes about the increasingly important role of sensory technologies and the need for creative agencies and designers to embrace AR if they want to surviv...

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Design: an escape for humans in times of hardships

Ahmad Alsaadi, Managing Director & Co Founder:Adinb

Ahmad Al Saadi, managing director and co-founder of a creative and communications agency, Gulf Advertising in Business 'ADinB,' located in the UAE and France, writes about how design acts as a smart tool in re...

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Is brand consolidation a good idea?

Sholto Lindsay Smith

Sholto Lindsay-Smith, director of strategic brand consultancy Industry, weighs the options of whether or not brand consolidation is a good brand strategy, coming to the conclusion that it usually makes economic sense,...

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From 1980’s London & Paris to present day Kolkata: 
A typographic journey

Paul Docherty Design Director Skyne

Paul Docherty, design director at international branding and design agency Skyne, writes about his journey across the world discovering typography's different facets. From Paris in 1980 to London to Toronto, Bahra...

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Family business: branding a legacy

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Hasan Fadlallah, founder and CEO of Dubai-based branding agency Brand Lounge, argues it is now essential for family businesses in the Arab world to create a strong branding. Where earlier, an entire empire was branded...

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Success can no longer be measured by bottom line

Simon Wright

Simon Wright, managing director of design agency Greenwich Design, argues that brands can no longer measure success purely on commercial values, but must consider new elements including sustainability, diversity and i...

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