Christian Halsted, strategy director and founding partner at Everland, discusses how naming is a good place to derive relevance for food brands that aim to save our ecosystem....
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Michael Wolff – leap before you look. The Zen of Branding
Renowned British graphic designer and brand consultant Michael Wolff teamed up with NB Studio’s independent publishing house and writer Tom Lynham to create his biography. The book follows Wolff’s beautiful design wor...
M – N Associates updates famous Vietnamese ceramic art museum
The Bát Tràng Museum, formerly known as Hồn Đất Việt (Viet's Ceramic Soul), hosts the legacy of Vũ Đức Thắng, a local who shot to fame for his skills in engraving, embossing, enamelling and glazing ceram...
Say what you will: How brands leverage verbal identity to build authentic connections
Visuals attract. Verbals engage. So say brand language experts who caution against overlooking a huge opportunity to build brand equity through codifying and leveraging verbal identity. Lisa Battles reports best pract...
Decoding regional branding: Saudi secrets
Dennis de Rond, founder of Skyne, an international strategic branding and design firm, offers insights into the critical role regional nuances play, particularly within the GCC, when creating brands. Skyne, with consi...
Coca-Cola unveils its holiday campaign identity
Designed by creative agency Jones Knowles Ritchie in collaboration with Brody Associates, the new global toolkit seeks to be distinctive and celebratory. With the Coca-Cola Hug logo featuring at the heart of the desig...
From humble beginnings
If a brand’s past glistens with charm, it may then be leveraged to help with differentiation. But how can this be accomplished without the brand becoming a mere dusty museum piece? Jack Cousins investigates....
The great convergence
Vincent Roffers, partner and head of strategy at independent brand agency Agenda, discusses the great convergence of brands saying similar things, and offers advice on how this problem can be avoided....
Branding in tech – more vital than ever before
Alex Blyth, managing partner at Red Setter, talks about his experience at this year’s Web Summit in Lisbon, and the importance of pioneering brand designers attending the annual event....
Turntable reveals Starward Whisky collaboration
Inspired by the stars of the northern and southern hemispheres, the partnership marks the first in a series of collaborative blends between the distilleries. The project was undertaken with the help of Thirst, a long-...