Latin American flag-bearers Avianca and Taca merged, prompting a need to redefine brand strategy. Emily Andrews takes to the skies with the airlines Take one large, C...
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The type writer: Wayfinding and signage
Bruno Maag analyses the use of iconography and typography in wayfinding and signage Every day we each navigate through spaces, either physical or digital; we use conv...
The type writer: Brand consistency
Brand consistency and typography helped the Roman Empire extend its reach. Bruno Maag asks if modern brands can do the same? It was once the case that investors only...
Brand in action: Transport for London
Paint the town red What: The city’s growing cycle scheme began life in Barclays blue and saw their prominence grow alongside the partnership. Yet, in February 2015, S...
Bruised but not broken
For brands with sustainability and CSR sins in their pasts, the future may require penance. How can companies transform their bruised reputations to become ethical saints? David Benady investigates....
Dreams come true
In designing a new flagship, Hamleys brought imagination to life across nine different experience- led worlds of play. How did organisational and experiential strategy impact the brand? Brittany Golob reports....
Rewind: Concorde
Plagued by pricing concerns and crashes, the Concorde was retired in 2003. Could a new brand positioning or brand strategy have saved the super-fast jet? Sarah Macaul...
Living, loving or losing luxury
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...
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...
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