Though the design category at Cannes Lions recognises one aspect of branding, it fails to look into the brand strategy behind the design and thus fails to recognise the core creativity of the projects it judges....
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Avoiding clichés in gender-specific alcohol packaging
Brands are targeting a new generation of women who reject the flowery, pink-hued packaging designs of the past. Vodka brand LBD – launched in the UK this spring by Brown-Forman – is aimed at 19-24 year-old women who a...
#Transform Tuesday: 16 June
Every week, Transform examines recent rebrands and updated visual identities. This week’s picks are below. For more from #TransformTuesday, follow @Transformsays Fre...
The sound of brand
The atmosphere at the Audio Branding Awards 2015 in Berlin was like that of a tribe. A hodgepodge of composers, marketing professionals, entrepreneurs and brand enthusiasts, many of whom carved out the beginnings of t...
The value of a strong brand
Yesterday, in the heart of Dubai, the Middle East Brand Summit explored the region’s passion for, interest in and understanding of brand. Following the summit, the Transform Awards MENA honoured excellence in brand strategy and reb...
#Transform Tuesday: 02 June
Every week, Transform examines recent rebrands and updated visual identities. This week’s picks are below. For more from #TransformTuesday, follow @Transformsays 1. Whatever happened to radical youth? Students from Swedish Linkopin...
#Transform Tuesday: 26 May
Every week, Transform examines recent rebrands and updated visual identities. This week’s picks are below. For more from #TransformTuesday, follow @Transformsays 1. Kokoro & Moi’s treatment of the Guggenheim Helsinki’s NOW exhi...
Travel social
Hostelworld, the online hostel booking platform loved by budget travellers, has rebranded so that the social aspect of hostel life is now at the forefront of its identity. This is reflected in the new brand proposition, ‘Meet the W...
Embracing globalisation
While feelings of love are universal, an Argentinian person says, “I love you” 24 times a week, while a Japanese person says it less than once a week. Seemingly disparate cultures can provide a real challenge to brand...
The value of heritage
Chivas Regal The Icon, draws on the heritage of Chivas Regal, the world’s first luxury Scotch Whisky brand. The Icon’s concept and design elements were created by Coley Porter Bell, the strategic branding agency who have helped to...
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