brand worlds

There’s a quote from Denise Lee Yohn that we really like—“Great brands are idea led AND consumer informed.” They don’t just push new ideas out there, nor do they just ask customers what they want. They do both—pioneering new ideas, and then working hard to understand how those ideas are being experienced and received in everyday situations.

Something sinister happened over the past algorithmically driven decade: brands took a sharp turn toward efficiency and benefits mindshare, often focusing on a laundry list of functional and emotional whoop-de-doos.

It’s this paint-inside-the-lines mentality that stokes irrelevancy and meaninglessness. And the whole point of a brand is to create an ... See more

From Brand Strategy to Brand Anarchy

most good brands uphold the culture of their time, but the greatest brands move people from one stage of culture to the next .

Jasmine Bina • The 4 Phases of Culture Brands

If you find yourself in a culture of Tension, the best way to move that culture forward is to create a sense of clarity and opportunity. Show people what’s possible. Even better, show people what they could be capable of.

This is a time to inspire and allow people to see themselves in a new world. Give them something to dream about. Turn them into e

Jasmine Bina • The 4 Phases of Culture Brands

For us, Brand Universes are the inevitable next frontier of merging left and right brain thinking within the leadership of brands across the full spectrum of the creative industries. It’s a new growth path for brands seeking to increase their cultural relevance and their profits. Creating a Brand Universe is how longevity is truly created. Those le... See more

Christopher Morency • What Even Is a Brand Universe?

Brands that build robust Brand Universes are first movers and always have one foot in the now, the other into the future. They welcome both horizontal and vertical expansion and think big. They’ve built the foundations of their brand so strong, know themselves so well, that venturing into uncharted territory isn’t perceived as a risk, but serves as... See more

Christopher Morency • What Even Is a Brand Universe?

Brand Universes encourage the contribution of consumers partaking in the telling of the brand’s next chapter. Unlike traditional brand building, a Brand Universe doesn’t dictate. While a Brand Universe can’t be strictly controlled by the brand itself, it can manage how it shows up, and monitor how it’s perceived by its audience in real time. Consum... See more

Christopher Morency • What Even Is a Brand Universe?

Akin to the practice of world-building in science fiction literature, brands embracing the concept of Brand Universes adhere to the principle that the process of building a Brand Universe is an ongoing, perpetual endeavour devoid of a predefined completion point . In other words, cultivating a Brand Universe is like setting off a chain reaction, fo... See more

Christopher Morency • What Even Is a Brand Universe?

In its role as a strategic approach, it avoids rigid and outdated frameworks, instead evolving in real-time with shifting trends and perceptions. The Brand Universe demands that the internal workings of a brand, or creative project, exist in perfect harmony with the outward facing image of the business. The end result here is authenticity, and perh... See more