the future of brands

Everybody should be thinking of their brand as a character. It loosens what you can do and are allowed to do. Our competition is not other brands in the category, we don't give a shit about what others in the category are doing. The competition is the other things that are in your feed; that really funny comedian, that meme account, your best frien... See more

Successful Brand Universes are those that when come in contact with, we as consumers instantly react, “Wow, thats SO [insert brand here].”

Media companies will increasingly have to choose what to own and what to co-pilot. Not every new venture needs to exist as an O&O product, nor does it have to exist within a centralized environment. Licensing out characters to various retailers, or allowing small merchants to use beloved characters in their own designs sought out by different c... See more

Good branding signals other things related to class and positionality – if an experience looks good, it’s because it was crafted at some point by a designer and a creative director who had the time, skills, and zeitgeist awareness to know what looks good (one of the founders of the swim club mentioned above is a graphic designer by trade, as an exa... See more