Students lead the way in Ferrar’s future!
Ferrari World Design Contest is a competition that was launched by the team from Maranello in collaboration with Autodesk (the project’s technical partner and official sponsor) for schools and universities from the design and automotive sectors not only in Italy but around the world to create the Ferrari of the future.
The Litmus group is a market leading niche international management consulting company who needed to rephrase their brand to better fit their highly differentiated approach business proposition.
The famous and annoying catch cry, “down, down” and the big red finger might actually carry far greater symbolism for Coles and their reputation than they realise. As the brand becomes more elastic and focuses on ‘stretch, stretch how far can we stretch’, could this strategy actually bring the brand down or is Coles setting a new benchmark for Australian brands?
Companies are always seeking new ways to grow and expand but when brands start to develop a bigger range of products, there is a danger of stretching the brand too far. Extensions can have a knock on effect that confuses the brand’s identity, its customers and can potentially leave the brand open to attack from more focussed competitors.
IKEA reminds us to not forget the Brand Communication in our Brands.
Last year we featured a post on IKEA’s brand communication, and here the Swedish mass-design furniture and home-wares brand are popping up again. As a global brand, IKEA is well known for the budget priced, low-mid quality Swedish inspired, practical and functional furniture they design and sell. The interesting additional element to their successful brand strategy is design. IKEA have accomplished the not insignificant task of lifting the design bar for the average Joe (and Jodie). The secret ingredient to the IKEA brand DNA is their ability to bring an impressively high level of Swedish furniture design to the masses. So what better way to communicate that brand attribute than through delivering creatively designed brand communications along with it.
The Brand Art of Standing-Out.
Rotterdam-based artist Florentijn Hofman has created this wonderful work; ‘stor gul kanin (big yellow rabbit)’, his newest large-scale sculpture conceived for this summer’s Openart Biennale in öreboro, Sweden. Hofman’s work uses scale and context to challenge the function and purpose of the public space, this 13-meter high bunny explores the notion of scale and urban perspective by providing a new focal point in the open square. I cannot think of a better analogy for creating brand communications that both connect with your market and stand-out in your market than Hofman’s giant yellow bunny.
Viral Brand Story Telling Captures the Spirit of Travel
3 guys, 44 days, 11 countries, 18 flights, 38 thousand miles, an exploding volcano, 2 cameras and almost a terabyte of footage = a trip of a lifetime… all to turn 3 ambitious linear concepts based on movement, learning and food ….into 3 beautiful and hopefully compelling short films; Move, Eat & Learn.
Originally commissioned for STA travel, these videos created by a trio of Australian mates (Rick Mereki : Director, producer, additional camera and editing, Tim White : DOP, producer, primary editing, sound, Andrew Lees : Actor, mover, groover) have taken on a life of their own with more than 5.5 million views to-date in a matter of a few short weeks. Another example of high quality content leveraging the power of viral to create incredibly high ROI brand communications. Check the three great clips after the jump…
A great TED talk from Child prodigy Adora Svitak. Adora says the world needs “childish” thinking: bold ideas, wild creativity and especially optimism. Kids’ big dreams deserve high expectations, she says, starting with grownups’ willingness to learn from children as much as to teach. There are some great, big ideas in this clip - check it after the jump…
A Sneak Peek behind Apple’s Retail Brand
Apple has long been held-up as the benchmark as the brand for innovation and just plain creating cool stuff, but much of it’s unheralded work has been in the experience arena – specifically creating amazing retail places in which the brand comes to life face-to-face.
What Next for Rock-n-roll’s Branding Rockstars?
Rock Gods AC/DC have long been a major export brand for Australia. With earnings of more than $100m p.a. AC/DC are second only to U2 when it comes to earning the big rock-n-roll bucks. But contra=y to their hard rockin’ image, AC/DC are also the masters of leveraging their brand for commercial gain. The latest in a long line of band brand extensions see the release last week of AC/DC wine.
Absolut Bloody Ripper Brand Communications
Yes – we’ve written about Absolut Vodka’s great philosophy on brand communication before. Yes, we’re not the first and wont be the last to do it either. But if any other brand displayed the same genuine passion for creating unique and wonder filled brand campaigns we’d write about them just as regularly too.
