Cultural relevance makes or breaks good advertising and global and social issues are on trend. With the recent Pepsi ad featuring Kendall Jenner as an example, few have succeeded in conveying their actual message and, instead, have created a PR nightmare. But Heineken nails it with their recent ad campaign: “World’s Apart - #OpenYourWorld.” Heineken creates an experiment in...
In our last post, Mandy shared how Willow Marketing’s new visual brand identity took shape. But as any branding agency will tell you, there are two parts of any brand—the visual and the verbal. Like a hammer and a nail, it’s hard to get the job done if one is missing. The visual brand can be like a pretty face—nice...
Beginning with a brand archetype to understand how your message resonates with customers on a deep subconscious level is the most helpful way to begin creating visual tone. It sounds a little heady, and it kinda is, but here’s an easy way to think about it. A long time ago, psychologist Carl Jung believed that the reason some characters...
We think a brand is a promise. And the craft that brings that promise forth effectively and transformatively is multilayered. I get asked a lot about our branding process and talking about what we do for our partners is language I use every day. But this year, when we turned the tables on ourselves, I gained a whole new perspective....
For the past year, we’ve been getting in touch with our inner client, turning our process on ourselves, and watching who we are as a brand unfold. We’re not gonna lie. It’s a little nerve-racking sitting on the client side of the table with giddy anticipation, both excited and uncertain of how it will all turn out. We had forgotten...