by DK Badenhorst. If you are not a fan of superheroes, I’ll probably have to allow a few seconds for your eyes to return from the back of your head. After all, superheroes are for kids, right?
Tag archives: Brand Culture
Brand Culture: A new reason for an old New Year’s Resolution
by DK Badenhorst. Language can’t stretch forever. It either has to move (ie healthy must mean sexy) or it snaps back (healthy means healthy again and sexy means sexy). Health can’t move; it has family and a job in the health environment. Brands such as Vital and categories such as ‘organic food’ require that it hangs on to its conventional meaning. So what now?
Brand Culture: Ray Bans on the promenade
by DK Badenhorst. Ray Ban Wayfarers (especially on the Cape Town promenade) have become a proxy for middle/upper-income Cape Town. And, instead of the art installation being seen for the bridge it’s trying to be, it’s been crucified for the gap that currently exists.
Brand Culture: Brands need personality
by DK Badenhorst. Brand characters are not developed by committee; they aren’t even developed by one person — they are people. This idea came to life again two weekends ago when I saw the Amazon Echo commercial. It hasn’t been a well-received production…
Brand Culture: Cultural language vs cultural meaning
by DK Badenhorst. Advertising can choose to build either on the simpler, on-the-surface language or leverage a deeper understanding of trends and culture. I don’t believe that there is necessarily a right or wrong when it comes to focus. Instead of right or wrong, I tend to ask: “Does it work, or does it not work?”
Brand Culture: A teenage nation
by DK Badenhorst. It would seem that the revolutionary mantras of sporting brands can capture the sentiment of modern-day South Africa. But did we at some point forget to turn the Revolution Machine off after we finally got our democracy or is there something deeper at work?