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Diverse bodies, diverse minds

By David Sanger

This week is Mental Health Awareness Week, and the focus for 2019 is body image. It’s no surprise really given the rise in apparent ideals we see in the world around us.

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Gamers logging on to a new community

By Izzy Ashton

Games are still a place for exploration, development, education but perhaps most importantly today they’re also where you can both build and become a part of a community.

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Don't mention the M-word

By Izzy Ashton

Money is a sensitive topic. It’s awkward, people don’t want to ask questions. But a number of brands are challenging that mindset and helping consumers open up.

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A novel idea for advertisers

By David Sanger

As people look away from their phone screens, brands are returning to the page to reach their audience, fully embracing the power of the book-bound, written word.

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Can advertising save the world?

By David Sanger

Inevitably, whenever a brand throws its weight behind a greater cause, there are cries of why can’t they just stick to selling stuff? But there are brands, and agencies, that are instead embracing the fact that, yes, advertising really can save the world.

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Book an appointment with the Brand Therapist

By Kara Melchers

One in 10 children have a diagnosable mental health disorder according to data from the charity Young Minds. In a sector that’s underfunded, there’s an opportunity for brands to fill the gap. If done in the right way of course.

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What does love look like in 2019?

By Izzy Ashton

The images broadcast into our homes not only influence our purchasing behaviour but tell us what we should be hoping and wishing for. When it comes to love, it’s time we were presented with a new ‘normal’ kind of romance.

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Time for bed: Our new obsession with sleep

By Kara Melchers

We’re obsessed with getting enough sleep. And in pursuit of the perfect eight hours we’ve given ourselves insomnia. But with the arrival of any epidemic comes new commercial opportunities for brands and entrepreneurs.

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Should brands be signing up to Veganuary?

By Izzy Ashton

Earlier this week I desperately tried to eavesdrop as three workmen discussed Greggs’ latest creation: the vegan sausage roll. I never did find out what they thought but I did, unfortunately, see Piers Morgan’s faux vomit when he sampled the roll on Good Morning Britain.

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Brand activists, choose your words wisely

By Kara Melchers

We live in more transparent times, and now there’s nowhere for CEOs to hide. The customers have arrived with their pitchforks and placards and they’re demanding brands speak up.

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Disrupt Ageing

By Izzy Ashton

Advertising needs to focus on the process of ageing, on the person who is ageing, turning their lives into a journey of celebration rather than a sequence of ages to be ticked off.

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Right to fight

By David Sanger

Some brands are shirking the ordinary, the expected and the safe to move in the direction they believe is right.

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The Reality of Loneliness

By David Sanger

Being a loner – or to dispense with the romanticism, lonely – is no longer something celebrated, but something portrayed in its complexity.

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Designing for an inclusive world

By Izzy Ashton

The goal is that one day diverse representation and accessible design won’t have to be greeted with surprise. It will simply be reflected in products, systems and amongst designers themselves.

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