Paris, June 31th 2018 : Panel discussion in partnership with the French Ministry of Culture

From emblems to logos, mascots to ambassadors, commercial brands have always been developing visual tools to strengthen their identity and impact on consumers.Can these methods be adapted for cultural identities? How could an “icon strategy” help an institution assert its identity and attractiveness?From the examples of Lab’Bel, a foundation for contemporary art imagined by Bel

Research Defanged

Over the past decade or so, many large corporations in the U.S. have renamed and repositioned their research functions. What used to be called the “marketing research” department is now often called the “consumer insights” department. This transition to “consumer insights” is a U.S. corporate fashion trend and will most likely continue—as the corporate copycats