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Cultural Context.

Studying the Past. Mapping Evolutions. Informing our Future. 

Innovations in Energy Drinks

Food & Beverage. Innovation. Trends.

An analysis of the energy drink landscape to identify current and emerging trends shaping the way "better for you" comes to life in the category.

Contextualizing American Dance Culture

Tech. Gaming. Semiotics.

An in-depth analysis on the evolution of dancing and dance culture in the US for a global tech brand seeking to reconnect to its consumer of today.

Exploring The State of Love, Dating & Relationships

Tech. Relationships. Cultural Context

An overview on the evolving state of love, dating and relationships in the US to inform the innovation and positioning strategies for a global dating platform.

Emergent Opportunities For End of Life Care

Tech. Brand & Creative Strategy. Positioning.

Building the brand positioning and identity of a death-tech start-up as well as their marketing and creative strategy for growth. Providing visual & verbal guidelines across content & social media channels, strategic KPIs to measure against and leading their marketing and social media teams as well as the development of all creative & production assets.

Decoding "Safety" for Women

Tech. Automotive. Cultural Context.

Identifying how the idea of "safety" has evolved for women, why and what this means for how they may approach future advancements in tech.

An Immersive Language Study

Cultural Context. Thought Leadership. Media.

An in-depth cultural analysis providing strategic guidelines and guardrails to inform the content and programming considerations of a national media company seeking to ensure it evolves it's language parameters for an increasingly diverse mix of young Hispanic viewers.

Understanding Gen Alpha

Cultural Context. Innovation. Food & Beverage.

Exploring how macro shifts are shaping the current and future worlds of Gen Alpha to inspire innovation for a national beverage brand.

Understanding GenZ Beauty

Beauty. Sustainability. Cultural Context.

An analysis on the sustainable beauty category to identify innovative solutions coming to market and determine how shifts in the marketplace are shaping GenZ's mindsets on the beauty category.

Contextualizing American Food Cultures

Food & Bev. Cultural Context.

A deep dive into the world of food in the US to identify rare, exciting and emergent trends in food, beverages, snacking, and restaurant culture.

Decoding Sleep

Semiotics. Cultural Context. Pharma.

A deep look into the world of sleep to identify the key cultural shifts shaping how consumers think about sleep and the emergent innovations leading the space into the future.

The Evolution of the Creator Economy

Media. Cultural Context. Creative Strategy. Thought Leadership.

A cultural context analysis of the evolution of the creator economy to 1) understand the state of creativity today, 2) identify creator-driven innovation opportunities and 3) provide thought leadership pillars to activate against for a well-known creator brand to utilize and solidify its place as the leader of the category.

Distilling Cultures Of Money

Financial Services. Cultural Strategy. Semiotics.

An analysis of the evolution of the cultural conversation around money and the impact those shifts have on the decision making habits of consumers today and tomorrow.

Understanding Drivers of Black Style

Fashion & Retail. Multicultural Strategy. Semiotics.

Identifying, contextualizing and examining the conscious and unconscious drivers informing how Black style has evolved within fashion, beauty, grooming and home décor through multi-layered cultural context, qualitative & cultural strategy methodologies.

Decoding Luxury in Western Europe

Luxury. Cultural Strategy.

A deeply rich analysis on the history of luxury in Western Europe and how it came to be, with an emphasis on how it is specifically different from American luxury and what that means for luxury brands desiring to activate in new and interesting ways in Europe.

Global Positioning for Pain Relief

Pharma. Cultural Strategy.

A deep dive into the cultural significance of a central brand positioning idea and the key historical and signified meanings over time may impact how that message is communicated differently across Mexico, Brazil, Italy and the US.

Tracking Cultural Shifts in Beauty

Beauty. Cultural Strategy.

An analysis of the larger cultural shifts impacting consumers perceptions, behaviors and purchase decisions on a daily basis coupled with an in-depth look into how these shifts will ultimately will impact the beauty space today and in the future.

Black Women's Hair Study

Beauty. Multicultural Strategy.

An in depth look at the enduring relationship Black women have with their natural hair and an exploration into how it informs their daily experiences, and their product purchase decisions in order to build empathy and create new solutions for their hair-care shopping needs.

Exploring The Effect of Underrepresented Audiences in Media

Media. Tech. Multicultural Strategy.

Tracing the historical practices of stereotyped, underrepresented and tokenized representation of multicultural audiences and the long lasting harmful effects of doing so in order to provide marketing guidelines and guardrails for how to execute multicultural strategies successfully.

Decoding The Future of Black Culture

Multicultural Insights.

A semiotic and cultural context analysis on the evolution of Blackness and Black identity to identify how it will emerge in the future and to illustrate the best ways to connect with the Black Millennials and emerging generations.

Contextualizing Black Love

Media. Cultural Strategy. Multicultural Strategy.

Outlining the history of portrayals of Black love, attraction and appeal in media and its impact on the perceptions of Black consumers and relationships to serve as a thought leadership piece for a well-known television brand.

The Evolution of Identity in America

Tech. Multicultural Strategy. Semiotics.

A contextual analysis of the history of identity formation in the United States in order to understand how it was intentionally shaped, why, and how it’s evolved overtime in order to understand future implications and identify new opportunities to connect with the consumer of tomorrow.

Decoding Luxury in North America

Fashion & Retail. Luxury. Cultural Strategy. Brand & Creative Strategy. Semiotics.

An in depth review on how meanings of luxury emerged and shifted over time in the U.S. and Canada and the development of a new positioning, creative and go-to-market strategy for a European based Luxury Atelier seeking to connect more authentically with American consumers.

Decoding Hip Hop

Food & Beverage. Cultural Strategy. Multicultural Strategy. Semiotics.

An analysis on the evolution of hip hop by understanding how it has been expressed in culture throughout history to identify fresh, new messaging opportunities for a brand to connect more authentically to their audience.

Decoding Trucks

Automotive. Cultural Strategy. Semiotics.

An in-depth analysis of the evolution of the truck category to understand how meanings of trucks have changed over time, while deciphering how visual and verbal signals have shown up in order to identify key meanings and associations with the category and highlight new ways to connect and resonate with target audiences today and in the years to come.

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