Today consumer wants to feel unique, at least a Happy Few. EXPERIENCE has become the IT-word in our consumerist societies: be the happy fews to have the limited edition product, to live a specific event, to go to an ephemeral venue...We're not talking about Standardization anymore, but Customization, Bespoke, Masstige and Überpremium! Personal luxury has come to experiencing then!
How do brands take this hard trend into consideration and keep building their relationship with the consumer through experiential marketing? The purpose of this blog is to highlight the brand initiatives, past or current, that go that way and propose privileged experiences to their targets. The "I wanna be a happy few" section of this blog is dedicated to this issue.
However, feeling a new trend implies inceasingly paying attention to the world. This is why a second section named "Our world at a glance" comes as food for thought.
I'm a French girl in her thirties, having lived in Sydney, Australia, and Copenhagen, Denmark, those last years now back home.
During four years, I've worked as a Project Manager & Consultant in Corporate Branding in a leading branding & design agency. I was part of a fantastic team dedicated to the AIR FRANCE KLM brand. That's where I've done my basic training. That's where I've begun working with passion.
Living abroad and meeting creative professionals from the whole world through the Creative Professionals Worldwide club I set up, my eyes wide-opened, passion has continued to grow unceasingly.
I'm living in this industry, but this industry is also living in me: more than ever curiosity has become my key feature. The whole world around us is inspiring: just stop middle of the street, look around, observe the people, the billboards, the newspapers, the objects and start making connexions between things, start being creative. I can't help doing so. That's why I've become such a blogger.
There's a TV spot currently broadcast by MTV Denmark that I deeply love! The latest Adidas Original ad campaign just on the screens.
What is interesting with this ad to my mind is that this is not particularly innovative, no new "technology", new way of filming. It's just a good old TV spot that Adidas ad agency mixes to the envy to adapt the message. Once it's for the women collection, the other time for the Star Wars co-branding, after that the spirit of the new collections etc. But everytime, it's just so good! So I'm wondering why it's so good: the music, the way it's been shot, the explosion of colours, the cool attitude feeling? Actually I don't care, I'm just feeling like: "ShouldI wear some Adidas sneakers, I would be the cooliest girl on Earth"! Problem is I'm a stilleto addict!! What a shame!