Unbrandable: How to Succeed in the New Brand Space

Brilliantly analyzes the brands that are reaching a new generation of skeptical consumers with a more authentic approach

The “Unbrandables” are a new kind of consumer: savvy, sensitive to inauthenticity; hostile to relentless, debt-driving materialism; and suspicious of marketing for products they do not want or that are bad for the environment.

Yet this is not to say that this demographic always rejects branding. From Muji in Japan, Mojang in Sweden, and Deus ex Machina in Australia to The Village Voice in New York, and even the California-based fast-food brand In-N-Out Burger, brands both new and established have been able to win over a more skeptical set of consumers by recognizing that honesty is the best policy on practical as well as moral grounds.

Unbrandable is the guide, as much as there can be one, to imitating these companies’ successful marketing strategies. Author Adam Stone examines fifty brands and individuals who have learned how to thrive in this new branding landscape by taking a more creative, transparent approach. Each profile focuses on either a brand that works, an industry professional who has adapted to new branding challenges, an individual who can articulate better than any old-fashioned focus group what the new consumer wants, or a place—among them, Berlin and Sao Paulo—that flourishes on unbrandable principles.
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Unbrandable: How to Succeed in the New Brand Space

Brilliantly analyzes the brands that are reaching a new generation of skeptical consumers with a more authentic approach

The “Unbrandables” are a new kind of consumer: savvy, sensitive to inauthenticity; hostile to relentless, debt-driving materialism; and suspicious of marketing for products they do not want or that are bad for the environment.

Yet this is not to say that this demographic always rejects branding. From Muji in Japan, Mojang in Sweden, and Deus ex Machina in Australia to The Village Voice in New York, and even the California-based fast-food brand In-N-Out Burger, brands both new and established have been able to win over a more skeptical set of consumers by recognizing that honesty is the best policy on practical as well as moral grounds.

Unbrandable is the guide, as much as there can be one, to imitating these companies’ successful marketing strategies. Author Adam Stone examines fifty brands and individuals who have learned how to thrive in this new branding landscape by taking a more creative, transparent approach. Each profile focuses on either a brand that works, an industry professional who has adapted to new branding challenges, an individual who can articulate better than any old-fashioned focus group what the new consumer wants, or a place—among them, Berlin and Sao Paulo—that flourishes on unbrandable principles.
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Unbrandable: How to Succeed in the New Brand Space

Unbrandable: How to Succeed in the New Brand Space

by Adam N. Stone
Unbrandable: How to Succeed in the New Brand Space

Unbrandable: How to Succeed in the New Brand Space

by Adam N. Stone

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Overview

Brilliantly analyzes the brands that are reaching a new generation of skeptical consumers with a more authentic approach

The “Unbrandables” are a new kind of consumer: savvy, sensitive to inauthenticity; hostile to relentless, debt-driving materialism; and suspicious of marketing for products they do not want or that are bad for the environment.

Yet this is not to say that this demographic always rejects branding. From Muji in Japan, Mojang in Sweden, and Deus ex Machina in Australia to The Village Voice in New York, and even the California-based fast-food brand In-N-Out Burger, brands both new and established have been able to win over a more skeptical set of consumers by recognizing that honesty is the best policy on practical as well as moral grounds.

Unbrandable is the guide, as much as there can be one, to imitating these companies’ successful marketing strategies. Author Adam Stone examines fifty brands and individuals who have learned how to thrive in this new branding landscape by taking a more creative, transparent approach. Each profile focuses on either a brand that works, an industry professional who has adapted to new branding challenges, an individual who can articulate better than any old-fashioned focus group what the new consumer wants, or a place—among them, Berlin and Sao Paulo—that flourishes on unbrandable principles.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780500772607
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Publication date: 06/30/2015
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 184
File size: 422 KB

About the Author

Adam N. Stone, aka King Adz, is a filmmaker, author, and creative director of 100proofTRUTH, an online magazine that celebrates urban culture. His previous books include The Stuff You Can’t Bottle.

Table of Contents

Introduction: It's All Changed - Again 8

55 Moments in Unbrandable Time

#1 Unbranded Brands: The Beastie Boys 16

#2 Unbrandable People: Marylin Cayrac 19

#3 Define 'Brand' 21

#4 Unbranded Brands: Phonebloks 26

#5 A Short History of Mass-Marketing 28

#6 Unbranded Brands: Fat Willy's Surf Shack 31

#7 Product vs Brand 33

#8 Unbranded Brands: Village Voice 37

#9 Words with the Shaman: Jeremy Brown 39

#10 Unbrandable Places: Berlin 45

#11 Unbranded Brands: In-N-Out Burger 48

#12 Manufactured Desire 52

#13 A Poem by Tony Kaye 55

#14 Unbrandable People: Tarryn-Lee Lamb Warner 57

#15 Unbranded Brands: Nudie Jeans 59

#16 Consumption 61

#17 Unbrandable People: Chuck 68

#18 Unbranded Brands: John Altman 69

#19 Words with the Shaman: Denzyl Feigelson 71

#20 Unbrandable People: Gili 75

#21 Unbranded Brands: Deus Ex Machina 77

#22 Unbrandable People: Josie Long 79

#23 Unbranded Brands: The Pirate Bay 80

#24 It's About Telling Your Story 82

#25 Words with the Shaman: Omaid Hiwaizi 85

#26 Unbranded Brands: Shakespeare and Company 89

#27 Unbrandable Places: Sao Paulo 91

#28 Unbrandable People: Alan Cooper 93

#29 The Art of Selling and Buying 95

#30 Words with the Shaman: Joey Elgersma 101

#31 Unbrandable Places: Spuistraat, Amsterdam 104

#32 Unbranded Brands: Muji 106

#33 Advertising 3.0: Content Still Rules, OK! 107

#34 Unbrandable People: Douglas Tompkins 111

#35 Unbranded Brands: Patta 113

#36 Emerging Markets 115

#37 Unbrandable Places: Freetown, Kigali 118

#38 Unbranded Brands: Nokia 120

#39 Brands Doing Good 122

#40 Unbrandable Places: The Mars Bar, New York 124

#41 Unbrandable People: Roger Ballen 126

#42 Unbranded Brands: Mojang/Minecraft 128

#43 New Methods of Research 130

#44 Words with the Shaman: Leroy Tulip 134

#45 Unbrandable People: Haas & Hahn 138

#46 Unbranded Brands: NPR and PBS 140

#47 Unbrandable People: Beppe Grillo 142

#48 Unbrandable Places: Forte Prenestino, Rome 144

#49 An Unbrandable Moment: Trainspotting 145

#50 Unbrandable People: Annie Leonard 150

#51 No One Really Knows Anything 154

#52 Unbrandable People: Jennifer M. 157

#53 Words with the Shaman: Frank Sinatra Jr 158

#54 Ten Ways to Unbrandable 163

#55 The Last Word 175

Sources 177

Further Reading and Watching 179

The Guest List 181

Index 183

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