For the promotion of Fiat 500 vehicles, the automobile manufacturer used folk wisdom. The Leo Burnett Iberia agency developed a series of prints featuring two people, who step forward with contradictory sayings like “No pain — no gain” vs. “Better safe than sorry”, “Good things come to those who wait” vs. “The early bird catches the worm”, “Two heads are better than one” vs. and so on.

I talked previously about the growing cultural synergy between art and design  — with the place of the artist starting to be taken by designers whose purpose driven approach seemingly makes them more relevant and directional in our world today. Fashion Design has, of course, always been a cultural compass to steer brand and package design developments in certain sectors such as beauty. But, now, we are witnessing — not just many more fashion design and brand collaborations but — the tables starting to turn with brand and packaging design per se potentially steering new and different directions for fashion.