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international collaboration in the brand and design area
Today’s Popsop interview (the last one this year) is with Darren Foley, Managing Director of Pearlfisher studio in London, a packaging design specialist with fresh approach, unique culture and a long list of happy international clients. We asked Darren about how the UK design industry came through the post-recessionary 2011 year, about overseas opportunities and his vision on what’s to come in 2012.
This week Popsop has interviewed Coley Porter Bell CEO Vicky Bullen, who has led the team to the international recognition amongst clients far beyond the UK, including Russia. She tells about the projects with Pernod Ricard Rouss and Krupskaya Confectionery, discusses overseas opportunities for the UK design businesses and spots how to prevent Creative Britain from going in reverse.
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Over the past few years, we’ve seen the Russian business grow bigger, demonstrating interest in overseas expertise in nearly every aspect of economy and public life. Brand and design area has been no exception. When it comes to branding, major Russian companies are more likely to entrust their branding budgets to the UK design experts. Think, for instance, of the latest collaboration between M.video and CampbellRigg who have unveiled the new retail design concept for its stores in Moscow this week. While the UK’s creative services become more popular in Russia, the number of international projects of such kind is growing each year.
As a part of our research on the UK-Russia collaboration in the area of brand and design, we at Popsop have decided to interview the top-notch UK brand industry stalwarts well-known in Russia for their branding work done for the local clients.
Without a doubt, FITCH heads the creative ‘list’ of pioneers who dared to enter the Russian market and make a difference on it, literally, by changing the perception of branding as a key value for some biggest (and the most successful in their segment) Russian businesses to date.
We had a pleasure to ask Elena Chuvakhina, the Head of Business Development, Russia at FITCH about how the company’s ‘success story’ in Russia began and what their future expectations on working in Russia are.