Pearlfisher has devised and developed a strategy, name, tone of voice and iconic brand identity for Jamie Oliver’s Better Food Foundation, an initiative created for helping spread healthy eating habits across the globe. Today, a range of deceases originate from bad diets, and the Better Food Foundation is committed to contribute to establishing a world were high-quality food matters and people consume more healthy products to lead more productive and happy lives.

We are in the grip of a making movement. A new generation of makers fuelled by digital know-how and technological advances have given a boost to manufacturing and business with online start-ups launching hourly. The opportunities for co-creation and interaction between the branding community and its consumers has also changed forever due to the advent of shared social media devices. The BBC is forecasting that our next revolution will be ‘home-made’ and whilst hi-tech has undoubtedly been the facilitator of this creativity, many of the ideas and innovations themselves are low-tech. And as the growing momentum of a new-low tech movement will testify, truly creative and low-tech ideas and innovations can showcase a very different—but just as radical—form of progress.

The brand-customer relationship no longer purely focuses on the product or service but also on the experience — or perceived experiential element — that the brand or product can give. And I firmly believe that the focus of en masse social events and networking (both real and virtual) will now start to shift back to being about the individual. In response, brands will need to find ways to holistically design new experiences to truly immerse us in the brand and nurture the relationship — on a more meaningful and one-to-one level.

Togetherness is high on both the cultural and commercial agenda as businesses and brands come together to ‘partner’ the Olympic Games. Just how these partnerships will play out come the middle of August is anybody’s guess. But if profile has been raised and sales figures have increased then this association has served its purpose. Short-term partnerships are popular branding exercises to create excitement and exposure. But ultimately so is building long-term value and finding the right brand fit to maximise this is not always easy.