Experiential Design + Sensory Branding

 

While we agree it is highly improbable there exists an actual gene predetermining which brand of toothpaste or vehicle one will purchase, what does exist is a cerebral affinity to specific sensory stimuli originating from our environmental experiences; Experiences acquired over the course of our lives that innately orchestrates our instinct to survive. In this sense, there indeed exists a propensity to satisfy perceived expectations one encounters while participating in a brand's assurance. It is this instinct, these choices, these attractions, which provide hints in redefining newly viable solutions for a host of touchpoint scenarios.

However subjective, no one can deny an attraction to engaging visual aesthetics. Packaging, logos, ads, video, environmental graphics, merchandising collateral, etc. Yet no aesthetic can engage all the senses and at the same time hope to exhibit brand-holism.

Where appropriateness, trend, and conformability have all played a definitive part of traditional brand development, a participant's desire to be seduced, loved, and respected has been overlooked. Left in want for physiological interaction, many brands

 

have been forced to reconsider a more behavioral and cognitive scientific approach to projecting value. In short, effective brand engagement has become much more complicated than perceptions of sturdy, pretty, sophisticated, or fresh. Currently, in order to captivate prospective and existing audiences, brands must provide a holistic multi-sensory connection across all interfacing touchpoints. It is the most effective way users most readily acquire trust and love for brands they perceive as being worthy.

BrandGene's emphasis on holistic brand strategies consider every aspect of a brand's essence, story, theme, and promise. Such considerations include tactile, olfactory, visual and audible portrayal. Further, the articulation of employees, how knowledgeable the sales staff, the scent of retail space, consistency, how genuine and empathetic the customer service, the dress code, transparency in messaging in one's ads, PR and collateral -all exist as items which greatly affect the ease through which brands are, or are not, assimilated and proselytized. BrandGene not only assists in making brands attractive, seductive and more worthy of worship -we make them worth believing.

 

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