Food Imagery in Beauty: Marketing shortcut to desire

From glazed doughnuts to cherry gloss, food imagery in marketing has become the visual shortcut to craving and desire. Beauty, fashion, and FMCG brands alike are using edible cues to evoke emotion, texture, and pleasure. In this article, Intercult Brands explores how sensory storytelling and cultural codes shape appetite in design—and why one drizzle or glaze can make a product irresistible.
Slithering into 2025: How the WOOD SNAKE inspired Brands

2025 is the Year of the Wood Snake, and global brands are embracing its traits: creativity, adaptability, and elegance. From serpentine patterns to luxury collaborations, design is slithering toward fluidity, mystique, and cultural intelligence.