REGRESSIVE NOSTALGIA : The New Kidults
Kidult culture is reshaping how adults consume, decorate and emotionally cope. Across food, beauty, retail and lifestyle, brands are embracing playful design, nostalgia and softness to offer comfort in an increasingly heavy world. This article explores how regressive nostalgia moved from niche signal to mainstream strategy, why CPG leads this shift, and how emotional regulation has become a serious driver of growth.
Branding & Packaging designs live in cultural margins
Great branding is rarely about what shouts the loudest. It’s about what’s felt in the margins. The space around a logo, the weight of a material, the tone of a colour that lands differently from one culture to another. In a globalised world, design meaning is never universal. Colours, symbols, typography and even silence carry […]
Wabi Sabi : Perfectly Imperfect
Perfection is overrated. Wabi Sabi — the Japanese philosophy of finding beauty in imperfection — offers brands a way to be real, human, and emotionally resonant. From golden Kintsugi cracks to the ritual of Furoshiki wrapping, these cultural codes remind us that authenticity, not gloss, creates connection. Explore how CPG and beauty brands can move beyond surface aesthetics to embrace repair, ritual, and truth in design.