Author archive for Rachel Boucher
Schick Targets Bald Guys, Invites Them into an Exclusive ‘BIP’ Community
With its fully flexible blades, Schick’s Xtreme razor brand, since its launch in the 2000s, has centered its advertising on head-shaving as the ultimate “torture test” to prove its attributes—the fact that the blades respond to and adapt to contours around the face and head. To modernize that messaging and form a community for its...
Experience Design: Inside National Geographic’s Ocean-Inspired Activation at D23
To connect with and inspire Disney fans following its acquisition by Disney, National Geographic created an immersive oceanic-inspired exhibit at D23 Expo: The Ultimate Fan Event, held Aug. 23-25 at the Anaheim Convention Center in California. The annual three-day event offers Disney fans “inside-the-magic” experiences and Disney brand activations. Consumers were transported into the depths...
Three Ideas from Subaru on Producing Zero-waste Events
Subaru of America’s marketing messaging centers around the Subaru Love Promise, and one of those promises is “Subaru Loves the Earth.” While the brand is involved in a number of sustainable and earth-friendly initiatives, for the first time, Subaru aimed its promise at its events, creating for its National Business Conference for Subaru dealers, a...
In its Third Year, Behr’s Color of the Year Event Leverages the Great Outdoors
Color inspires design and, in the case of Behr, it inspires live events. For the third iteration of its Color of the Year campaign, the brand immersed 20 design and lifestyle editors and VIP partners in its 2020 color, a meadow-inspired hue, “Back to Nature,” with an overnight retreat to explore ideas and recharge. Held...