Editorials

From strong brands to heavy earths. A geopolitical turning point?

Prof. Dr. Jürgen Häusler

A MODEST PROPOSAL

Brands are—par excellence—the symbol of Western world order. They represent not just products but power, influence, identity. Apple, Microsoft, IBM, Ford, Coca-Cola, Nike, McDonald’s, Google, ExxonMobil, Pfizer, […]

The branded enemy. How Trump turns people into labels

Prof. Dr. Jürgen Häusler

In early July, a journalist asked Donald Trump a question about political responsibility for the recent flooding in Florida. Trump did not respond with facts or policy—he […]

Warning: Nation branding can lead to a loss of reality.

Dr. Eric Häusler Prof. Dr. Jürgen Häusler

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Jessica Gienow-Hecht is a leading historian of transnational cultural and foreign policy. All the more reason for branding experts to be curious about her new book: Vom Staat […]

Identity, brand, future (III)

PERSPECTIVES

A discussion with AI as an experiment. We have reached the third round of our discussion with the Chinese AI chatbot DeepSeek. After considering the development of […]

Urban Villages™. On the Commodification of Heterogeneity in the Branded Cityscape

Dr. Eric Häusler Prof. Dr. Jürgen Häusler

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Urban branding is based on a fundamental paradox: it seeks uniqueness—yet increasingly draws on what has traditionally resisted representation. It is the unruly, unofficial, socially unregulated spaces […]

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