In the traditional economy of creativity, talent has never been enough.
Geography, access, education and money have always served as quiet gatekeepers. A brilliant singer born in Mogadishu with no access to an opera house is, in structural terms, invisible. A gifted animator in Lahore without a high-end workstation is simply a fan. A stylist…
There’s a prevailing orthodoxy in digital marketing: the idea that attention is so fragmented, so brittle, that only the quickest, flashiest content can survive.
Algorithms favour velocity. Brands chase “thumb-stopping” moments. Campaigns are broken into fragments, optimised for microseconds of engagement. The result is an ecosystem addicted to novelty — a slot machine of content.…
The world doesn’t wait for launches anymore.
Before a product is real, it’s already being talked about, Googled, snarked, Reddit wish-listed into existence.
For brands, this creates a strange paradox — the moment something drops, it's already old. The intrigue, the desire, the cultural energy? That happens in the before.
Enter brand fiction: speculative storytelling…
