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Browsing Nostalgia

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Technology

Samsung campaign celebrates the emotional value of everyday life

Samsung is spotlighting the emotional value of everyday moments with Life’s Little Moments, a new film launching alongside the Galaxy Z Fold8 and Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra.

Boomer King by Burger King, France
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Marketing & Branding

Boomer King serves up 1980s and 1990s nostalgia

Burger King has launched Boomer King in France, a limited menu created by the Buzzman agency targeting customers who grew up watching 1980s and 1990s television.

Dior’s The Very Hungry Caterpillar capsule collection
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Fashion

Dior gives luxury’s literary turn a nostalgic twist

Dior has transformed Eric Carle’s children’s classic The Very Hungry Caterpillar into a 23-piece luxury capsule collection, bringing one of publishing’s most recognisable characters into the fashion house’s playful new era.

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Marketing & Branding

Volkswagen marks 50 years of the GTI with fan-led anniversary film

Volkswagen has launched a campaign celebrating the 50th anniversary of the GTI, using fan stories to trace the hot hatch’s place in British culture over five decades.

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Marketing & Branding

Analogue Summer

Brands are reframing analogue living as aspirational, using campaigns that position disconnection, presence and real-world experiences as the new status symbols for Gen Z.

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Marketing & Branding

Smartphone Free Childhood reframes online harms through 1990s nostalgia

Grassroots movement Smartphone Free Childhood (SFC) has launched a campaign film that reframes children’s online harms through the nostalgic lens of a 1990s video rental shop.

Casetify and Tamagotchi collaboration
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Gaming & Digital Spaces

Casetify and Tamagotchi bring the Kidult Craze to tech accessories

Casetify has partnered with Tamagotchi on a global accessories collection that repositions the nostalgic digital pet as both a collectible and a lifestyle symbol.

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Communities

The Tech-Resisters

Meet the citizens armed with knowledge of addictive design and extraction mechanics, they are rejecting algorithms, embracing analogue alternatives and treating friction as protection.

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Marketing & Branding

The Guardian remakes its iconic Points of View advert for a new generation

British newspaper The Guardian has remade its landmark 1986 Points of View advert, re-introducing one of advertising’s most celebrated visual metaphors for a fragmented media age.