Leigh Banks

What the Rebranding Process Actually Requires By Leigh Banks, Spinach Branding Most rebrands fail in the first meeting. Not the first creative presentation. The first meeting. The one where the brief is discussed, the timeline is agreed, and someone says, "Can we skip the strategy phase and go straight

PARIS MON AMOUR The Politics of The Grande Cafés There is a particular skill required to sit in a Parisian grand café. It is not ordered off the menu. It is absorbed, over time, through proximity and observation, a kind of social osmosis that no travel piece has ever quite

THE WORK BEFORE THE WORK How Bold Brand Projects Actually Survive By Leigh Banks, Spinach Branding The brief said bold. The client's eyes lit up when they saw the work. It was different. It was distinctive. It was exactly what they asked for. Then, slowly, methodically, it got