Jon Amezcua

Brand Strategy

The brands that matter still feel human.

A short argument, from Los Angeles, against the flatness of the current internet.

4 min read

Somewhere along the way we mistook clarity for coldness. The most durable brands — the ones we would defend at a dinner party — have never been cold. They have been human.

Human is not a font. Human is what happens when a company is willing to disagree with the market for long enough that the market comes around.

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