Unusual things are memorable

“There’s something about ideas that are genuinely new and challenging that makes them hard to assess. By definition, the genuinely ‘new’ has no clear frame of reference – and often makes us uncomfortable. But it is precisely these edgy and unusual thoughts that make those ideas memorable.”

Michael Johnson, co-founder Johnson Banks brand consultancy

For better or for worse, in visual culture we judge and are judged by appearances

Kim Golombisky & Rebecca Hagen, design authors

In advertising, we don’t buy attention. We simply buy the right to earn people’s attention.

Mike Follett, Managing Director – Lumen Research