One of the things we are watching at Culturematic HQ is whether the artisanal theme is beginning to run out of steam.
Leo Burnett London offers us this lovely repudiation of the theme for McCafe / McDonald’s UK.
A single ad playing in the UK does not a summer make.
But clearly this would be big news for a lot of CPG players.
We need more evidence. Let’s keep a “weather eye” open.
Perhaps best to file this under “early / earliest possible warning.”
p.s. fly high with your dreams!
Hat’s off to the Leo Burnett London team:
Creative director: Matt Lee, Pete Hayes
Art director: Matt Lee, Pete Hayes
Copywriter: Matt Lee, Pete Hayes
Board account director: Simon Hewitt
Account director: Sam Houltson
Senior account manager: Emily Reed
Account executive: Gracie Smith
Agency producer: David Riley
Director/Production company: Tony Barry/Knucklehead
Producer: Sara Cummins
Can’t argue with this prediction at all. A lot of people never joined the “craft” or “artisinal” movement. And a lot of those that did, seem to have because it was a “trend.”
Unfortunately craft, which should equal quality doesn’t when you just slap a label on it. It also doesn’t have to mean fussy, over complicated, and precious. But it seems to, especially where coffee is concerned.
People where I’m from made fun of it since they became aware. Oddly enough they have their own form of artisanal, but it’s much less pretentious and often as inexpensive as the “store brand”..
Is the decline of the artisanal movement a “one-off,” or is it in line with Richard and Daniel Susskind’s predictions on the future of the professions? At the choice point, I find myself gravitating more and more toward building epistemic community over the personal consumption delights of home-brewing green coffee beans.