The Hinge is an International, independent think-tank focused on marketing concepts and operations, communication and promotion, product creation and development through a pure intercultural and glocal approach. The Hinge is about brands and social processes, companies and communities, concepts and products, ideas and contents. The Hinge dialogues with companies, institutions, organizations.
With headquarters in London, The Hinge is made by multilocated trend-watchers. It's a multicultural team composed by marketing analysts, talented creative thinkers and trade specialists, living and working for The Hinge in Africa, Asia, Europe and South America.
As a think-tank we provide innovative ideas which can be developed from concept to contents, to brands, visual identities and prototypes. The Hinge designs new environments for global markets by creating innovative products + strategic approaches.
As a multicultural and multilocated agency, The Hinge designs long term winning strategy and positioning, supporting companies and brands for all ATL/BTL communication.
2. We are multilocated trend-watchers.
We are a multicultural team.
We are marketing analysts, talented creative
thinkers and trade specialists.
We design strategies based on glocal market intelligence.
We live and work for The Hinge
in Africa, Asia, Europe and South America.
3. The Hinge is ecleptic.
Our job is about insights definition, trends catching,
strategy and positioning. It’s about global dialogue,
cultural approach and internationalization.
We help brands and organizations to find ways to
add value and to perform glocally.
But we also project development scenarios and engage
with social entrepreneurship.
The Hinge is not an ordinary agency.
It is at least 3 not ordinary agencies.
6. INSIGHTS GENERATOR THINK-TANK
The Hinge is an international, independent creative
marketing lab.
As a think-tank we provide glocal market intelligence
which becomes innovative ideas, developing concept
to contents, to brands, visual identities and prototypes.
The Hinge designs new environments for global
markets by creating innovative products + strategic
approaches.
7. INSIGHTS GENERATOR THINK-TANK
We develop insights to the go-to-market step
as a start-up generator, we can co-create
with public and private investors, institutions,
companies.
8. As a think tank pool,The Hinge develops
projects based on earth sustainability and
community development, not just marketing
for marketing or design for design.
We are thinkers and citizens of this world.
INSIGHTS GENERATOR THINK-TANK
9. INSIGHTS GENERATOR THINK-TANK
The creation of the first African premium brand of
food is a top project currently under development.
This will represent an absolute novelty within the
food category and will definitely redefine the concept
of fair trade in contemporary optics, product placing
and premium assets.
Expected launch
Fall 2014
#foodmktg
#innovafrica
incoming
pilot project
10. INSIGHTS GENERATOR THINK-TANK
Another ongoing project is focused on citizenship and
youth participation in a small industrial & commercial
Italian town beated by the global crisis.
The project revitalizes the entire urban environment
by involving local youth (formerly skeptical, disillusioned,
marginal) through direct contact and support of some
of the greatest personalities of the creative economy
worldwide.
Expected launch
Spring 2014
#makeinitaly
#brait
incoming
pilot project
12. AWESOME DIGITAL MAGAZINE
The communication of The Hinge is born, grows and
lives on the web. Our editorial staff never goes to
sleep, the contents are posted across the 24 time zones
of the planet.
Social networks, flash communication,
focuses and insights integrated.
Something new, very awesome.
13. AWESOME DIGITAL MAGAZINE
1) culture and local insights from all over the world;
2) demography and social trends, local experiences;
3) design and products innovation;
4) technology;
5) food and nutrition;
6) energy and resources;
7) markets and economies;
8) crowdfunding and businnes model innovations.
Expected launch
March 2014
15. We are not one more multinational consulting agency.
We are a transcultural team and as a team we have
tens of heads and one voice.
Our focus in on market intelligence, strategic
positioning and brands glocalization.
With a direct presence in four continents,The Hinge
is able to gather the specific market intelligence at hand.
Glocal knowledge and local market intelligence are
the keys of our transcultural approach.
TRANSCULTURAL CONSULTING AGENCY
16. Being creative and marketing professionals, along
with our think-tank activity and the echo of our
digital magazine, we re-shape the long term future
competitive advantage of our clients through
strategy design.
The Hinge covers the whole pipeline of strategy
design, from insights to positioning, marketing plan
creation and glocal applications.
By mixing the roles of integrated think-tank, creative
agency and focused market expert,The Hinge defines
its personal unique business model.
TRANSCULTURAL CONSULTING AGENCY
17. Our combined glocal market intelligence supports our
Clients with market research and insights about the
right place, symbolic rather than physical, for their
concept or product.
The Hinge defines strategic positioning through a
transcultural, glocalized, visionary and up-to-date
approach throughout our core markets, covering the
process from initial insights, visual brand building,
brand architecture to in-store strategies and tactics.
TRANSCULTURAL CONSULTING AGENCY
18. TRANSCULTURAL CONSULTING AGENCY
Design, brand and packaging design is generally
made in Italy.
Strategy mixes Moscow and Milan with Hong Kong
and São Paulo.
Digital user experience highlights come from London
and Seoul, where IT runs.
Istanbul is our home for commercial strategies.
Addis Abeba and Rabat put Africa into the double
dialogue about branding and development, culture
and identity.
That’s what we want to be.
19. TRANSCULTURAL CONSULTING AGENCY
Market knowledge and glocal insights are enormous
key values and strategic advantages when it comes to
international business.
The Hinge publishes focus reports about consumer
behaviours, trends, insights and forecast, combining
surveies and data with a pure creative approach.
Expected launch
Spring 2014
market intelligence
surveys & reports
#thehingereports
20. TRANSCULTURAL CONSULTING AGENCY
Translating Made in Italy’s excellences into global
successful brands:The Hinge is building a new and
really unique Italian brand of parfume driving the
client throughout cultural appreciation of food-related
fragrances in Far East, Russia,Turkey and Brazil from
strategy and glocal positioning to brand visual rebuilding.
Expected launch
Fall 2014
strategy &
glocal positioning
#italianlifestyle
21. CONCEPT
Marketing intelligence
Marketing lab
Think-tank contents creation
Glocal brand building and positioning
Ideas generation
THINK-TANK
Co-creation of contents
Co-creation of product
Co-development of supply chain
Commercialization in partnership
Netliving
INVESTORS TO MARKET
Active reseach for investors
Bridge between innovators and
investors
Promotion of contacts and sinergies
STRATEGIC MARKETING
Marketing intelligence
On field market research
Glocal brand building and positioning
Co-created marketing plan
Glocalizated brand activities
SALES CHANNELS
Advisory
Market analysis
Digital and mobile engagement
Local analysis of sales channels
TRANSCULTURAL
Glocalized approach to market
Glocalized approach to communication
Global trendwatching
Local gathering, team exchange
BRAND AND VISUAL
Brand identity and pack design
Corporate identity
ATL BTL strategic communication
Digital and mobile communication
Augmented branding
TRANSCULTURAL CONSULTING AGENCY
22. MILAN
TURIN
RABAT
SÃO PAULO
ADDIS ABEBA
ISTANBUL
MOSCOW
LONDON
Digital HITECH Focus
Trendwatching / Innovation
Market intelligence
Marketing Lab
Sales channels consultancy
Trendwatching / Innovation
Marketing Lab
Market intelligence
Sales channels consultancy
Trendwatching / Innovation
Market intelligence
Sales channels consultancy
Trendwatching / Innovation
Market intelligence
Sales channels consultancy
Prototyping
Experience Design
Trendwatching / Innovation
Market intelligence
Marketing Lab
Sales channels consultancy
Marketing intelligence
Marketing lab
Think-tank contents creation
Sales channels consultancy
Headquarters
Marketing intelligence
Marketing lab
Think-tank contents creation
Digital HITECH Focus
Sales channels consultancy
Marketing intelligence
Marketing lab
Think-tank contents creation
Design, brand and visual creation
ATL BTL strategic communication
Sales channels consultancy
Home of Strategic Planning
Marketing intelligence
Marketing lab
Think-tank contents creation
ATL BTL strategic communication
Sales channels consultancy
HONG KONG
CENTRAL
AND EAST EUROPE
EAST AFRICA
CENTRAL ASIA
MAINLAND
CHINA
GULF COUNTRIES
GREAT MIDDLE-EAST
NORTH WEST
EUROPE
MAGHREB
SEOUL
TRANSCULTURAL CONSULTING AGENCY
24. CONTACTS
MOSCOW
Nikolai Khlopov AGENCY 42
khlopov@thehingeideas.com
SEOUL
Eugene Bae
seul@thehingeideas.com
ADDIS ABEBA
Asrat Tadesse
addisabeba@thehingeideas.com
ISTANBUL
Aycan Totkanlı
istanbul@thehingeideas.com
HONG KONG
Malou Ko
hongkong@thehingeideas.com
RABAT
Abdellah El Yalaoui
rabat@thehingeideas.com
SÃO PAULO
Michel Motta
saopaulo@thehingeideas.com
LONDON
Stefano Zimbaro
zimbaro@thehingeideas.com
MOSCOW
The Hinge Ideas
Agency 42
Serebryanicheskaya 27
109028 Moscow
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
LONDON
The Hinge Ideas LTD
Third floor - 24 Chiswell St.
EC1Y 4YX London
UNITED KINGDOM
MILAN
The Hinge Ideas
Via Villa Mirabello, 6
20125 Milano
ITALY
www.thehingeideas.com
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facebook/thehingeIDEAS
twitter/thehingeIDEAS
MILAN
Stefano Zimbaro
zimbaro@thehingeideas.com