Case Studies Food & Beverage Retail and Shopping Fashion and Apparel Denny’s: Pancake-Inspired Sneakers Return for a Second Drop tiers Brand Semiotics, Symbolic Consumption, Social Identity, Cultural Branding, Scarcity, Consumer Community Adriana Chiñas
Case Studies Learning and Teaching Technology Microsoft Teams: Real-Time Deepfake Detection for Video Calls tiers Brand Semiotics, Social Identity, Platform Logics, Digital Anthropology, Classification, Consumer Trust Adriana Chiñas
Case Studies Mobility and Transport Technology Indimate BSR: A $399 Blind Spot Radar for Motorcycles tiers Product Design, Technology Mediation, Symbolic Consumption, Social Identity, Consumer Culture, Case Study Adriana Chiñas
Case Studies Fashion and Apparel Food & Beverage Business To Business Lidl: A Croissant-Shaped Neck Pillow Arrives at Paris Fashion Week tiers Brand Semiotics, Symbolic Consumption, Social Identity, Economy Premium, Digital Anthropology, Platform Logics Adriana Chiñas
Case Studies Banking & Financial Services Technology Sendai Bank: A Baby’s Weight Determines Their First Bank Bonus tiers Brand Semiotics, Consumer Culture, Ritual, Social Identity, Default Effects, Retail Banking Adriana Chiñas
Case Studies Social Awareness Film & TV Entertainment Kirkens Korshær: Gamers Can Donate Skins to Charity tiers Symbolic Consumption, Digital Possessions, Brand Semiotics, Social Identity, Gaming Culture, Prosocial Behavior Adriana Chiñas
Case Studies Real Estate & Construction Ecology and Sustainability Dandelion Energy: Geothermal Heating Comes Standard in 100 Homes tiers Choice Architecture, Social Norms, Reference Groups, Brand Semiotics, Consumer Culture, Strategic Partnerships Adriana Chiñas
Case Studies Health & Wellbeing Food & Beverage Technology Snapkin: A Photo Turns Meals Into Calorie Data tiers Self-Tracking, Brand Semiotics, Social Identity, Digital Anthropology, Consumer Culture, Mediation, App Adriana Chiñas
Case Studies Food & Beverage Technology lang AI Gives Restaurant Phone Calls a Memory tiers Voice AI, Hospitality, Restaurants, Conversational Agents, Personalization, Emotional Intelligence, Customer Experience, Automation Adriana Chiñas
Case Studies Banking & Financial Services Art & Culture Business To Business American Express Turns Card Membership Into Fan Access tiers Fandom, Membership, Cultural Access, Brand Partnerships, Social Identity, Scarcity, Experiential Marketing, Belonging Adriana Chiñas
Case Studies Retail and Shopping Social Media Technology TikTok Turns the Feed into a Conversation: AI Agents and the New Grammar of Buying tiers Social Commerce, Conversational Commerce, TikTok Shop, Shopping Assistant, Buy Direct, Algorithmic Consumption, Personalization, Consumer Behavior Adriana Chiñas
Case Studies Food & Beverage McDonald’s Fryceratops: Turning a Fan Trend Into a Brand Ritual tiers Symbolic Consumption, Brand Semiotics, Digital Anthropology, Social Identity, User Participation, Meaning-Making Adriana Chiñas