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Jair Lucena
 La Colombe and Uncommon. "Must be the coffee"

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Jul 8, 2026

La Colombe and Uncommon. "Must be the coffee"

When brands stop casting characters and start telling the stories of real communities, advertising becomes culture.

Jair Lucena
Jair Lucena
What happens when you take the visionary out?

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Jun 24, 2026

What happens when you take the visionary out?

Everyone is replaceable" is what you tell yourself — until your best creative walks out the door. Jonathan Anderson's exit from Loewe is the rare case where the person who left had already made sure the work could stay.

Jair Lucena
Jair Lucena
Apple found a better way to talk about privacy

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Jun 17, 2026

Apple found a better way to talk about privacy

Apple’s Clingers turns an invisible privacy problem into something impossible to ignore, proving that people change behaviour when they feel discomfort, not when they're given information.

Jair Lucena
Jair Lucena
Nike tears up the football rulebook with Rip the Script

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Jun 11, 2026

Nike tears up the football rulebook with Rip the Script

The last time a football ad felt like this, Brazil were dancing samba in the changing room. That was 2006.

Jair Lucena
Jair Lucena
Every brand is racing to sound human. Etsy already is one.

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Jun 2, 2026

Every brand is racing to sound human. Etsy already is one.

When the anti-AI wave recedes and everyone who surfed it moves on to the next positioning, Etsy won't need a new campaign. The marketplace they've built is their entire argument.

Jair Lucena
Jair Lucena
Human taste will save your brand soul

Opinion

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May 21, 2026

Human taste will save your brand soul

Why the brands that matter next will be the ones that couldn't have been prompted into existence.

Jair Lucena
Jair Lucena
The $20 smoothie and the weaponization of wellness

Opinion

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May 7, 2026

The $20 smoothie and the weaponization of wellness

A $6.8 trillion industry built on ancient practices, a growing class divide, and an empty space that neither side of the market has figured out yet.

Jair Lucena
Jair Lucena
Stop copying campaigns. Start stealing questions.

Opinion

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Apr 21, 2026

Stop copying campaigns. Start stealing questions.

You know the meeting. Someone spent the weekend scrolling. By Monday morning they'd already decided what they wanted to look like.

Jair Lucena
Jair Lucena
A$AP Rocky's rebellion as craft: Why saying no is worth $2M a campaign

Deep Dive

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Mar 19, 2026

A$AP Rocky's rebellion as craft: Why saying no is worth $2M a campaign

How a kid from Harlem who studied Raf Simons on Tumblr ended up the only rapper Chanel wanted.

Jair Lucena
Jair Lucena

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