The challenge
Our approach
The result
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Insight and Innovation Consultancy
Say no to
routine innovation.
We combine ethnography, strategy and design to help brands and public institutions make decisions grounded in how people really live.
Trusted by 40+ global brands and Hong Kong public institutions
Observe
Real people, real moments.
We start where decisions are made: in homes, stores, streets and everyday conversations.
Insight
One insight your
team can act on.
Clear, evidence-based direction that changes the plan.
Our approach
Research. Design.
Technology.
Cultural understanding sits at the heart of our work. Empathy gives us deeper insight into people, and that insight becomes strategy that is both innovative and actionable.
Research
Ethnography, interviews and data that reveal how people really live.
Design
Ideas, identities and experiences shaped around those people.
Technology
Tools and products that bring ideas to life at scale.
Why Brandnographer.
200+Brandnographers in our network
1,500+Ethnography solutions delivered
100%Participant recruitment guarantee
90%Client retention
Research and design under one roof
The people who find the insight also help design the answer, so nothing gets lost in a hand-over.
Our own field force
A network of trained Brandnographers on the ground across Asia Pacific and beyond.
Fluent in Asian cultures
Anthropologists, linguists and designers who understand the diverse cultures of Asia Pacific.
Trusted by our clients
Global brands and Hong Kong government departments come back to us project after project.
Where we are
Rooted in Hong Kong.
Working across Asia.
Our network
15+ markets.
Three continents.
Our field network is on the ground across Mainland China and Asia Pacific.
Selected work.
All case studiesWhat we do
Insight. Strategy. Experience.
One goal: decisions people value.
Engage us for one discipline or all three. Most engagements begin with Insight.
Every strong brand starts with a solid foundation.
We build it piece by piece, around real lives.
Solutions.
Insight
Know your people.
Uncover what people need, say and do, with research built around real lives.
Social listening
JOMI® is our proprietary AI social listening tool. It shows where your brand stands and how consumers talk about it.
Ethnography
Understand target consumers’ lives and behaviour through ethnography and netnography.
Cultural foresight
Identify trends, semiotic codes and the forces behind behaviour change, and turn them into actionable patterns.
Community
Online research communities that help you understand target groups quickly and in depth: an evolution of the traditional focus group.
In-depth interviews
From ultra-premium consumers to key opinion leaders (KOLs), recruited through our SUPERESPONDENT® database.
Quantitative survey
Custom-designed surveys that validate hypotheses at scale.
Strategy
Know where to go.
Turn insight into a clear direction for growth, brand, innovation and experience.
Growth strategy
A comprehensive monetisation approach that activates new users and deepens existing users’ spending, helping companies grow in local markets.
Brand strategy
Brands are living business assets. We define purpose, identity and role to build a strategic and creative foundation for the future.
Innovation strategy
We identify unmet customer and market needs, and match them to a business’s future ambitions and capabilities.
Experience strategy
A clear vision for your brand experience, and a roadmap to bring it to market.
Experience
Make it real.
Design identities, products, services and IP that people will love.
Identity design
A distinctive visual and verbal identity, consistent across every audience and touchpoint.
Product design
Digital products that work beautifully on any platform, built by our designers and developers on scalable, responsive systems.
Experience design
We design and deliver experiences, services and products that improve people’s lives.
IP design
Characters and original IP tailored to your brand and products.
Industries we know.
Experience across sectors means we ask better questions from day one.
Our toolkit.
Every question needs a different mix. Slide between depth and scale, or pick a mode, to see which methods we would reach for.
Ethnographic observation
Watch real behaviour in its natural context.
In-home visits
See the routines people never think to mention.
Shop-alongs
Follow real decisions at the shelf and the till.
Diary studies
Capture moments as they happen, over days or weeks.
In-depth interviews
Explore motivations and tensions one to one.
Focus groups
Hear how people talk an idea through together.
Online communities
Engage a dedicated panel over time, at pace.
Co-creation workshops
Design alongside the people you want to serve.
Design sprints
Prototype and test new ideas in days, not months.
Usability testing
Find the friction before your customers do.
Social listening
Track how people talk about you, at scale, with JOMI®.
Quantitative surveys
Validate hypotheses with robust samples.
Our work
Case studies.
From insight to impact.
Every project begins with a question.
Insight lights up the way forward.
Brand + ethnographer
We study people,
so brands can serve them better.
Our name says what we do: we bring an ethnographer's eye to the questions brands and public institutions face every day.
Our vision
Every innovation strategy is
built on empathy.
We unlock the power of cultural insight to build meaningful connections.
Breakthrough
Close cultural gaps.
New ethnographic and behavioural methods that reveal the nuances others miss.
Transform
Make technology human.
Advanced technology turned into compelling experiences through human-centric design.
Empower
Grow responsibly.
Insight for conscious production and a sustainable, ethical ecosystem.
Our team.
Anthropologists, psychologists, linguists and strategists, backed by 200+ Brandnographers in the field.
Contact
Tell us your question.
A few lines about what you want to understand is enough. We'll come back with an approach and a timeline.
Send us a message.
Call or WhatsApp.
Prefer to talk it through? Reach us during Hong Kong office hours.
+852 9836 8109Email us.
Write to us anytime. We usually reply within two working days.
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Headquarters
Hong Kong Office
11/F, Thyrse House16 Pottinger Street, Central
+852 9836 8109Get directions
Mainland China
Shanghai Office
Unit 1104, No. 118 Yun Nan Nan LuHuangpu District, Shanghai
+86 135 8587 1910Get directions