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<p>Brand strategist working through cultural posture questions — the kind of thinking work behind cultural brand strategy and the status game in brand decisions.</p>

Cultural brand strategy, status, and the “premium” problem

The status game is the part of cultural brand strategy everyone pretends is crude, while everyone unintentionally designs half their lives around it.

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WRITTEN BY BEN DEVELIN
PUBLISHED ON MAY 17, 2026
<p>Brand strategist working through cultural posture questions — the kind of thinking work behind cultural brand strategy and the status game in brand decisions.</p>
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Cultural brand strategy, status, and the “premium” problem

The status game is the part of cultural brand strategy everyone pretends is crude, while e...

<p>Mood on the Roof website design on desktop</p>
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Mood on the Roof get’s a new website

A new home for Mood on the Roof: moody single-take rooftop concerts, artist stories, and a...

<p>Desktop view of the campaign website design for Amazon Music’s Country Heat — built for one of Australia’s biggest country music promotions.</p>
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Building fan culture through the Amazon Music Country Heat campaign

October marked Country Music Month, and Amazon Music wanted to celebrate its fans in style...

<p>Midnight Til Morning recording their live acoustic performance — a session that blends storytelling, musicianship and production craft.</p>
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Post-Netflix: Chugg Taps Mude for Midnight Til Morning Acoustic Sessions

Post-Netflix’s Building the Band — judged by the late Liam Payne alongside Nicole Scherzin...

<p>Photograph by American director and photographer Harmony Korine featuring model and actress Julia Fox alongside Supreme skateboarders Tyshawn Jones, Sean Pablo and Mathias Sauvageon. Used in Mude’s article on brand&#8230;</p>
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Brand identity is culture work: how distinction, meaning and cultural strategy drive growth

Most brands don’t have a design problem, they have a meaning problem. This article unpacks...

<p>DJI’s drones represent more than hardware — they embody a StoryBrand narrative about perspective, freedom and human creativity.</p>
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How DJI used StoryBrand to win the positioning game

A brand that stops talking about features and starts telling a story the audience can see...

<p>he brand identity for Ned Houston’s debut single “Self Defence” anchors the songwriter’s craft in honesty and place — part of Mude’s full-stack branding work for the emerging artist.</p>
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Ned Houston debuts his home-grown branding

Grounded by his Canberra roots and an identity handwritten by his mum, Ned's artist brandi...

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Onlyness in brand strategy: the question most brands avoid answering

Onlyness asks the one question most brands avoid: not what makes you the best, but what ma...

<p>A personal brand built from purpose — Dr Aya Najmaldeen’s identity work reflects how strategy shapes presence and voice.</p>
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Purpose, vision, mission and activation: the core of brand strategy and a brand-led business

A good business solves a pain point for an existing market. A charismatic brand creates a...

<p>Featuring The Rions. A new look for Mood on the Roof — capturing the warmth, colour and energy behind its refreshed identity.</p>
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Mood on the Roof gets a brand refresh

Mood on the Roof began as a way to back artists we believed in. Five years on, we’ve refre...