Gareth Lewis works as a cultural and communications analyst for Space Doctors (Brighton, UK). His academic background is in English Literature and Philosophy, and he holds an MA in Sociology and Cultural Theory from the London School of Economics. Gareth specializes in using culture to help grow brands, sharpen strategy and drive new thinking. He has experience across all major categories. Gareth has also edited and had work published in a range of newspapers and magazines.
A qualitative researcher and semiotician, Marina is interested in contemporary Russian culture’s myths and metaphors, She is completing a PhD on the ethical dimension of the language & semiotics of otherness. Inspired by Plato's dialogues and Beckett's plays, Marina dreams of transforming the focus group into a new genre of sociological theatre. By getting rid of the one-way mirror she aims to kill three birds with one stone, achieving the goals of aesthetic pleasure, consumer knowledge and transparency.
Colette grew up in Brighton, UK, and started writing poetry, publishing Skinless with Eyewear Press, before branching out into short stories, web marketing, charity comms, a novel about an Eighteenth Century Mauritian feral child, and finally brand research. She was educated at Cambridge and UEA, where she studied English and Creative Writing, has spent a few months each in Bulgaria and Greece, and currently works at Nursery Research in London as a qualitative researcher for brand communications.
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