04 / Brand & Experience · John Lewis Partnership

From customer insight to a distinctive Living brand.

Connecting people’s needs with the proposition, experience and identity of a new rental business.

Green courtyard and shared interior

The ambition

Translate a trusted consumer brand into Living: understand what residents value, what the retail brand can credibly promise and how homes and service deliver it.

Katherine’s role

Katherine connected consumer insight, retail brand values and residential operations. She directed MindFolio and Design Bridge and Partners to shape a proposition that worked for customers, the business and the teams delivering it.

The results

  • Clear customer insight
  • A focused Living offer
  • A distinctive brand
  • A shared resident promise

From insight to experience

Know the customer

Who they are. What matters.

People at home, from the brand research reference material

Shape the offer

Homes and services shaped around people.

Planted residential courtyard from the brand audit reference material

Define the brand

A clear promise. A distinct identity.

Nature and shared interior space from the supplied design reference

What it took

A retail brand’s promise, translated into homes and everyday resident experience.

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