Benoît Heilbrunn is Professor of Marketing at ESCP Europe Business School and at IFM (French Institute of Fashion). He teaches brand management, design management and consumer behaviour, and acts as a consultant in the area of brand activation and semiotics of marketing and branding. His wide interest in human sciences allows him to articulate a reflexion on the ideological aspects of consumer and brand society. He is also interested in the various dimensions of material culture, mainly objects, logos and visual identities.