Transform your approach to research with the "five Cs"

An exclusive excerpt from D&AD’s online New Blood course, designed to help guide you through developing your New Blood Awards entry.

Knowing what to research can seem daunting at the beginning of a project. In this video, Ed Silk, formerly Strategy Director at Bulletproofand now Global Head of Strategy at design agency JDO, shares the method he’s developed for approaching research – the "five Cs".

These break down as:

  1. Consumer
  2. Category
  3. Competitors
  4. Channels
  5. Company

Once you’ve researched these specific areas, you’ll begin to see exciting ways in which they intersect — an essential step to finding the insight that will launch your creative idea. Watch the video above to learn more about this research method.