
Culture *Coded : the two-day masterclass · 12ANTWERP · Wed 21.10 & Fri 20.11
Masterclass
Culture*Coded:
Crack the new consumer code
The two-day masterclass on consumer shifts, trends & brand growth. There's a new consumer code : this is where you learn to understand it, work with it, and turn it into marketing that grows your brand.
What can you expect?
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2 days on consumer shifts, trends & microcommunities and what to do with them
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Kristel Vanderlinden, Billie Gielen, Rein Meirte, Aster Breekweg & Peter van Wijnaerde
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Deliberately limited seats: designed for brand builders & marketers
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The series closes with a Trend Rave by DJ Polly Pocket
€895 per day · two-day bundle €1,595 -excl. VAT · limited seats
[01] Why this series
Your consumer changed. Your playbook didn't.
Forget the word "culture" for a second. This is about consumer behaviour and it's shifting faster than most marketing plans can follow. New communities decide what's cool before your research does. Younger audiences buy on completely different signals. And the older, affluent consumer - the one with the actual budget - is being quietly forgotten by everyone.
There's a new consumer code and the brands that grow are the ones that learned to read it first.
That's what Culture *Coded teaches: cracking that new consumer code - the research, trends and insights behind today's consumer. How to understand microcommunities and use them to reach new target groups, expand your market and create growth - from Gen Z and Gen Alpha to the overlooked 50+ with the deepest pockets. How to make your marketing learn from culture and bring it into your playbook. And why collaborations have become a genuine growth driver instead of a nice-to-have. Plus the force most marketing plans still ignore: fandoms.
You'll learn how the strongest brands build fandoms around themselves, and how to spark that power for your own brand: communities so invested they do your marketing for you.
We work with cases you actually know: Tout Bien, Average (yes, Rob's) and Zeeman next to Rhode, Burberry and Liquid Death. Why and how the best-in-class brands do it, and how you apply it to bring your own brand forward.
This is not a day of listening, it's a day of doing: every keynote feeds a hands-on workshop, so you leave with work done on your brand, not just notes about someone else's.
Who joins?
Brand & marketing directors, CMOs, strategists, founders and agency creatives; anyone whose job is to grow a brand in a market that changed faster than the marketing plan, and who refuses to keep renting relevance through media spend.

The new marketing playbook
Read
Consumer shifts: the research, trends and insights behind changing behaviour. What's really moving your market, before it shows up in your sales numbers.
Target
New audiences: replace demographics with microcommunities, fandoms and future personas like Gen Z, Gen Alpha or the overlooked affluent 50+. Who carries your brand next, and how do you turn them into fans?
Write
The new playbook: turn insight into marketing: positioning, storytelling with the Brandlore Codex, and collaborations as a growth driver.

"Cultural capital is one of the most valuable and sought-after assets in modern business but very few understand how it is created, or how it translates into long-term relevance and commercial results."
ANA ANDJELIC, THE SOCIOLOGY OF BUSINESS
-> That's the gap this masterclass closes.
[02] Why join
Leave with work done. Not just notes.
6
Guides
Direct access to Kristel Vanderlinden, Billie Gielen, Rein Meirte, Aster Breekweg, Peter van Wijnaerde ... and DJ Polly Pocket on the decks.
2
Days of culture fuel
Five weeks apart, so you apply what you decoded in October before you start worldbuilding in November.
1
Brand Codex
Your brand world's blueprint - centre of gravity, codes, stages and fandom loop - started in the room, ready to take home
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The right room
Deliberately limited seats. A curated group of brand builders, marketers and founders . Your next collab may be sitting next to you.

[03] Your guides
You'll be in great hands.

Peter van Wijnaerde
CMO, columnist, historical brand expert
Closes the series with the keynote on brand mythology: why the most loved brands are built like lore and how yours can be too.

Kristel Vanderlinden
Host · Cultural Strategist & Futurist
Founder of Futurekind and Belgium's first femtech futurist. 30+ years decoding culture, identity and consumer behaviour; author of Evalutie. She connects cultural foresight with real-world brand strategy: sharp, original, actionable.

Billie Gielen
Ideation Master - coach
Creative strategist and facilitator known for transforming complex cultural signals into concrete ideas : fast, focused and genuinely fun.

Rein Meirte
Vibe Coding · Tech inclusivity specialist
Tech girl, Forbes 30 under 30 and co-founder of Clusity, the biggest network of women in tech. Teaches you to build your own insights/trends machine. No coding experience needed.

Aster Breekweg
Social Storytelling · Club Gewoon
Social media expert on how culture actually travels through platforms today and how brands can participate with intent instead of noise.
Pick one. Or go fluent.
The ticket shop opens shortly.
Pre-register now and you'll be first to get the booking link. And Futurekind followers get access to a special drop price before anyone else. Stay close.
[04] Book your place
D*CODED
Wed 21.10.2026
Read the new consumer code
€895
limited seats
N*CODED
Fri 20.11.2026
Turn it into growth
€895
limited seats
THE BUNDLE
Both days
The full masterclass
€1.595
save €195
BEST VALUE
per person
excl. VAT
Group rate (3+): on request · Private edition for your team from €18,000/day : inquire here. All prices excl. VAT.
Numbers deliberately limited.

