Week Five - Branding

Logo, Wordmark, Tone of Voice, Values, Style Guide, Colour Palette

"Your brand is what people say about you when you are not in the room" - Jeff Bezos

"Branding is about making an emotional connection" - Alina Wheeler

The process of branding - conducting research, clarifying strategy, designing identity, creating touch points, managing assets

5 phases of design thinking - empathise, define, ideate, prototype, test

Designing brand identity - Aline Wheeler

Marks of Excellence - Phaidon

Logo Revised Edition - Michael Evamy

Brand Components?

Values, Name, Tagline, Messaging (Tone of Voice), Logo, Typography, Imagery, Colour, Touch points

Values

Brands are about values. You need to believe in something and you need to explain why you believe in it. Once you do that there is a chance forming an emotional connection with your audience.

Brand Values Pyramid