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Branding Guides

Building a brand that works everywhere: logos, style guides, naming, trade marks, colour, voice and rebrands.

Branding

The logo design process: what to expect

A step by step look at how a logo project runs, what you'll be asked for at each stage, and how many rounds of changes are reasonable.

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Branding

Naming your business: checks before you commit

Before you print anything, run your shortlist of names through these checks in this order. It takes an afternoon and can save you a forced rebrand.

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Branding

What goes in a brand style guide

A style guide only works if the sign writer, the web developer and the person doing your socials actually open it. That means a handful of sections that matter, kept short enough to get used, with a minimum version if you're starting small.

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Branding

Choosing brand colours that work everywhere

Colour meaning gets all the attention, but most brand colour problems are practical: unreadable buttons, logos that print muddy, and palettes with no plan for how much of each to use.

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Branding

Rebrand or refresh? How to decide

Most businesses that think they need a rebrand actually need a refresh. Five questions settle which one you're facing, and the real cost of each shows up once you count everything with your logo on it.

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Branding

Brand vs logo: what you’re actually paying for

A logo, a visual identity and a brand are three different jobs. Knowing which one you're being quoted for makes comparing designers much easier.

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