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5 Common Mistakes in Brand Design Today

June 12, 2018 —

5 Common Mistakes in Brand Design Today

The Brand Design Journey If you’re looking for a brand design or redesign, you’ll need more than a logo or a new website. Brand design is bigger than that. Designing a brand entails designing every moment and experience people have with your brand. It’s about every touchpoint, and these days nothing goes unnoticed. Brand design reflects how your brand looks and how it feels. This means colors, graphic language, typeface, photography, and your logo. In the end, brand design is what brings the brand to life. It’s what makes your brand recognizable and powerful to the people that matter...
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Brand Guidelines: An Interview with Emotive Brand Senior Designer

June 29, 2016 —

Brand Guidelines: An Interview with Emotive Brand Senior Designer

The Importance of Brand Guidelines Emotive Brand hinges itself on the ability to transform businesses through brand strategy and strategically informed design. Miguel, a senior designer in the studio, works to bring brands to life by creating clear, inspired, and emotive brand identities. In this interview, Miguel discusses a process of branding that is often overlooked: building brand guidelines. Read to learn more about the importance of having a roadmap for your brand and how it should be used to create maximum impact. Why might businesses overlook the importance of brand guidelines? They...
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Building a Brand Voice: An Interview with Emotive Brand’s Account Strategist

April 26, 2016 —

Building a Brand Voice: An Interview with Emotive Brand’s Account Strategist

Building a Brand Voice: An Interview with Emotive Brand’s Account Strategist As an Account Strategist at Emotive Brand, Paige has helped many brands come to life. In addition to her role, Paige is also our go-to expert when it comes to crafting and developing a brand’s voice. She understands and deeply believes in the value of a well-articulated, emotionally impactful brand voice, and there’s nothing more rewarding for her than seeing a brand embrace their new voice and see the positive impact it has on the business. In this post, Paige shares her thoughts on the importance of a cohesive...
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Branding Isn’t Static – Call Off the Brand Police!

March 17, 2016 —

Branding Isn’t Static – Call Off the Brand Police!

How to create a coherent brand and engage the “brand police” Many people strive for “consistency” when managing brands. But that presents the risk of being dull, repetitive and predictable. A better goal is to achieve a “coherent” brand presence. I recently re-watched a video of Simon Manchipp of SomeOne, London in which he advised brands to be “coherent, not consistent”. He talked about people’s desire for stimulation and the need to stay current because, “time changes – branding isn’t static”. The same colorful mix and match elements are always creating new stories Most...
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When the “Brand Department” Inhibits the Brand

June 13, 2013 —

When the “Brand Department” Inhibits the Brand

We recently spoke with someone who works for a well-known company in the telecommunications industry. Our friend was bemoaning the internal battle going on between the “brand” team and the “product marketing” team. It seems the brand team was trying to take more and more tasks from the product marketing team so as to “align them to the brand”. Sounds to us like the brand team should be spending more time making sure everyone in the company – including the product marketing team – is aligned to the brand. That way, the actions of the product marketing team and indeed those of every employee...
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