A brand identity is a collection of visual assets such as patterns, images, the logo and its respective variants, and more. When these elements come together is creates a consistent visual identity that relates to your audience.
Logo design is the initial visual representation of your overall brand and makes an initial impression. Logo design is an important discipline, but doesn't achieve the desired result without a complete brand identity.
TipTree's initial logo and brand had a few issues.
There was a significant lack of consistency in their marketing materials which lead to confusion for their audience. In addition, their logo didn't communicate much to their target audience: musicians.
I stripped the overplayed script font and created a bold brand that included a vinyl record as their main brand image. I stripped down their brand assets and implemented a color palette with corresponding color use percentages.
Create a brand that is bright, fun, with bit a humor. They wanted a cartoon-style mascot logo and a brand that would turn heads when implemented on their food-truck design.
I created a cartoon of a chicken with an aviator helmet, bursting through a backdrop. Their colors are bold - orange, yellow, bright blue, and deep maroon. These created high contrast, perfect for a food truck. I completed this with a bold slab-sans-serif font that screamed “come and get it” and a fun, script font that kept it casual.
This was a custom brand and mascot. It’s been nearly three years and the food-truck is going strong. They’ve won the title “best of the west, wing fest” and have continued utilizing this brand to sell their best mother-cluckin’ wings.
Creating a modern logo that incorporated the following elements: state of Minnesota, soccer ball, and a wave. This needed to be simple enough to be seen well when printed on jersey’s and other merchandise.
I scraped their old logo, but kept the badge design they were attached to. Rather than placing all the elements they wanted in the badge, I made the focal point the “wave” and placed the pattern of the soccer ball in the background, subtly. This kept the logo simple for print, while embodying all the keywords they requested.
This was a brand re-design done pro bono and no data was collected. The design has been well received by the community and I was issued a very enthusiastic “thank you” from the club.
TipTree.io wanted to better communicate who they are and what solutions they offered their audience. They offer a subscription based platform for musicians that allows musicians to collect tips, create landing pages, and utilize email marketing to communicate with fans. They want this to be a seamless platform that improves musicians lives and gives them more time to do what they love, play music.
I simplified their color palette to focus on the yellow they had. Yellow communicates joy and energy, perfect for this platform. The font-pairing was also simplified and bold to make an impact. The logo included a vinyl record to resonate with their audience - as well all know, vinyl's have made a comeback.
Since launching their brand-redesign coupled with their landing page re-design (also performed by me) they reported a 22.6% increase in conversion after doing an A/B test of their old brand and site against the re-design.
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Canva has it's place in the design world. It's great for quick social media designs to speed up the process of creating posts.
When it comes to logo designs, it fails it's customers. By creating your logo in Canva, you give up the ability to truly own your logo and to trademark it. This is due to licensing issues.
Aside from the inability to truly own your logo, you will likely have a logo that blends into the many that are turning to this platform. This means you won't have a logo that stands out in your market, and you likely won't be connecting with your target audience.
Essentially, you'll be one of many with a generic design trying to break through the noise. It's better to save yourself the headache of a redesign; hire a professional.
If you are looking for a redesign, either of the packages I have created would work well for this.
Creating a brand identity typically takes between 2 - 4 weeks; this is dependent upon the package you've chosen, and the client response time.
This timeline begins after our Discovery Call and the brand questionnaire is completed.
If you are looking to make a splash with your new business or need to revamp a current one, I suggest subscribing to AMUX. You will be able to get a full brand created, a website designed and developed, as well as any marketing materials you want to announce your brand and make some noise.
The best part? You can pause or cancel as soon as the project is complete.
User experience design is the study of how a user interacts with a physical or digital product. Studies show, users are more likely to invest in products / services from brands that invest in UX Design as it provides better usability and ease of use.
With a return rate of up to $100 for every $1 spent on UX - it's hard to argue against investing in UX.
For my ambitious clients with multiple businesses, I suggest taking advantage of the design subscriptions I offer.
The best part? You can pause or cancel at anytime.
I want you to love your brand. Even more so, I want your audience to love your brand. I've curated a process that gets us on the same page with the direction of your brand; each package comes with two rounds of revisions.
Need help picking the option that suits your business best? Schedule a quick call and get your questions answered.
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