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46 · A logo is not a brand

5 slides · Polarizing · band/plain
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Unpopular opinion
A logo is not
a brand.

It is one asset inside one.

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What people ask for and what they need

A logo
One mark, one file
No rules on use
Every department improvises around it
An identity
Mark, palette, type and voice
Written rules with examples
Templates for what people actually make
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The parts

What an identity contains

Print
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The test

You have a brand when

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Two people in different departments make the same choice
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A new hire can produce on-brand work in week one
03
Your material is recognisable with the logo cropped off
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Suppliers stop asking which version to use
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Start

Need the whole system, not just the mark?

Everything the company touches, in one voice.

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