
For your Assignment and takeaway Homework I invite you to pick any company you feel is lacking a strong visual identity, and design Overarching Brand Visuals for them.
Create as many elements and application examples you consider sufficient for communicating the overall brand story.
You don’t necessarily have to redesign their logo, but think about your objectives and the core brand positioning you are trying to communicate.
In this class I’m thrilled to share my Overarching Brand Visuals process with you that has allowed me to sustain a virtually 100% approval rate from clients, for the last 3 years and over 20 major rebrand projects.
My process is a result of more than a decade of tweaking and strengthening my approach to designing and presenting logos and identities. I have stopped having to defend designs for individual items, or nitpick at a logo, because I focus on delivering Overarching Brand Visuals that support a cohesive Brand Story.
If you’ve ever presented logo options to a client only to receive criticism or confusion, or go through an insane amount of revisions for something as basic as a business card, then this class is for you.
In some of my previous classes I focused on providing a lot of theoretical knowledge behind approaching design work.
However I want to shift gears a little and focus on the practical side of creating visuals for a brand.
I invite you to go behind the scenes with me and see how I put together concept visuals for a real client of mine, while I talk you through my thought process.
Key Takeaways:
Learn how to consider Brand Positioning in your logo designs
Look at the advantages of designing an Overarching System rather than just a logo
Explore what components should be considered for a cohesive Visual System
Learn how to establish which application examples should be presented
A hands-on, behind the scenes lesson of creating Overarching Visuals for a real client