One of the biggest challenges for a company is how to communicate to their clientele. From that experience, consumers decide whether to keep on doing business with the company or not. Branding represents the method which is utilized by companies to accomplish such a challenge. Once a brand is build properly, the company is able to impact their clients in a very positive way to create a win-win situation.
It is very important to get to know the client to develop the profile which is better for him/her. To establish the rules and guidelines of the brand to take care of the corporate image. Due to that reason, it is important to create a brandbook.
In this step, it is fundamental to take concepts and/or elements that identify with the company, to further digitize them in an iconic way
The grid becomes essential, to create in a proportional way all the elements within the design. Most part of the brand applications are resolved by the brandbook by respecting the spaces according to such a grid.
One of the main things about branding is to be able to choose the right colors for the company. Colors will be the first impact on the customer and must represent all the fundamental ideology of a company.
It is important not to get confused on the signature, typography, isotype, to not lose visibility. To maintain a coherent brand, it is important to follow which colors can and can't be used.
Tints are the mix of the brand colors over white, which increases luminosity. Tonalities are the mix of brand colors over black, which reduces luminosity. A tone is produced by the mix of gray colors or by tints and shadows, taking into consideration that tints and shade are different from color opacity.
To ensure the proper application and perception of the brand in all formats, it is determined by a secured area established by a minimum distance with respect to text and other graphical elements. The minimum size is established to not lose graphical elements within the artwork.
In some cases it is important to vary between a horizontal and vertical placement depending on the required use or surface.
There should never be a case in which the logo and or isotype can be distorted, its colors changed or replace, reflected, rotated, labeled and more.
Typography is a very important element due to the fact that it must be adapted to the market it is supposed to attract. It must be functional, communicative, and must transmit what the brand wants to tell their clients.
For the final stage we have the delivery which is provided in a PDF version and where we add a brandbook with all the previous and more recommendations. All the files and images in high resolution and/or vectors.