Category Archives for "Branding"

“Just one Cornetto, give it to me, delicious ice cream, of Italy…” showing my age there, but I think I’ll forever associate Cornetto with that song! Cornetto has just refreshed their packs and branding in time for summer and looking pretty delicious they are too. A much more stripped down cleaner affair with simplified logotype […]

Pentagram gives American Express its first visual identity overhaul In 37 Years. Looks like they’ve mainly focused on scaling down and simplifying for social media and other platforms. 

Why it is important to make your brand work for you Every company has a brand; it symbolises who they are and what they are selling. If you think about some of the established and successful big companies, you could probably name their logo and brand colours without too much thought. You need your customers […]

This is an interesting example of ‘branding’ and ‘a brand’ not being about a logo. Intel have been around for almost 50 years and have chosen to highlight the experience side of what they do with a new campaign “Experience Amazing.” The video above focuses on those experiences that Intel have made happen via their technology.

I’m a huge fan of SONOS products, they are well designed, produce excellent sound quality and they just work in the simplest way possible. As well as this they’ve really got their identity design and branding spot on in my opinion. From the palindrome name, distinctive clean type and strong use of image and colour it all aligns with the […]

  Jacob’s biscuits has just launched a new logo design and packaging in order to bring it up to date ready for the start of a £10 million campaign. This is smart and charming update, keeping an air of the built up heritage but bringing it into a new era. That said I’m unsure whether dropping […]

  McDonalds suffered a barrage of ‘hate’ during 2014 and it’s declining sales are showing the impact of this. In November 2014 it’s figures were down 4.6%, this is the weakest in the US in more than ten years.

It’s that time of the year again when marketers and brand managers try to predict the trends for the coming 12 months. Creativebloq outlines it’s ‘5 big branding trends for 2015’ which mainly indicate a more human and ‘real’ approach that the bigger brands may be beginning to adopt more readily.

The power of colour. Heinz switch to a green ketchup for a Limited edition bottle and their sales go through the roof. Apple created different coloured iMac’s back in the day and their sales and brand recognition skyrocket. Colours can create a feeling, an emotion, the colour red makes us more attractive, blue can make us […]

Even very successful brands like Ben & Jerry’s need to constantly keep their brand fresh and improve product clarity among increasing competition. The new ‘refresh’ of the whole Ben & Jerry’s packaging range looks to be a great move, retaining and simplifying the blue cloudy sky and green hills, placing the product flavour name within the […]