✦ What I make · 01

Brand identity design: logos, type and color systems

Brand identity design is the system behind a brand: the logo, the type, the colors and the rules that keep them consistent. Here is the identity work I have made, from a gold aviation monogram to a bold beverage brand, and how each system carried from print to the product page.

Logo design · Typography · Color systems · Brand guidelines · Print design

✦ How I work

Process and tools

Start with where the brand will live

Before I draw a logo, I list every place the brand will show up: a bottle, a business card, a website header, a product listing. The identity has to read well at each of those sizes.

Build a system, not a single mark

A logo alone is not a brand identity. Each project gets the full set: a primary logo and alternate versions, a type pairing, a color palette and simple rules for using them. For Aviation Success that meant a gold "A" monogram with a small aircraft tracing a contrail through the letter, a horizontal logo and a navy and gold palette.

Carry it into every touchpoint

Then the identity moves into the real work: the website, packaging, print, ads and merchandise. Drink Terpy's logo and slogan were drawn in Illustrator, then carried into 3D product renders and a custom WordPress site, so every touchpoint tells the same story. I wrote more about the Aviation Success system in this case study post.

Tools: Illustrator · Photoshop · Figma · Adobe Substance

✦ More to see

See the rest of my work

Every project has its own case study with the brief, the process and the result. Browse them all, or say hello if something here is useful to you.

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