The Big Ideas Collective blog entries, within Design

In today's competitive market it's not enough to simply have a recognised brand: a great illustration, a powerful unique selling point or a low price. Today's consumers are far savvier than ever before and they want to know more about the story behind the product or brand, its provenance and ethics.

                                     … consumers expect to be informed and therefore make an informed choice.

Dolly Daydream first appeared in a song in the 1890s so she's been around doing what she does best for over a 100 years; man, however, has been doing it since time immemorial.

I recently sent a job to print which had an orange logo in the design of the letterhead and a glossy leaflet.
I prepared the documents for print using 2 different printing processes, and as a result had to pay special attention to the orange colour...

Fonts are an amazingly powerful tool in branding, which are often left till last or forgotten about completely. A font can tell you so much about a product, purely by the curve or slab of its serif it can speak volumes about quality or reams about rubbish.

It may seem simple but one rule to follow when creating and building a brand, to ensure its success, is... consistency.

The power of the computers we use today has brought the ability to use design software to many users. The ability to have the software on your PC does not however make the user a designer.