Category Archives: Design
Logos with hidden messages
Posted on 08/11/2022
Logos with hidden messages These logos prove there’s more to a company’s logo than meets the eye. You might not have noticed these hidden messages from the moment you first saw them, but now that you know they’re there, they’ll be impossible to unsee! Marketing and design leverage symbolism and nuances to set expectations and […]
The How-to of an Ideation Workshop
Posted on 09/06/2022
Ideation workshop & innovation Innovation is all about finding creative ways to solve real-world problems. It may sound simple enough, but good ideas don’t just come out of nowhere. We often need to facilitate the process of innovation actively — and that’s when ideation comes into play. Most large companies have a two-fold problem regarding […]
UX, UI and Marketing
Posted on 02/06/2022
What is UX? Explaining UX to marketing User experience, or UX, focuses on the interaction with a physical or digital product. User Experience Design (UxD) is how a firm researches users’ needs and how they interact with a product to build insights they incorporate into the design of a product. UxD does not focus only […]
Blur and Blurring Boundaries
Posted on 27/05/2022
What are Blurring Boundaries? In research that Marco Bevolo and I conducted in 2007, we posited the “Blur” between work and urban leisure as two polarities on a continuum. Where behaviors, activities, and categories overlap and complement each other. In this new world of “collage consumption,” business categories as we know them will cease. They will increasingly blur into […]
Repositioning, Brand restage, rebranding, and the quest to stay relevant
Posted on 09/05/2022
What is brand repositioning? A brand repositioning is a strategic marketing initiative that seeks to alter a company’s image, positioning, and message. This can involve changing how a company markets itself, adjusting its product line, or even revamping its entire corporate structure. Repositioning a brand is often done to improve its standing in the market. […]
What is color psychology?
Posted on 02/05/2022
Psychology of Color has become a potent tool in marketing and branding. The color choices can affect your brand image and even influence sales. And this is why Color psychology has become a part of our lives. From clothing to food packaging, color plays a crucial role in our daily life. The question is, why […]
What is visual identity?
Posted on 02/04/2022
Visual identity is everything you need to know to create a successful brand design. In terms of branding, what you see will be what you get. That is how potential customers will feel about it. They will not have any reason to give a visually unattractive brand the benefit of the doubt because it is […]
Design Thinking for Sustainability
Posted on 04/03/2022
Before sustainability: Design Thinking, in a nutshell Design thinking is an innovative, creative approach to solving some of today’s most complex problems. Design thinking aims to develop creative and user-relevant ideas to find a resolution that positively impacts the future. Design thinking is also referred to as “solution-focused” thinking. Today, design or solution-focused thinking plays […]
Design Writing, a design process made of words only
Posted on 03/03/2021
Design Writing is a design management process based on a clear set of formats, a multidisciplinary view, and a talent that excels in writing. It is neither professional writing nor technical writing. The fundamental purpose is to translate and articulate the brand positioning into storytelling assets in actionable text formats. However, this is a process […]