Visual Identity Flashcards
It is any feature such as but not limited to name, symbol, and design ingrained with distinctive values to create a character and personality for an entity.
Brand
It seeks emotional connection to the consumer by building a long-lasting relationship ensuring the brand’s priority
Brand
In ancient Egypt, pharaohs left their signature through ____________ writing on temples and tombs
hieroglyphic
Branding can be traced back to about 9000 years ago through _________.
pottery
Ancient Norse stamp their animals with __________ which is still a common practice at present by cowboys.
hot iron
Italian researchers have discovered evidences of pottery workshop in a citty called, ________, now called _________.
Mutina, Modena
A major pottery center in central-northern Italy where ancient roman sites were filled with pottery scraps such as vases, bottles, bricks, and oil lamps.
Mutina, Modena
They were an abundant product in Roman times and were mass-produced and sold on the market.
Firmalampen or factory lamps
This brand was considered as the being the most recognizable of all pottery brands, was copied throughout being an early example or brand piracy.
Fortis
It is the process used to create differentiation, build awareness, attract customers and build their loyalty.
Branding
A systematic approach to develop an identity through research, strategic thinking, design skills, and project management.
Branding Process
This process can be followed in its hierarchy regardless of the client’s nature and engagement complexity:
- Research
- Brand Strategy
- Identity Design
- Brand Touchpoints
- Managing Assets
When to start the process?
- New Company
- New Product
- Name Change
- Revitalize a Brand
- Create an Integrated System
- Companies Merge
These are the symbolic elements that represents the brand.
Brand Identity
It refers only to the visual elements that represents the brand.
Visual Identity
It is part of brand identity that refers only to the visual elements that communicates to the target audience with visible medium through cohesion, consistency and visual strategies that work together to differentiate the brand and makes it identifiable and recognizable.
Visual Identity
It focuses on visual elements; it serves as the face of the brand and creates the physicality that makes it tangible.
Visual Identity
It is the hierarchy of different brands nested in a parent company.
Brand Architecture
It acts as the core concept for the branding where it becomes central for strategy and communications to align.
Big Idea
It is centralized to a solid, single parent brand, customers make decision based on their loyalty to the parent brand.
Monolithic
Examples of Monolithic
- Google - Google Maps
- FedEx Express - FedEx Office
- GE - GE Healthcare
It is defined by the marketing synergy between the parent brand and the product or division.
Endorsed
The product or division in itself already has its clearly defined market presence aside from its parent.
Endorsed
Examples of Endrosed
- iPad - Apple
- Polo - Ralph Lauren
- Oreo - Nabisco
- Navy Seals - U.S Navy
- Nestle - Nido, Bear Brand
Parent brands and sub-brands have independent persona characterized by a portfolio of well-known sub-brands.
Pluralistic
Examples of Pluralistic
- Tang (Mondelez)
- Hellman’s Mayonnaise (Unilever)
- Tide (P&G)
A graphical sign that represents the values and personality of a brand.
Logo
Historically, these were engraved to coins, flags, coats of arms and hallmarks found on precious metals. It serves as a record of a person or object’s origin emphasizing its value through association with a prestigious family, place, or maker.
Logo
Who was the first brand to have registered their log?
Bass Brewery
A specific set of letter or glyphs that forms the name or acronym of an entity that serves as a logo or part of a logo.
Logotype
What are the qualities of a logo?
- Simple
- Memorable
- Versatile
- Timeless
- Relevant
A symbol or icon that represents the brand that serves as a logo or part of logo.
Logomark
Logos that uses symbol or icon meaningful to a brand as its identifier. It only relies with the logomark and may express the idea of a brand metaphorically.
Pictorial Mark
It is best used when the brand is already recognizable thus forgoing the need to include the brand name or logotype.
Pictorial Mark