Brand design process
Step 1: The brand research
1. The task - e.g design a logo
2. Deliverables - how they should be delivered
3. Target audience
4. Competitors
5. Brand keywords
6. Design direction - colors, typography, images
7. Mockups for each deliverable (AI)
Step 2: Competitor research
1. Logo research - common to disruptive, group by logotypes, simple to
complex
2. Colour, images, typography
Step 3: Moodboarding
1. Using brand keywords to build 2 moodboards
2. color, typography, effects, mockups, images, textures
Step 4: Gathering assets
1. Getting colors.
2. Choosing possible fonts (5 max).
3. Choosing images
4. Choosing mockups for each deliverable (3 max)
Step 5: Logo design
1. Logo design - research, wordmapping, sketching, gridding, clearspace
2. Pattern design
Brand design process 1
Step 6: Social media design
1. Inspiration - Foreground (Layout and direction), Background, Text, color,
imagery
2. Poster grids
3. Design
Step 7: Mockups & Brand Guidelines
Creating brand guidelines, and mockups to post
Brand design process 2