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A good way to begin the brand process is to observe it through the lens of a journalist: who, what, when, where, why, and how. Establishing these circumstances as questions can help us develop an understanding of how to help our clients with their project.
Salt is an interrogative and exploratory essay that explores the brand identity design process. Salt takes an analytical look at the relationship between methodologies, quality, and value.
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Hey guys, my name is Matt, and I'll be
your teacher through this course.
0:04
I'm a proud graduate of the Savannah
College of Art and Design,
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and I'm a brand identity designer at Focus
Lab in Savannah, Georgia.
0:10
Check out my website at mattyow.com.
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Design is my passion, and I especially
love branding.
0:17
Brand identity has always intrigued me
because
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it is so often discussed and disagreed on.
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It is so intellectual and contemplative
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while also being very, emotional and
irrational.
0:27
When building a house for instance, there
is a
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strict process, the floor plan, materials,
measurements, so on.
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Otherwise the building will fall, not fit
it's
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occupants or simply be uncomfortable to be
in.
0:38
Branding is unique, however.
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Designs can look amazing and we can, as
designers,
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drool over how beautiful a logo or
branding system is.
0:45
But if the user base doesn't latch on,
it's a failure.
0:48
The same can be said of ugly, poorly
designed brand
0:51
images that somehow still retain consumers
and continue to grow.
0:53
Just like you I'm still learning, so I
wrote an essay on the branding process
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to explore experiences and practices to
try to hone my skills and better my work.
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It's called Salt.
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Check it out online.
1:07
And I've read books on design trying
1:08
to find a faultless brand identity design
process.
1:09
So far I've only read very good books
1:12
that talk around it, rather than talk
through it.
1:14
I'm learning there is not one design
process, but with enough practice and
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exercise we can create our best work by
following formulas best suited to us.
1:20
A good way to begin this whole brand
process
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is to observe it through the lens of, a
journalist.
1:28
Who, what, when, where, why and how.
1:31
Establishing these circumstances as
questions
1:35
can help us develop an understanding.
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Of how to help our clients with these
projects, as well
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as help us as designers inform our process
and gauge its purpose.
1:42
I share the sentiments with Eddie Opara,
partner and designer of Pentagram, when
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he says, I wanna create a process that
excites me as a person.
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