From the course: Logo Development: Identity Design and Discovery
Unlock the full course today
Join today to access over 22,600 courses taught by industry experts or purchase this course individually.
Course correction
From the course: Logo Development: Identity Design and Discovery
Course correction
- Imagine if you will that an organization is a ship. In its inception, it identified its customers or audience and painstakingly charted a perfect course to reach them. We'll call that their identity or branding effort. But over a period of time, customers' needs shift, products change, and audiences move. And despite the fact that your ship is still cruising a true course, the customers aren't where they used to be. Or maybe they are, but the ship's wheel has been readjusted several times and frankly it's just time for a course correction. Auto Trader UK found itself in a similar situation. It had started as a magazine publication in 1977. But with its shift to purely digital, it now draws nearly 55 million visitors a month, a dramatic statistical story in shifting from paper to an online digital resource. But the organization still utilized a mark harkening to the decade of its birth with an airbrushed gradient. A refresh provided the assets needed to make the brand feel more at…
Practice while you learn with exercise files
Download the files the instructor uses to teach the course. Follow along and learn by watching, listening and practicing.