YourBrand Brand Guidelines 2013 yourbrand brand guidelines designed by RWDS rwds.studio@gmail.com
We have put together these brand guidelines to assist you and your in-house team on how to implement and execute your brand effectivley across a range of media. These guidelines are essential to ensuring continuity across your brand.
For additional information regarding the content of this brand guideline please contact us at info@yourname.com and we will endevour to get back to you as soon as possible.
Final Logo Color Typography Digital
Print Marketing Merchandise Imagery
Logo Versions Logo Sizing Logo Usage Colors Color Breakdown Fonts Type Hierachy App Icon Wireframing Website Web-stills Icons Stationery Tone of Voice Copywriting style Products Overlay styles Photographic Style
Logo
Final Logo This is the the final logo, it is saved in the zip file as yourlogo_1.eps. Write some information about the logo concept, inspiration and how the logo design relates to the client brief.
Logo Versions
Logo Usage A. Logo Usage Information about where this version of the logo should be used. B. Logo Usage Information about where this version of the logo should be used. C. Logo Usage Information about where this version of the logo should be used. D. Logo Usage Information about where this version of the logo should be used.
Sizing
Minimum Height For the sake of legibility, the logo must never be printed smaller than 10mm in height or 10px on screen. At smaller sizes it is best to use the logo icon alone as shown to the right.
10mm
Logo Usage
Isolation Zone The isolation zone is the space around the logo. It is important that no images/text/borders or margins are placed within 10mm of the logo.
Isolation area 10mm
Color
Primary Color
Secondary Color
Light Grey
Dark Grey
Mid Grey
White
Color Usage We have chosen a six color colour palette. These include 2 main colors 3 greys and white. Use this document as a guide on how to implement these colors for print/web.
Breakdown
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40% 60%
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40% 60%
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40% 60%
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40% 60%
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40% 60%
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No’s & Tints Here we have shown the breakdowns for each of the colors in your palette. RGB & Web colors are for screen use only. CMYK & Pantone numbers are for print. Tints are useful as they provide additional colors at no extra print cost. We have included tints at 20% increments.
Red
Green
Dark
Mid
Light
R000/G000/B000
R000/G000/B000
R000/G000/B000
R000/G000/B000
R000/G000/B000
Web#000000
Web#000000
Web#000000
Web#000000
Web#000000
C00/M00/Y00/K00
C00/M00/Y00/K00
C00/M00/Y00/K00
C00/M00/Y00/K00
C00/M00/Y00/K00
R000/G000/B000
R000/G000/B000
R000/G000/B000
R000/G000/B000
R000/G000/B000
Pantone #111
Pantone #111
Pantone #111
Pantone #111
Pantone #111
Typeface
Typography Here goes the information about the main typeface used in the brand identity. In this case that font is titillium text which is a free font sans serif font designed by Accademia di Belle Arti Urbino and available at: http://www.fontsquirrel. com/fonts/TitilliumText
AaBbCc123@£$ Titillium Titillium Medium ABCDEFGHIKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghiklmnopqrstuvwxyz 01234567890!@£$%
Titillium Regular ABCDEFGHIKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghiklmnopqrstuvwxyz 01234567890!@£$%
Titillium Light ABCDEFGHIKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghiklmnopqrstuvwxyz 01234567890!@£$%
Titillium Thin ABCDEFGHIKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghiklmnopqrstuvwxyz 01234567890!@£$%
Hierachy
Font Hierachy The hierachy refers to the order of importance of the fonts. This hierachy is can be accessed through paragraph styles in indesign > window > styles > paragraph styles
T1 Titillium Thin — 30pt/30pt (Title) AaBbCcDdEeFfGg 01234567890!@£$% H1 (Headline) SB1 (Subtitle) BC (BodyCopy)
Caption (Subtitle)
Podkova Regular — 18pt/21pt AaBbCcDdEeFfGg 01234567890!@£$% Cabin SemiBold — 12pt/15pt AaBbCcDdEeFfGg 01234567890!@£$% Titillium Regular — 9pth/12pt AaBbCcDdEeFfGg 01234567890!@£$% Titillium Medium — 8pt/12pt AaBbCcDdEeFfGg 01234567890!@£$%
App
App Icon The app will be launched in 2014. Here we have shown how the icon should look.
Wireframing Wireframing refers to the basic layout, workflow and prototyping of your application. The wireframe saves the designer the hassle of color palette, rendering, editing & adding placeholders images etc. The arrows show user navigation page to page.
Online
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www.yourbrand.com
www.yourbrand.com
Web Stills
Web Page 2
www.yourbrand.com
Web Page 3
Icons
On Red Sam, omniani storeru mquatem. Ullaboria venditatust a consecuscid et aut id moluptam solum facessum evelitate solut vellit aut qui omnis as aut audam voluptur sapelitias es modi optaqui tem el eum, veria quatisqui doluptam sinulluptur adignis dero conesto tatemperspit lanis eossequ atemolori cores il maioratur? Nim et ut facim nus.
Icon-name
Icon-name
Icon-name
Icon-name
Icon-name
Icon-name
Icon-name
Icon-name
Icon-name
Icons
On black Sam, omniani storeru mquatem. Ullaboria venditatust a consecuscid et aut id moluptam solum facessum evelitate solut vellit aut qui omnis as aut audam voluptur sapelitias es modi optaqui tem el eum, veria quatisqui doluptam sinulluptur adignis dero conesto tatemperspit lanis eossequ atemolori cores il maioratur? Nim et ut facim nus.
Icon-name
Icon-name
Icon-name
Icon-name
Icon-name
Icon-name
Icon-name
Icon-name
Icon-name
Print A Logo/Header Area
YourLogo
B Logo/Header Area
Stationery We have included the letterhead, comp-slip and business card as EPS files in the zip file. The grid is saved in the layers palette.
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D Signature
Address Line 1 Address Line 2 City, State Zip Code
Yours Sincerely,
YourName Your Position
Email info@yourbrand.com Web www.yourbrand.com
Phone +00 0 000 000 0000 Fax +00 0 000 000 0000
E Footer
YourLogo
Phone +00 0 000 000 0000 Fax +00 0 000 000 0000
YourLogo
Email info@yourbrand.com Web www.yourbrand.com
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YourLogo
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Address Line 1 Address Line 2 City, State Zip Code
Email info@yourbrand.com Web www.yourbrand.com
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Phone +00 0 000 000 0000 Fax +00 0 000 000 0000
Yours Sincerely,
YourName Your Position
Address Line 1 Address Line 2 City, State Zip Code
Email info@yourbrand.com Web www.yourbrand.com
Phone +00 0 000 000 0000 Fax +00 0 000 000 0000
Merchandise
T-Shirt Sam, omniani storeru mquatem. Ullaboria venditatust a consecuscid et aut id moluptam solum facessum evelitate solut vellit aut qui omnis as aut audam voluptur sapelitias es modi optaqui tem el eum, veria quatisqui doluptam sinulluptur adignis dero conesto tatemperspit lanis eossequ atemolori cores il maioratur? Nim et ut facim nus.
Tote Bag Sam, omniani storeru mquatem. Ullaboria venditatust a consecuscid et aut id moluptam solum facessum evelitate solut vellit aut qui omnis as aut audam voluptur sapelitias es modi optaqui tem el eum, veria quatisqui doluptam sinulluptur adignis dero conesto tatemperspit lanis eossequ atemolori cores il maioratur? Nim et ut facim nus.
Marketing
Tone of Voice Some information about the style of copy used in marketing collateral. Is the brand friendly and whimsical or corporate and professional?
Tone of voice refers to how yourbrand speaks to it’s customer base. Is it friendly & personable or stuffy & corporate?
Advertising
Copywriting Style When advertising sometimes the copy style is the most recognizable part of the brand image. Short or long sentances? Ampersand or written as ‘and’. Full-stops/period usage etc
Short, simple, concise copywriting.
Imagery
Overlay Styles How are the images finished or retouched. Is there a style running through the brand imagery. (filters etc) In this case we have used a red layer to give the black & white images a deep red tint as shown.
Bottom Layer: 100% Blending Mode: Normal
Top Layer B&W: 100% Blending Mode: Multiply
Multiply Example 1
Imagery
Black & White Images
Photographic Style The imagery will hold the brand together, it is important to set the client guidelines on image choice. This also provides the photographer the necessary information.
High Contrast Imagery
Use Horizontal Format
Slight Grain To Imagery
Imagery
Photographic Style The imagery will hold the brand together, it is important to set the client guidelines on image choice. This also provides the photographer the necessary information.