Gareth Dickey specializes in illustration and print design. Whether it's on the web or on paper, he’s always looking to discover new angles for creativity and find the gold in every project.
It might be the most pervasive part of user experience. Executed to perfection, it’s the equivalent of meeting your users as the exact person who puts them most at ease and is most helpful. They go away feeling good about you.
Over the long term, that “person” always behaves, speaks, and even dresses consistently and well. Which evokes trust and confidence.
Poor branding, on the other hand, turns customers off and gives them a bad feeling.
Best to do it right, then. A strong brand can be one of your most important assets because it taps into a deep layer of emotion that’s very powerful.
A lot of people think identity branding is all about originality or intuition. Finding that creative sweet spot. And that’s important, for sure. But an enormous amount of the success of a branding campaign comes down to research. Hard data. Facts about your message and your objectives. Facts about your audience and their goals. (And let’s not forget consistent follow-through.)
We have a lot of experience gathering, sifting, and massaging that kind of data—to find the right direction to take creatively. Learning about your customers, working out ideas they’ll find compelling, and developing your value propositions before getting that creative ball rolling. And oh yeah, when it does get rolling…better stand back!
There’s a lot more that goes into our process than you might expect. And the outcome is always the same: an identity that reflects your objectives, meets the needs of your customers, and makes everyone happy.