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April, 2010 Posts

A Company’s BRAND Is An EXPERIENCE

posted April 30th, 2010 in Graphic Design by jillharding

Your company’s brand is way more than just your logo. When done properly your company’s brand is an experience. Your company’s brand reflects the experience your customers/clients will have when interacting with your company.

Although, your company’s visual brand is bolstered through your marketing communications. i.e. logo, colors, tag line, font(s), etc. Visual brand recognition with consumers occurs when these marketing communication elements are consistently applied to your company’s — business cards, stationery, advertisements, brochures, folders, promotional items, websites, email signatures, etc.

We at BD, recently worked with one of our clients in which we refreshed their existing visual brand. We first started with creating a new logo for their company. We then selected a strong rich earth derived color palette (btw, we recommend three colors with your visual brand tops). Then we worked in parallel with our client to create the perfect tag line which spoke to how this client wants to be known by in the public eye within their community and surrounding areas.

Rounding out the visual design elements, we then selected a font family (btw, we recommend two font families tops) that visually works well with the new logo, colors and tag line. Once we had created and established the visual design elements, we then created a style guide for our client. A style guide is a crucial piece which will be the blueprints to ensure all marketing communication materials speak true to the overall company’s visual brand to bolster the full “brand” experience.

Color Palette

Color Palette

Tag Line

Tag Line

Font Family

Font Family


Re:View10 Indianapolis AIGA

posted April 2nd, 2010 in Graphic Design, Student Designers by jillharding

Recently, Boundless Design was asked to be on the review board via Indianapolis AIGA (American Institute of Graphic Artist) for the Re:View 10. This was a true honor to be a part of as when we were young designers a mentor within the design profession helped us tremendously in multiple ways.

I like to repay the favor and pay it forward. We reviewed sophomores, juniors and seniors from Ball State University, Herron School of Art & Design and the University of Indianapolis. As an active professional, within the graphic design industry, I was able to shed some light in many areas for the young designers.

Many of the young designers needed experience presenting their work in a professional matter. We also described our experiences on how to present and organize your design portfolio.

  • 1. Have Your Portfolio Organized & You Lead the Presentation
  • 2. Only Include 8 to 10 Pieces
  • 3. Include Pieces that Exhibit the Breathe of Your Talents
  • 4. Select Pieces that Fit Your Audience You Are Presenting to
  • 5. Start Your Presentation with 2 of Your Strongest Pieces (1st Good Impression)
  • 6. In the Middle, Present Your Not so Stronger Pieces to Show Your Breathe and Variety
  • 7. End Your Presentation, with 2 of Your Stronger Pieces (Lasting Good Impression)
  • 8. ALWAYS Be Brief on Each Piece Yet Tell the Story and Pause to Allow the Reviewer to Ask Questions

BD with the Re:View 10 students' bcards

BD with the Re:View 10 students' bcards

Congrats to Jenny Schroeder! Jenny is a sophomore at Herron School of Art and Design. She recently due in part to our recommendation got the internship with Roundpeg. CONGRATS!!! We at Boundless Design truly enjoy helping young designers find their niche.