Designing Brand Identity

A Comprehensive Guide to the World of Brands and Branding

By Alina Wheeler, Rob Meyerson | Publisher: Wiley

About the book

Revised and updated sixth edition of the best-selling guide to branding fundamentals, strategy, and process.

It’s harder than ever to be the brand of choice—in many markets, technology has lowered barriers to entry, increasing competition. Everything is digital and the need for fresh content is relentless. Decisions that used to be straightforward are now complicated by rapid advances in technology, the pandemic, political polarization, and numerous social and cultural changes.

The sixth edition of Designing Brand Identity has been updated throughout to address the challenges faced by branding professionals today. This best-selling book demystifies branding, explains the fundamentals, and gives practitioners a roadmap to create sustainable and successful brands. With each topic covered in a single spread, the book celebrates great design and strategy while adding new thinking, new case studies, and future-facing, global perspectives.

Organized into three sections—brand fundamentals, process basics, and case studies—this revised edition includes:

  • Over 100 branding subjects, checklists, tools, and diagrams
  • More than 50 all-new case studies that describe goals, process, strategy, solutions, and results
  • New content on artificial intelligence, virtual reality, social justice, and evidence-based marketing
  • Additional examples of the best/most important branding and design work of the past few years
  • Over 700 illustrations of brand touchpoints
  • More than 400 quotes from branding experts, CEOs, and design gurus

Whether you’re the project manager for your company’s rebrand or you need to educate your staff or students about brand fundamentals, Designing Brand Identity is the quintessential resource. From research to brand strategy, design execution to launch and governance, Designing Brand identity is a compendium of tools for branding success and best practices for inspiration.

Editions of Designing Brand Identity

Hardcover
ISBN 9781119984818
EBook
ISBN 9781119984825

Read an Excerpt

Revised and updated sixth edition of the best-selling guide to branding fundamentals, strategy, and process.

It’s harder than ever to be the brand of choice—in many markets, technology has lowered barriers to entry, increasing competition. Everything is digital and the need for fresh content is relentless. Decisions that used to be straightforward are now complicated by rapid advances in technology, the pandemic, political polarization, and numerous social and cultural changes.

The sixth edition of Designing Brand Identity has been updated throughout to address the challenges faced by branding professionals today. This best-selling book demystifies branding, explains the fundamentals, and gives practitioners a roadmap to create sustainable and successful brands. With each topic covered in a single spread, the book celebrates great design and strategy while adding new thinking, new case studies, and future-facing, global perspectives.

Organized into three sections—brand fundamentals, process basics, and case studies—this revised edition includes:

  • Over 100 branding subjects, checklists, tools, and diagrams
  • More than 50 all-new case studies that describe goals, process, strategy, solutions, and results
  • New content on artificial intelligence, virtual reality, social justice, and evidence-based marketing
  • Additional examples of the best/most important branding and design work of the past few years
  • Over 700 illustrations of brand touchpoints
  • More than 400 quotes from branding experts, CEOs, and design gurus

Whether you’re the project manager for your company’s rebrand or you need to educate your staff or students about brand fundamentals, Designing Brand Identity is the quintessential resource. From research to brand strategy, design execution to launch and governance, Designing Brand identity is a compendium of tools for branding success and best practices for inspiration.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Designing Brand Identity about?

Revised and updated sixth edition of the best-selling guide to branding fundamentals, strategy, and process.

It’s harder than ever to be the brand of choice—in many markets, technology has lowered barriers to entry, increasing competition. Everything is digital and the need for fresh content is relentless. Decisions that used to be straightforward are now complicated by rapid advances in technology, the pandemic, political polarization, and numerous social and cultural changes.

The sixth edition of Designing Brand Identity has been updated throughout to address the challenges faced by branding professionals today. This best-selling book demystifies branding, explains the fundamentals, and gives practitioners a roadmap to create sustainable and successful brands. With each topic covered in a single spread, the book celebrates great design and strategy while adding new thinking, new case studies, and future-facing, global perspectives.

Organized into three sections—brand fundamentals, process basics, and case studies—this revised edition includes:

  • Over 100 branding subjects, checklists, tools, and diagrams
  • More than 50 all-new case studies that describe goals, process, strategy, solutions, and results
  • New content on artificial intelligence, virtual reality, social justice, and evidence-based marketing
  • Additional examples of the best/most important branding and design work of the past few years
  • Over 700 illustrations of brand touchpoints
  • More than 400 quotes from branding experts, CEOs, and design gurus

Whether you’re the project manager for your company’s rebrand or you need to educate your staff or students about brand fundamentals, Designing Brand Identity is the quintessential resource. From research to brand strategy, design execution to launch and governance, Designing Brand identity is a compendium of tools for branding success and best practices for inspiration.

What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Designing Brand Identity?

The Arts > Design, Industrial and commercial arts, illustration > Graphic design

Where can I read a sample of Designing Brand Identity?

You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9781119984818

Who is/are the Author/s of the book Designing Brand Identity?

Alina Wheeler, Rob Meyerson

Who is the Publisher of the book Designing Brand Identity?

Wiley

What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?

Designing Brand Identity is available as hardcover(ISBN 9781119984818) and ebook(ISBN 9781119984825)

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