In an increasingly AI-generated world, typography is still one of the most human and expressive parts of a brand. Waqas Mohammed Amin, creative and production services director at the Saudi Government, explores the st...
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The quiet revolution in typography: How type is becoming the voice of brand differentiation
The evolving sound of Saudi branding
Sami El-Quqa, founder and CEO at MusicGrid, explains how audio is becoming a key layer of the Kingdom’s creative transformation. Saudi Arabia has always been rich in...
The world smells bad. It’s high time we did something about it
Global sonic agency DMLDD recently announced its foray into the world of scent branding, with ‘Scent by DLMDD’. The agency’s co-founder, Max De Lucia, explains how smells are overlooked by designers and how they can e...
Angus’ A-Z of logos: UGG
Pentagram partner and creative director Angus Hyland explains why the UGG logo – albeit not a beautiful design – perfectly encapsulates the brand it represents. The b...
AI: setting type free
Adam Johnson, senior creative director at Interbrand, cuts through the AI hysteria and imagines its role as another part of the type design team. This is not a hyperb...
Audio branding in the B2B sector
Alexander Wodrich, managing director at why do birds, argues that high-quality sonic identities can lead to better outcomes for B2B brands. In today’s competitive bus...
Your people are your brand: the human power behind business success
Paul Turner, regional director – MENA at Tonic, makes a passionate plea for companies to recognise that people – both employees and customers – are their brand. In to...
Money talks – but what does your brand sound like?
Laura Woźniak, senior project manager – EMEA at MassiveMusic, discusses why brands in the finance sector should consider crafting sonic identities – something Banque Saudi Fransi has done so successfully....
Great ideas – do we overthink them?
Hassan Osman, strategy lead at Gene Branding, argues that sometimes the best ideas in brand design stare us right in the face. As strategists, we pride ourselves on o...
How brands are building identity in the metaverse
Zak McKinven, COO at Brand Lounge, discusses the almost limitless possibilities afforded by the metaverse and how brands can make the most of these. It wasn't long ag...
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