Do You Know Great Design When You See It?
- What makes a great design, whether it’s on the web or a sheet of paper? Certainly, you could argue that great design is beautiful, and that’s certainly part of the recipe. But the world is full of pieces of art that aren’t particularly moving, in a commercial sense, and it’s hard to consider something…more
Does Your Logo create or enforce your Brand?
What does branding mean to your business? Is it a matter of having a better logo, using a consistent coloring scheme, or maybe being sure that all of your identity and collateral pieces look like they go together? At Envision, we think all of those details are important, but they don’t go nearly far enough.…more
Are You Going to the Alter with the Wrong Logo?
Like a teenage couple with hormones running wild, it’s easy for business owners and executives to fall in love with a logo design without considering the long-term implications. What they may not realize at the time, however, is that this is one of those decisions that you really should think through, instead of simply going…more
What’s the Difference Between a Logo and a Brand?
Branding can be confusing at times, especially with the term “Branding” taking on such generic definitions lately. Many people use the term Brand to mean Logo and vice-versa. So we thought we’d help clear up the confusion just a bit and talk about what makes a logo and what makes a brand. A Logo…more
Updating a Corporate Logo. When does it make sense?
We’ve heard it a thousand times: “We can’t update our logo because we’ve been in business for (name your period of time) and everyone recognizes it already. We might alienate our current clients…” We always respond with a series of questions to begin the process of determining whether an update of the logo will benefit…more
The Gap logo – How Not to Approach Rebranding
Recently, the popular clothing manufacturer, The Gap decided to rebrand itself by changing the company logo that has been recognizable for 20+ years. The new logo which was recently unveiled to the world can be seen below alongside the original logo which I’m sure you’ve already come to know and love. The blogosphere has been…more