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Articles, opinions, thoughts and advice from the team at Brandality

Brand Transformation

When is the Right Time to Rebrand? 7 Key Points to Consider

When was the last time you updated your brand identity? Or re­designed your website and marketing material? Every year, Graphic Evidence help numerous clients on their rebranding journey. Before we start with the implementation, we always ask them to consider a few facts. Rebranding, for most, is not a small

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Opinion

Brand location, location, location

How impactful is having a geographical reference in a brand name? It’s a question I’m continuously asked, but it’s a good one. Harrogate water, Patagonia clothing, Yorkshire Wensleydale cheese, Yorkshire Tea, Essex Lambrini. Okay, so I made that last one up, but being asked so frequently, I also started to

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Brand Strategy

The fine art of market disruption

Disruption is a term often used in marketing: But what is disruption when it comes to brand marketing and what are the rules, if any, to creating a successful market-disruption strategy without straying from the core brand purpose? Brandality offers insights into how brands can, and should, break the ‘rules’

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Brand Identity

Why So Sans? Why a logo doth not make a brand!

One of the most popular LinkedIn posts I’ve seen recently is how numerous fashion brands have simplified their logos to a basic sans serif font. Surprisingly, this has caused uproar on social media with people furiously displaying their disgust in the comments section. Some of the more publishable comments include…

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Brand Strategy

How to nourish a wellbeing brand

Brandality looks into what it takes for a brand to succeed in the evolving world of wellbeing. A state of being comfortable, healthy, or happy. As well as being the definition of ‘wellbeing’ these are also attributes many brands now strive to embody. According to the recent World Resources Institute

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Opinion

Is the design agency dead?

Let me start by saying that as well as a brand consultant, I consider myself a designer, and have run an agency since 2003. In this time I have seen considerable change in perception towards designers and design agencies in general. As a result, I find myself now asking ‘is

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Guidance

Paws for thought, before you bark up the wrong tree

The £2.6bn UK pet food market is rapidly evolving to meet owners new mindset around what they feed their pets. Brandality takes a closer sniff. Pet food market segmentation according to size and age is well-established, particularly in dog and cat categories. However, as owners increasingly think of pets as

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Brand Optimisation

Brand optimisation: does your brand need a personality shift?

More often than not, the word rebrand sends shudders down the spines of marketing directors and has FDs scrolling to the P&L spreadsheet. However, a dramatic change in brand identity is not always required to make a big difference.   Market and consumer needs change, organisations’ propositions evolve and successive

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Brand Design

Sustainability smarts for packaging success

Packaging is now a political issue and brands that don’t engage with, and respond to, the debate around sustainability, recycling and single-use might find their customers melting away. A quick straw-poll around our own office reveals that everyone is plastic-conscious – cutting back where they can; swapping plastic-wrapped and made

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Guidance

Are we all being greenwashed?

Authenticity is a word that comes up A LOT at Brandality. It informs much of our thinking when we’re brainstorming new branding and identity ideas for clients and when we’re helping brands to find their ‘voice’ to speak to their target consumers. In a crowded consumer market, true authenticity can

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