{"id":9144,"date":"2016-11-25T17:15:46","date_gmt":"2016-11-25T15:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/loopaa.ro\/?p=8647"},"modified":"2016-11-25T17:15:46","modified_gmt":"2016-11-25T15:15:46","slug":"creative-team-development-brand-manual-insights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loopaa.ro\/2021\/2016\/11\/25\/creative-team-development-brand-manual-insights\/","title":{"rendered":"Face to face with the creative team \u2013 insights on the development of a brand manual"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The creative Loopies, the ones that usually hide their pretty faces behind huge desktops, decided to step out of their protective environment. On Thursday, 24<sup>th<\/sup> of November, some of them gathered all their will and went to get acquainted with the students of the College of Political, Administrative and Communication Sciences.<\/p>\n<p>Thrilled to meet the future designers, but a bit anxious about the encounter with so many knowledge seekers, three members of the creative department stepped on stage and shared part of their knowledge.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Our <strong>Creative Director, Marin Gava<\/strong>, was the first to speak up. His speech focused on what means to be a graphic designer in a marketing agency. He gave some insights on how does a typical work day looks like for a designer. From the morning coffee and the debriefing sessions to the actual design work, he covered the main tasks performed by a creative.<\/p>\n<p>Next on, it was time for our <strong>Art Director, Andrei <\/strong><strong>\u0218te\u021bcu<\/strong>, to bewitch the audience with his infectiously charming personality. He started by explaining what is a brand manual and why it\u2019s needed.<\/p>\n<p>As a hint, we will let your know that the first so-called \u201cbrand manual\u201d are the 10 commandments written by Moses. Why? Because even in the ancient times people still needed a set of rules to abide to. Just like, in today\u2019s world, every company needs some rules to follow in order to maintain its brand consistency.<\/p>\n<p>He told the students which are the <strong>5 most important questions<\/strong> every designer has to answer when creating a brand manual:<\/p>\n<p>[list color=&#8221;&#8221; icon=&#8221;im-icon-home&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>1. WHO will use it?<\/p>\n<p>2. WHAT will be obtained by using it?<\/p>\n<p>3. HOW will they use it?<\/p>\n<p>4. WHERE will it be used?<\/p>\n<p>5. WHY are these rules created?<\/p>\n<p>[\/list]<\/p>\n<p>He also gave them tips on how to develop a brand manual. We won\u2019t give you all of them, but we will mention a few. For the rest, you\u2019ll have to contact Andrei. Here they are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Always choose a creative concept around which to develop the brand manual;<\/li>\n<li>Define one or two design directives;<\/li>\n<li>Create a clear structure for the brand manual;<\/li>\n<li>The copy is essential. A brand manual that is all design and no copy is useless;<\/li>\n<li>Create clear rules, but flexible enough to allow the designers to be creative;<\/li>\n<li>Create a do\u2019s and don\u2019ts section.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>After he explained how a brand manual should be developed, it was time for one of our <strong>Senior Graphic Designers, Robert Gal<\/strong>, to be in the spotlight. He started by showcasing how to create or develop certain parts of the brand manual.<\/p>\n<p>More exactly, he talked about:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The safety zone;<\/li>\n<li>The minimum accepted logo size;<\/li>\n<li>The logo application rules;<\/li>\n<li>The logo colors;<\/li>\n<li>How to set the fonts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In the end, he also mentioned how we developed the tagline and the logo for one of our clients, <a href=\"http:\/\/totcemisca.info\/\">totcemisca.info<\/a>, a news platform launched this summer. You can find more info about it in the study case we developed after the project\u2019s completion. You can access it by clicking on this <a href=\"http:\/\/loopaa.ro\/case-study-tot-ce-misca\/\">LINK<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The event ended with a Q&amp;A session, where everyone had a chance to receive answers to his questions. The students took advantage of this, therefore they did not hesitate to ask whatever they needed to know.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 20%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-9144 gallery-columns-5 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/loopaa.ro\/2021\/our-culture\/loopies\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/loopaa.ro\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/loopies-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>If you didn\u2019t had the chance to meet the creative Loopies and find more about what a brand manual is and why you need it, don\u2019t worry. You can find the desired info by accessing our dedicated landing page, <a href=\"http:\/\/branding.loopaa.ro\/\">branding.loopaa.ro<\/a>, or by downloading our <a href=\"http:\/\/branding.loopaa.ro\/\">brand manual.<\/a> You can also <a href=\"http:\/\/loopaa.ro\/contact\/\">contact us<\/a> anytime!<\/p>\n<p>Go ahead, don\u2019t be shy!<\/p>\n<p>Yours dedicated,<\/p>\n<p>Loopaa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The creative Loopies, the ones that usually hide their pretty faces behind huge desktops, decided to step out of their [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9145,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[182],"tags":[72,183,51],"class_list":["post-9144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-branding","tag-branding","tag-creative","tag-marketing-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/loopaa.ro\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/loopaa.ro\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/loopaa.ro\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loopaa.ro\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loopaa.ro\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/loopaa.ro\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9144\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loopaa.ro\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/loopaa.ro\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loopaa.ro\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loopaa.ro\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}