Overview: Use what you learned in Project 7 of the textbook to complete the following free-form exercise. First, carefully read the art director and client comments. Then create your own designs to meet the needs of the project. Your letterhead design must be highly original. It should NOT be designed like the one in the text book. Be creative with the logo, letterhead, and business card!
The name of the client is "Creative Splendor Designs", which is actually the graphic design company that you work for.
When finished with the designs, write an explanation of your reasoning behind your final designs—especially the logo. In your ½ to 1-page evaluation, you are to address some of these concepts:
- In what ways did you apply logo design guidelines.
- Visual appeal, creativity, and readability of all of your designs
- Your use of C.R.A. P. design principles
- Why your design appeals to your intended audience
- WHY you used certain design elements/features. Don't simply state what you used.
Art Director Comments
The owner of your design agency is pleased with the work you have been doing for the company. Since the agency has decided to create more formal branding for itself, they actually want to create a new logo and the accompanying collateral pieces with the new logo.
To complete this project, you must:
- Develop a compelling logo that suggests the agency’s purpose, which is graphic design. Incorporate the agency’s name – Creative Splendor Designs – in the logo.
- The logo must be developed from scratch using InDesign. Do not use any outside imagery.
- Build a letterhead in a professional manner. CLICK HERE for some great examples.
- Build a business card that is 3.5”wide by 2” high, with .125" bleeds. The margins shoud be between 0 and .125". CLICK for examples
Client Comments
For the logo, I want something that really says “graphic design” – how can we convince clients that we can design their logos if we don’t have a good design for our own? Create some kind of imagery that people will immediately recognize as graphics- or art-related.
The letterhead should have the company’s mailing address, phone number, and website. The business card needs to include a name, title, mailing address, email, and phone number. Use your own or fictitious contact information as placeholder text for everything.
Keep in mind you are building a complete identity package, so all pieces should have a consistent look. Whatever you do on the letterhead, you should use similar visual elements on the business card.
SPECIAL REMINDER: The same logo must be used on each document unless you have a strategic reason for using two variations.
Instructor's Comments
The artwork must be created in InDesign. I want you to embrace the power of the InDesign software. So, please, no outside images for the logo.
How to Submit
- Save your evaluation with Word or PDF
- Export the letterhead to PDF
- Export the Business Card to PDF
- no need to submit the logo separately because it is embedded in other documents
- Due Date is Tuesday, February 14th by 8pm
- Upload to the Assignment Folder called "Mod 4: Brand Identity"