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How to get the most out of your agency briefing

Posted by: Design102 team, Posted on: 10 July 2024 - Categories: Advice, Creative, Design, Services
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A good agency briefing will set your project up for success from the start, but it can be confusing knowing what to include. Learn Design102’s top tips for writing a creative brief, from the ‘must-haves’ to ‘nice-to-knows’.

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What are the top principles for great logo design?

Posted by: Design102 team, Posted on: 25 August 2023 - Categories: Advice, Branding, Creative, Design
Four examples of the Design102 logo in use, including a colour (navy ‘design’, orange ‘102’) logo against a white background, a black text logo against an orange background, a white text logo against a navy background, and a favicon featuring an orange roundel with 102 in navy overlaid.

At the heart of any successful brand is the right logo. Your logo is often your audience’s first interaction with your organisation, so it needs to have impact. Learn 6 top principles used by Design102 to create your perfect logo.

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Old vs new: how the greats of graphic design influence our work

Posted by: Design102 team, Posted on: 8 July 2022 - Categories: Animation, Branding, Creative, Design, Illustration
Side-by-side comparison of two crown images. A close up photo of the Royal Crest on the Tower of London gates. The old style Royal Crest features a gold circle filled with a black centre, on which a gold crown and the letters E R II are embossed. The comparison image focusses on the centre of a Platinum Jubilee banner. A modern, single line platinum crown is drawn against a royal purple background.

Many examples of contemporary design reference great graphic design from the past. To mark the Platinum Jubilee year, this article is looking back over the last 70 years to see how classic design influences our work at Design102.

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Branding government: how can good design help build public trust?

Posted by: Design102 team, Posted on: 29 January 2021 - Categories: Branding, Creative, Design
Three images of HM Government branded campaigns: ‘A step up in pay’ campaign, with text reading ‘National Minimum and Living Wage went up on 1 April 2017’; a ‘Fire it up’ apprenticeships scheme poster showing a young woman looking into the camera confidently, beside the text ‘We bring the energy’; and an NHS co-branded poster reading ‘Coronavirus. Wash your hands more often for 20 seconds.’

You’ve probably seen the HM Government logo a lot recently – on TV, social media ads and more. But did you know that it’s part of a wider government identity system? We discuss how and why government branding works.

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