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INTERMEDIATE

Brand systems for designers

How to build an identity system that holds its shape across time, language and media. For working designers.

Level
intermediate
Duration
8 weeks · 16 sessions
Language
en
Modules
4
Open brand guidelines document on a desk.
Curriculum
  1. 01

    Foundations

    • What an identity is for
    • Narrative before mark
    • Reading the brief between the lines
  2. 02

    System architecture

    • Tokens, components, surfaces
    • Color systems with intent
    • Type systems for bilingual brands
  3. 03

    Mark-making

    • Logotype mechanics
    • Marks, monograms, signets
    • Iconography that knows its place
  4. 04

    Guidelines and handover

    • Writing guidelines designers will read
    • Governance models that work
    • Designing for partners

A working designer's course. We assume Figma fluency and editorial taste; we add the discipline of system-building.

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