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Transparency

An inspiring — and authentic — illustrated tagline from Just Coffee Co-Op • Fair Trade and Organic Coffee. “Justice” is demonstrated through transparent reporting of actual “fair trade” practices.

Architect & Furniture Designer

Brand ID refresh, website, and LinkedIn profile for D. A. Hall Architect, LEED AP, and design-build partner of Lang Construction (see above).

Browser Icon

A browser icon, or favicon, is a small but mighty branding element that appears in browser tabs, history archives, bookmark lists, and text links. I studied these — and more — before I chose one for CXD.

Name Extraordinaire

Ring is famous for being rejected by Shark Tank and then selling to Amazon five years later. The company was founded by Jamie Siminoff in 2013 as Doorbot, which he pitched to the “Sharks” that same year. Renamed Ring, the smart doorbell…

Start With Why: Brand Mission

Mission is our proactive role in driving our vision forward through a business, nonprofit, professional practice, or consultancy, in keeping with our values — what we intend to do.

In Search of Vision

There are myriad approaches to defining a vision, and all start necessarily with self-reflection. As I work on CXD’s, here are some questions I asked (am asking, will always be asking) myself.

Defining Values

Values definition is essential for any business or organization — micro or macro, start-up or established, for-profit or not — and there are many ways to do it. Here’s how I got started with CXD’s.

Start With Why: Brand Vision

Vision is how we passionately imagine our idea, product, service, expertise, world, or life at its potential best, or believe it can (and should) become — the change we want to be.

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