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Illustrating Diversity image for a blog by a dozen eggs on including diverse characters in marketing and branding

Illustrating Diversity

Michelle talks about how choosing illustrations with diversity shouldn't be just a nice thought, but rather an important expression of your brand values.

By Michelle Barnett : 19/02/2018
Opt in box on a website - GDPR compliance

Do I need to add an Opt In checkbox to my website?

GDPR is coming in May 2018 - is your website compliant? This article takes a look into all things opt-in checkbox!

By Fran Johnson : 07/02/2018
The Guardian redesigned logo with rebrand of layout and graphic design, which has been rolled out across the newspaper and app.

The Guardian rebrand: our thoughts

The Guardian has unveiled it's new branding for it's newspaper, website and app. Here in the office we gave our opinions on the website, while Fran played the roving reporter and went to investigate the app and newspaper.

By Michelle Barnett : 15/01/2018
Design trends for 2018; personalised UX, typography and a lead for visuals.

Design trends of 2018

Upcoming developments in graphic design and web development: personalised web experiences, hosted typography, layout trends and more.

By Michelle Barnett : 09/01/2018
The importance of white space, or negative space, and why designers use it.

Mind the gap! – why we use negative space

When delivering a design, a common request designers get is to add more information or expand objects to fill any remaining white space.

By Michelle Barnett : 14/12/2017
Illustration of a Christmas pudding

Applying Christmas to your brand

Christmas - the brand - is big business. We take a look at the balance between communicating your brands tone of voice and bring about festive cheer!

By Michelle Barnett : 29/11/2017
Speech bubble representing verbal identity and it's role in building business brand.

Verbal identity – you need one

A blog post about verbal communication, talking about establishing a brand's tone of voice. As a brand, how you talk about yourself, your company and your products?

By Michelle Barnett : 24/10/2017
Is brand activism getting ridiculous? Using the power of shock to communicate.

Brand Activism is getting ridiculous

Brand activism is where business use current politics to boost their brand image. Is it ethical for them to be involved when profit is to be made.

By Michelle Barnett : 11/10/2017
Vector logo for dropbox rebrand

The Dropbox rebrand

Our take on the dropbox rebrand. Brand values, flexible branding and then communicating the change to others.

By Fran Johnson : 04/10/2017
Branding in 10 years time, no brand launches and individualised communication.

What will branding look like in 10 years time?

Individualised communication, Flexible branding and no big brand launches are the predictions of what branding will look like in 10 years time.

By Fran Johnson : 13/09/2017
Comic sans, the infamous typeface.

Is Comic Sans really that bad?

A post that examines the history, misuse and designers rejection of the famous typeface, comic sans.

By Michelle Barnett : 04/09/2017
Consider audience when planning brand strategy

Do all brands need to be audience led?

Brand strategy often looks at a number of different spectrums. In this post we look into whether brands are audience led or founder led, with particular consideration into personalities, the market and trust.

By Fran Johnson : 02/09/2017