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Usually ships in 1 business days | | | | | | Praise for previous editions of Designing Brand Identity: An inspiring and powerful toolkit. The Marketer Alina Wheeler provides a practical structure for the brand building process. Al Ries, coauthor, Positioning Wheeler's book offers a cogent description of how strategy and design meet in the real world among world-class companies. Marty Neumeier, author, The Brand Gap A valued reference book for all members of the branding team. Communication Arts | | | |
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| | Product Details | | Author: | Alina Wheeler | | Hardcover: | 320 pages | | Publisher: | Wiley | | Publication Date: | August 31, 2009 | | Language: | English | | ISBN: | 0470401427 | | Product Width: | 2.18 centimeters | | Product Height: | 0.31 centimeters | | Product Weight: | 0.03 pounds | | Package Length: | 11.0 inches | | Package Width: | 8.8 inches | | Package Height: | 0.9 inches | | Package Weight: | 2.8 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 43 reviews |
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42 of 47 found the following review helpful:
 Not recommended for working professionals Apr 28, 2011
By AK
As a young design professional with 5 years of experience, I came to this book with an existing knowledge-base about branding and a desire to streamline my design process.
Part 1, Brand Basics, will be familiar to anyone who works in branding. Words like "positioning" are defined, accompanied by brief anecdotes about known brands. It lived up to my expectations -- a refresher with some nice quotes.
Part 2, Process, sets out to elaborate the actual steps toward making a brand. This is where the book unraveled for me. I had hoped for in-depth examples from the author's (or her contributers') experience and hard facts. If they needed to update a logo, who sat down with who? Where, when, and how often? What was the first thing they decided to do? What was the outcome of that decision? What did the first sketches look like?
Instead, I found descriptions far too vague and generalized to be of much help. For example, the page on Naming first lists a lot of common sense: dictionaries and thesauruses are good resources, and paring down large lists takes patience. Next, the actual process is stated, with steps such as "develop decision-making process" and "create numerous names." These leave me wanting so much more -- the former seems deliberately irritating (my process is making a process?) while the latter is simplistically obvious. While I understand that there's no magic process or correct number of names that works in every situation, detailed examples from real branding decisions certainly would have illuminated the concepts better.
Part 3, Best Practices, would more accurately be named More Anecdotes. Each spread tells a bit about the branding efforts of brands such as Hot Wheels or FedEx. These serve as interesting and inspiring stories, but there is not enough depth or detail to make them practical examples.
To sum up: because this is not a particularly dense read and the information is accurate, I would recommend it to a student. As a professional, I would prefer more substance. While the author labels it "a quick reference guide", I found it to be a very quick overview.
44 of 50 found the following review helpful:
 The bible of brand design Oct 01, 2009
By Marty Neumeier
"author of The Designful Company"
Writers have The Elements of Style. Managers have The Effective Executive. Chairpeople have Robert's Rules of Order. And now brand-builders have Designing Brand Identity. If you have (or would like to have) responsibility for managing, measuring, critiquing, or designing a brand, you've found your bible. And if you already own the first or second edition, you'll want to upgrade to the third. What I find most remarkable is that, aside from the thorough and relevant content, the design of the book is everything you'd expect from a top brand designer--and so seldom get. A classic.
19 of 21 found the following review helpful:
Shows how all the pieces fit together Sep 09, 2009
By Carol Novello
This book saved me hours of time. It lays out a step-by-step process that would've taken a lot more time figuring out on my own if I didn't have this as a resource. If you're trying to convince people in your company to put more resources into branding, this book gives you what you need to make a strong case.
I found the format easy to use because it integrates instruction, example, text, pictures, and charts. Case study section is more text intensive than the others but still manageable. Has the stuff you need to get the job done -- starts with the big picture and goes down through the executional details.
9 of 10 found the following review helpful:
Designing Brand Identity Is Smart Dec 10, 2009
By Renee
"frontline makeover specialist"
What I love most? Designing Brand Identity is smart. I know I can pick it up anytime, open it anywhere and I'll be inspired. Principle based with miles of details. I'm a lefty and a righty... analytical and creative... I'm blown away by the value packed between the green pages. Dynamic processes, clean intelligent layout and visuals. Thank you!!!! Your work will help me in everything I do as a front-line makeover specialist.
7 of 8 found the following review helpful:
Great Book! Certainly I will use with my students. Sep 29, 2009
By Antonio R. Oliveira
This is an amazing book. Alina had the ability to gather some great cases to illustrate the rich masterfully methodology presented in the book. As a professor of branding in Brazil, I believe this book is a great reference for professionals and students of branding in the world, for dealing with the subject in a simple and fascinating way.
Congratulations Alina! You did a wonderful job.
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