How to create a Corporate Design (CD)
Elements of the CD Manual
- Brand story
- Hello, this is BRAND. Here’s what we make and do.
- These are our Mission, Vision, and Values.
- Logo
- Here’s our logo and what it means to us.
- How to use our logo.
- How not to use our logo.
- Color palette
- These are our colors.
- Here are pretty swatches with CMYK and HEX codes.
- Typography
- These are the fonts we use and why we chose them.
- This is our main typeface.
- This is our secondary typeface. Ooh how pretty!
- Imagery
- These are on-brand images.
- How to lay them out.
- Voice
- This is how we speak.
- Use these do’s and don’ts.
- Website
- Here’s what a the home page looks like and what you should/shouldn’t put on it.
- This is how we display products.
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