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Strategy
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The foundations of a distinctive brand
Distinction starts long before the logo. It starts with a point of view.

Start with a point of view.
The most memorable brands are built on a belief, not a palette. Before we sketch a single mark, we ask what the brand refuses to be.
Find the tension.
Distinction lives in the gap between what a category expects and what you actually offer. Name that gap clearly and design has somewhere to go.
Make it repeatable.
A strong foundation is simple enough to explain in one sentence and flexible enough to guide a hundred decisions.
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