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Nudge branding guidelines cover, bold serif Branding Guidelines 2022 title on burnt orange with the Nudge logotype

A Good Nudge

A marketing & brand agency needed an identity as playful as its name. The answer: a logotype where the letters literally nudge each other, leaning, bumping and huddling together, wrapped in a warm, editorial palette and documented in a complete branding guideline system.

Client
A Good Nudge
Scope
Logotype, guidelines, colour & type, stationery
Deliverables
16-page brand guideline book
Designer
Sarmed A. · SA Studio

[ 01 ]

The idea.

Chalk and cheese, elements that shouldn't go together, made to work together. That tension became the core of the brand: letterforms nudged out of line on purpose, radical thinking outside the box, and a voice that stays fun and human.

Hello. Opening spread of the Nudge brand guidelines explaining the chalk and cheese inspiration
In Simple Terms spread describing Nudge as a young marketing and brand agency

[ 02 ]

The logotype.

Every letter is mid-nudge: tilted, tucked and stacked so the wordmark reads as a friendly crowd rather than a row of type. The system is fully specified, anatomy, minimum sizes, exclusion zones, misuse rules and behaviour on complex backgrounds.

Nudge horizontal logo lockup, white logotype on rust orange textured background
Logo anatomy spread with construction grid
Logo anatomy · construction
Nudged logo spread explaining the leaning letterforms
The nudged letterforms · rationale
Minimal logo size spread
Minimum sizes
Logo exclusion zone spread on teal
Exclusion zone
Incorrect logo usage examples
Misuse · what not to do
Use of logo on complex backgrounds spread
Complex backgrounds

[ 03 ]

Type & colour.

Helvetica Neue carries the headlines, Seto Display adds the wink, and a warm six-colour palette, rust, olive, mustard, mauve, teal and steel blue, keeps every layout feeling editorial and a little unexpected.

Nudge Rust
#CD5828
Olive
#7E7340
Mustard
#BD802B
Mauve
#AC798A
Teal
#2FA2B6
Steel Blue
#396A8E
Typography spread with Helvetica Neue, Seto Display and Calibri specimens
Typography system
Colour palette spread with all six brand colours and values
Colour palette · values

[ 04 ]

In the world.

The identity applied across stationery, print and screen, business cards, letterheads and the brand living on a phone. Tap any image to view it full size.

Nudge business cards in blue, mustard and rust colourways
Stationery · business cards
Nudge letterhead and stationery mockup
Stationery · letterhead system
Nudge brand on a phone screen, mockup reference spread
Embossed monochrome Nudge logotype, thank you closing spread

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