Design & Life

The Role of Branding in UX Design

Every interaction, in any form, is BRANDING.

“Often as product designers, we develop such a deep empathy for customer needs, fears, and desires, that it can become a natural extension of our thinking from product requirements to emotional brand attributes.”

Ron Golding, Product Designer at Google

01 Brand

A brand is a person’s gut feeling about a product, service or company. Brands are a collection of perceptions, feelings, and ideas consumers have about a specific company. Which set it apart from alternatives.

02 Branding

The active process of shaping the perceptions that consumers have about your company.

What the Brand Does

Purpose, Mission and Vision. Offerings, Positioning.

How the Brand Speaks

Voice and Tone, Editorial Style Guide, Core Messaging.

How the Brand Thinks & Feels

Persona, Brand Values, Brand Story.

How the brand Looks

Logo, Color Palette, Typography, Iconography, Photography etc.

How Brands Express their Identities

Interfaces & Physical Products, Multimedia, Environment, Events.

People’s Experience with Brand

Thoughts, Memories, Feelings, Reactions, Reputation.

03 Brand Identity

Brand identity is the visible elements of a brand, such as color, design, and logo, that identify and differentiate the brand in
consumer’s minds.

04 How Branding and UX Should Work Together?

Brand identity is the visible elements of a brand, such as color, design, and logo, that identify and differentiate the brand in
consumer’s minds.

Typography

Color

Photography and Imagery

Tone of Voice

Interaction

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