Smartkarma's Design Team put together a wonderful document that illustrates the principles and philosophy behind our business and its vision. We thought we should share it back with the startup community. For more info, please visit http://branding.smartkarma.com
3. If you've got a business,
then you've got a brand.
It has been said:
What you do with it is up to you.
4. What is a brand?
A brand is a name, term, design,
symbol or other feature that
distinguishes one seller's
product from those of others.
5. Why do WE need a STRONG brand?
■ To distinguish ourselves from our competition.
■ To position ourselves by creating a personality
that builds consumer trust and credibility.
■ To make ourselves easily identifiable in a crowd.
6. The brand that the Branding & Front End
teams have created for Smartkarma is the
combination of several elements that give
Smartkarma its distinct visual look and feel.
10. Branding Elements
Do not alter, recreate or distort the logos in any way. Even well-intentioned changes can weaken our visual identity and have a negative impact.
13. Our Hero Colour and Supporting Neutral Colours
Branding Elements
14. Research
Smartkarma is Asia’s leading
independent ecosystem for investment
research & data analytics.
Pitch Deck 2016
Private & Confidential
Reinvented
15. Investment Outlook Colours
Bullish Green and Bearish Red have been chosen to represent an Insight Provider’s positive or negative investment outlook.
Care should be taken to use these colours correctly to ensure consistency across our platform.
Branding Elements
16. Highlight Colours
Our Highlight Colours have been chosen to add further visual contrast to our core colours. However, please use them sparingly.
Using too many colours in any application can create a rainbow effect that does not correctly represent our brand.
Branding Elements
18. Our Specific Photographic Style
Choosing the right imagery is as important as choosing the right words
Branding Elements
19. What are Branding Guidelines?
■ Our Branding Guidelines are an online manual that
DEFINES Smartkarma’s brand identity.
■ It EXPLAINS how the branding elements should be used.
20. Why are Guidelines important?
■ It is ESSENTIAL that our Guidelines are followed to enable
a strong and consistent application of our visual style
across all media.
■ This will build consumer brand awareness and recognition.
21. Applying the Corporate Colours in Charts
Application
As charts are created on a case by case basis, the ratio of different colours you choose
and how they can generate different visual outcomes is important to consider.
24. Applying the Logo
To protect the integrity of Smartkarma's logos a minimum
clear space is required around all four sides.
The Logo should only be used once per page