Dan

Designers have been asking for our full branding process breakdown. Here it is (breaking it day by day for ease): Day 0: We do the boring stuff We send a proposal, agreement, and invoice (I do this in 40 minutes using the templates we have). Day 1: Send questionnaire Our questionnaire has 45 questions with 9 sections covering ICP, personality, competitors etc. Day 2: Kickoff call (after they fill the questionnaire) We go through their questionnaire answers. Show them 3 logo directions (round, square, abstract). Guide them in the direction we think will work best. We also book the concept call 1-2 weeks out. This prevents client anxiety, they know something is coming up. Day 3-5: Send love/hate exploration We send 20-30 logos in their chosen direction only. We get ALL decision makers to fill it out. Hates are most important as they are a good boundary to have. Day 5-14: Design Client returns love/hate, we start concepting internally with the team. Then build out 3 concepts + semi-finished brand guidelines. We don't do check-ins or share sketches, the client doesn't hear a lot from us until the concept call. Day 14: Concept call Clients usually expect the bare minimum. But we present 3 concepts with type, colors, mockups and stuff like that. We show nearly complete guidelines which give them that 'wow' factor (well, not anymore, I've given away the sauce). Day 14-17: Final delivery Complete brand guidelines, nothing important to mention here. Found this process works for us as there are minimal revisions, no client anxiety, wasted work and quick. Not rocket science, but Happy Pizza science.

When a client wants to switch from AI to a human-made logo 🦇

One of our clients got YC-funded, so we can't share the brand just yet. The founder came back with extra deliverables: - email signatures - social templates - video outro - pitch decks - LinkedIn banner - letterhead (super old-school stuff) Send help.

@madewithmiso @bruvimtired @theCTO You burn 200B trying to stop an NPM server

@bruvimtired @theCTO Like half of what I’ve burnt by myself

we've burnt 225 billion tokens since launch, and will continue to burn more in the upcoming weeks...

@madewithmiso 1. You’re not hitting a k twin 2. You wouldn’t

@pizzaboy Middle name could be pizza if you play your cards right

If I hit 1k followers before my kid is born I’ll let ya’ll degenerates pick the middle name

@thestonechat Thanks man

@pizzaboy based logo

Our recent client Deeptrace is an AI SRE and debugging companion backed by YC that has raised $5M. Their audience is the developer who gets paged at 2 am because something broke in production. The one staring at a terminal in dark mode with three monitors, a cold coffee, and a Slack channel blowing up. They don't want a brand that's fun, friendly and approachable. They want a brand that looks like it belongs in their stack. Sleek, modern and simple. So that's who that brand was built for. And myself, because I've been in those shoes...

@DmitryLepisov Oh I was very off then 😂

A glimpse into the brand identity for California Design Labs. More to come.

@wmssuper87 The second shape is the rear wing, not everyone will see it right away, but not anything sees everything in every logo right away

@pizzaboy But is the second shape also a bat? Because I honestly can't recognize it. When I hide the smaller shape it does look like a flying bat, but that second shape is really throwing me off. Anyway I'm just an anon :)

@wmssuper87 The generic bat logo is not unique or identified to a single brand, that’s the issue with it, it’s just Batman

@pizzaboy You're welcome. In the first one at least it was clear what the shape was. In the second one I have no idea what that is.

@wmssuper87 Thanks anon

@pizzaboy The AI was better

Locking in after doomscrolling for too long

@itstraviscoy I’m in your dms

@pizzaboy Sounds good, looking forward to it! Thanks Dan

@dundeez @madewithmiso MVI

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@itstraviscoy I'm in

According to my research (a 5 second Google search) there are 500k designers in the US alone. If we all pitch in $2.50 we can buy this domain and make it something incredible. Who's in? I'll cover the yearly fees 😂

@skeptrune Thank bud

@pizzaboy congrats homie

@itstraviscoy not right now but I'll happily work with a fellow veteran at some point man

@pizzaboy Need help?

@uxmateja yes

@pizzaboy Trying to understand, are you being ironical with send help note or no

@DomenicoDD It’s a common requirement of the country they’re in 🤙

@pizzaboy They must be doing business with bank/legal/insurance or healthcare to need a letterhead… or maybe they’re just old fashioned