Brand voice is the personality attributes you take in all aspects of verbal and written communication. This includes language and word choice, tone, and style. Your brand’s voice determines the execution of internal communication (staff emails, memos, meetings, interviews) and external communication (marketing, customer service, social media, packaging, blogs, ads). Brand voice is a little more elusive than visual design, but it’s just as important to creating a brand that works like a system.

The feeling of learning builds confidence, and repetition builds skill. We don’t start out as the version of ourselves who is “good” at something. We become that person by being “bad” at it and doing it over and over anyway. The feeling that we’re learning propels us forward.

Even if you’re not a super visual person or someone who works with images a lot, moodboarding is an incredible tool for any situation that requires creative and visual thinking. Moodboards help you collect ideas and reference material, and provide a way to translate abstract ideas into concrete visual examples. Leaning into a feeling and sensory-based process provides context for your ideas. What’s hard to describe in words can often be better conveyed through images.
But not all mooodboards are created equal.

Our brains have evolved to latch onto stories. We remember information better when it’s presented in a narrative than we do when presented with straight facts and numbers. This is why brand storytelling is important. We’ve all experienced the feeling of connection that stories create. Our ability to connect with our own stories connects us to our audiences, and this is infinitely more powerful than any marketing tactic. Human-scale brand design is an approach that highlights this quality and inherently challenges the status quo.