One of my favorite projects in recent months is the brand and website design for Liz Brunswick. Liz Brunswick is a life and career coach for women who want to find their life purpose, be who they truly are and do what they love. She helps working moms who want to make a career transition to use their drive and energy to find their authentic vocation. Her brand needed to appeal to women who are not yet middle aged, but also older than millennials. It had to be attractive, fearless, and yet feminine and soft. The overall message she wanted her brand to project was growth & change, as well as being grounded.
Working with Ginny Krauss for her brand strategy, Liz opted to use soft, feminine colors of pink, grey, blue, and seafoam green. She also specified that she wanted an anchor symbol in her logo, but didn’t want it to have a nautical look. We agreed to stay away from the overused symbols like trees and hands. (Search life coach logo and you’ll get hundreds of images of hands, trees, and arms outstretched.)
MOOD BOARD
I love her moodboard! It reminds me of ice cream sundaes!
LOGO DESIGN
You know what the coolest thing about this branding design project is? Her logo design actually came to me in a dream. (I’m not kidding!) It was so vivid, and so clearly defined that when I woke up, it took me only 10 minutes to create it on Illustrator. Apparently my sleeping self also picked out the fonts for me because I knew exactly what to use. Maybe I should take naps before starting every logo design project? 🙂
BRAND GUIDE
STATIONERY SUITE
WEBSITE DESIGN
Her website design had to be fun, professional, and easy to navigate. I used her brand colors liberally, even in the choice of stock photos, and made sure there was a lot of white space so it won’t be overwhelming. Pro tip: when working with candy colors, pair it with black geometric type to balance the sweetness.
This is what Liz said when I first showed her the design for her website:
Ginny was not lying when she said you are a magical unicorn. I love its, everything I imagined and more. LOVE LOVE LOVE it!! I can’t wait to release it.
Built on WordPress + Genesis, her website is of course, mobile responsive and easy to use. Do check out her website! Oh, and she wrote about her rebranding experience on her blog. Go read it!
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