23/03/2021
BRAND CREATIVITY
What is creativity. As a entrepreneur, one of the toughest thing is to get yourself a LOGO and a WEBSITE name. Creative design process is not difficult - it is necessary. As a owner or entrepreneur, you want to feel good and give something a meaning.
In this process there are few design problems that we face.
Website names
a. Short and easy recall or identify.
b. Cheap names (nowaday top level domain name registrar are becoming mercenary - it can cost you as much as $50,000 for a newly registered website name using .com.
c. Trademarks and protection - The problems of using common fonts and how you can turn them into your personal design and meaning.
d. Creating a narrative.
This is a website name i have created for a SMU classmates who have partnered together to build a Digital Transformation Company - to encourage company building and participation - everyone is encouraged to be creative and choose a name they like and start envisioning what their future will be like.
ITERATIONS WITH RESEARCH.
1. Test the names for recognition and preferences and understand the demographics of these audiences using survey
- without explaining what they mean
- explain what they mean.
2. Use the survey to improve on the name further for stronger brand association.
In this video, it shows the design play and how it can help in coming up with the narratives for SODIOM.COM.