Week 6 Communication designing semiotics

Logo design.

Brand personality.

The caregiver:-

Mission: Protect others from harm. Make them feel cared for.

Values: Altruism. Compassion. Patience. Empathy.

Personality attributes: Caring. Generous. Optimistic. Friendly. Handholding. Competent.

Typical Caregiver Brands: Persil. Procter & Gamble. Johnson & Johnson. Volvo.

The ruler:-

Goal: To create a prosperous, successful community

Strategy: To exercise power

Greatest Fear: Chaos and being overthrown

Personalities: Peacemaker, Powerbroker, Conductor

Key Attributes: Manager, Organiser, Productive, Confidence, Responsible, Role Model, The boss, The leader.

The creator:-

Goal: To realise a vision

Strategy: To develop artistic control and skill

Greatest Fear: Mediocre vision or execution

Personalities: Artisan, Innovator, Inventor

Key Attributes: Innovative, Imaginative, Creative, Artistic, Experimental, Willing to take risks, Ambitious, Desire to turn ideas into Reality, Inventor, Musician, Writer or Dreamer.

The innocent:-

Goal: To be happy

Strategy: To do things right

Greatest Fear: To come across boring

Personalities: Traditionalist, Optimist, Cheerleader

Key Attributes: Wholesome, Pure, Forgiving, Trusting, Honest, Happy, Optimistic, Simple.

The sage:-

Goal: To use intelligence and wisdom to understand the world

Strategy: Seek out information and knowledge

Greatest Fear: Being misled or ignored

Personalities: Expert/Guru, Investigator, Mento

Key Attributes: Expert, Thinker, Philosopher, Reflective, Advisor, Teacher, Confident, In-control, Wisdom, Intelligence, Planner

The explorer:-

Goal: To experience a more authentic and fulfilling life

Strategy: To journey, seek and experience new things

Greatest Fear: To be trapped and conform

Personalities: Individualist, Seeker, Trailblazer

Key Attributes: Adventurous, Wanderer, Restless, Independent, Self-Directed, Self-sufficient and Values freedom

The hero:-

Goal: Expert mastery in a way that improves the world

Strategy: To be as strong and competent as possible

Greatest Fear: Vulnerability and weakness

Personalities: Competitor, Achiever, Coach

Key Attributes: Warrior, Competitive, Aggressive, Winner, Principled, Idealist, Challenge, Courageous and Proud

The magician:-

Goal: To make dreams come true

Strategy: Develop a vision and live by it

Greatest Fear: Negative consequences

Personalities: The Envisioner, Healer, Catalyst

Key Attributes: The visionary, Inventor, Spiritual, Values magical moments, Charismatic Leader, Holistic

The rebel:-

Goal: To overturn what isn’t working

Strategy: Disrupt, Destroy or Shock

Greatest Fear: To be powerless

Personalities: The Troubleshooter, Game Changer, The Challenger

Key Attributes: Rebellious, Shocking, Outrageous, Disruptive, Feared, Powerful, Counter-cultural, Liberated, Radical Freedom

The everyman:-

Goal: To belong

Strategy: Be down-to-earth and develop solid virtues

Greatest Fear: To be left out or stand out from the crowd

Personalities: Realist, Democrat, Comrade

Key Attributes: Everyday functionality , Honesty, Dependable, not pretentious, straight shooter, people-oriented.

The Jester:-

Strategy: To live in the moment and not be too serious

Key Attributes: Joker, Playful, carefree, Joyful, Original, Teaser and Foolish

Greatest Fear: To come across boring

Personalities: Comedian, Practical Joker.

The lover:-

Goal: To be in a relationship with the people, work and surroundings.

Strategy: To become more and more physically and emotionally attractive

Key Attributes: Seek true love, Intimacy, Sensuality, Passionate, Sexy, Seductive, Erotic, Seek pleasure, To indulge, Follow emotions.

Greatest Fear: Being alone or feeling unwanted

Personalities: Harmoniser, Connector, Partner

So I learnt about the goal, key attributes, fear and personality of all kinds of brand personality. We also moved on further to make a logo on Halt.

Sir gave us some reference for the type face and colours to be used.

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