Ask not how your branding agency can help you change the world. Ask how your branding agency can help grow your business.
My twenty-plus years career running branding agencies have taught me what works and what doesn’t work in terms of positioning a business for growth. Many trends, perspectives, and buzzwords come and go. New ones continually pop up.
You’ve heard of approaches like disruption, differentiation, relevance, unique selling propositions, and personalization. But today, what you hear the most is brand purpose. Not just the what, how, or who the brand is, but the “why” you should care and how it makes the world a better place. This “why” is supposed to align with something bigger, which is more important than the straightforward selling of products.
With four decades of experience in the construction industry, NEFCO had well established itself as a dependable go-to for inventory and supply across the eastern seaboard. While their service and ethos had stood and succeeded upwardly through the test of time, their branding was out-of-step with the present.
NEFCO came to us with a visual ID created in the 1980s that needed a redesign into something that would resonate in today’s digital world. When we started reconstructing NEFCO’s visual identity, we knew it needed to feel powerful, modern and precise while supporting their motto: United We Build.
Utilizing a bright construction orange, we created the “connected N” icon, a multi-layered design with angular symmetry and visual depth. Buoyed by a strong blue wordmark, the two elements work in tandem to tell a color story that grounds NEFCO in their community-driven, supply-chain expertise.
What We Did
Brand Strategy, Visual ID, Messaging, Marketing Collateral, Website Design, Illustration, and Brand Consulting
