More design details from our brand identity work for Radial Health

Brands that cut through the noise don’t just look good, they think different. That’s why we start every project Goodside with brand positioning, creating a solid foundation to grow on and a point of view to set it apart.

Fun to see our brand identity work for Desnudo Coffee featured on Behance yesterday!

What does authentic mean to you? At Goodside we spend the first 4 weeks of each project unpacking that question in the form of brand strategy. Are you Chappell Roan or Tom Hanks? Do you lean Sandler or Kardashian? These are a few of the questions we use to suss it out:

Apple? Generic. Nike? Hard to pronounce. Airbnb? That's not even a real word. Yet these names all work beautifully. So what's in a name? We're sharing 5 of our tried and true strategies shaped by almost a decade of naming → goodside.studio/blogs/how-to-n…

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DirtyVine was a dream project: a super fun, purpose-driven brand, a great client, and a dream team. So proud of how it came to life.

Things people are surprised to learn about Goodside: → We’re a tiny-but-mighty team of 2 → Danielle LaRoy leads strategy + words, I lead design + art direction → We only take on 2 projects at a time → We put equal emphasis on the visual and verbal brand

It's amazing what clients will share when they feel safe in early branding conversations. And that's the key to good discovery. At Goodside, we try to create that safety by starting our client interviews with a few notes:

Small but meaningful updates to our process page today: We've been taking on more naming projects (and loving it!) and we've restructured how we think about brand launch (more partners, strategic AI use). Check it out → goodside.studio/process

One of my favorite hero web designs to date. Even in the world of mindblowing, 3D webGL websites, what you can do with parallaxing images & blending modes is still unmatched. Collable with Goodside (brand)

Great read on strategy-focused Creative Directors. The soul of a brand is the storytelling, the brand beliefs, the core idea. That's what separates good brands from great ones. Lucky to have Danielle LaRoy leading this work Goodside 💛