Holistic Branding Strategies

A course by Matthias und Anastasios , Communication Consultant and Designer

Communication Consultant and Designer. Düsseldorf, Germany.
Joined September 2021

Learn how to develop complex brand identities that connect with audiences using design, consulting, and psychology

93% positive reviews (15)
743 students
Audio: German
German · Spanish · English · Portuguese · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch

Learn how to develop complex brand identities that connect with audiences using design, consulting, and psychology

Exploring and establishing an identity means laying a solid foundation for the entire design process.
Consultant and coach Matthias Berghoff and interdisciplinary communication designer Anastasios Koupantsis have collaborated together for more than 13 years, creating a workspace somewhere between strategy and design. In this online course, they show you how to develop identities from a multidisciplinary perspective and give every aspect visibility.

Alongside them, discover how to reveal and shape an identity. Drawing on methods from different disciplines, delve into the questions and motives that characterize your project. Learn how to find inspiration for clear design solutions throughout the process and to develop identities with a unique visual language.

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What will you learn in this online course?

16 lessons & 12 downloads

  • 93% positive reviews (15)
  • 743 students
  • 16 lessons (1h 47m)
  • 12 additional resources (3 files)
  • Online and at your own pace
  • Available on the app
  • Audio: German
  • German · Spanish · English · Portuguese · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch
  • Level: Beginner
  • Unlimited access forever

What is this course's project?

Create a brand identity, which can be your own or that of a client or project.

Who is this online course for?

Anyone in design who wants to know how to express and develop an identity.
The course is also suitable for those not involved in design, since they can work on the basis of the brand's content. In agencies, this function is usually carried out by people who are experts in strategy or in the areas of both strategy and creation.

Requirements and materials

Design skills and familiarity with branding and identity concepts are necessary to take this course.

As for software, you need Adobe Creative Suite (especially Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop). For content-related work, pencil and paper or a simple word processing program will suffice.


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Matthias und Anastasios

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Communication Consultant and Designer

Matthias Berghoff and Anastasios Koupantsis worked together until 2021 in the Düsseldorf-based design agency Betty + Betty, founded by Anastasios. At the crossroads of strategy and design, they used identity as the basis for contemporary communication and systematic brand management. Betty + Betty's projects have been awarded by the German Brand and Design Awards, the European Design Award, and the Art Directors Club, Germany, among others. They have also been featured in national and international media.

Matthias advises managers on how to implement identity as part of a leadership and management process. He studied economics as well as industrial and organizational psychology and accompanies people as a consultant and coach, reflecting on existing processes and discovering new ones. As an interdisciplinary designer, Anastasios explores new ways to make the different facets of identity visually tangible. He studied communication design at the University of Applied Sciences in Düsseldorf. His research on corporate design, typography, and editorial design led him to interdisciplinary projects that combine analog, digital, and spatial communication.


Content

  • U1

    Introduction

    • About us
    • Our influences
  • U2

    Discover identities

    • Start with a blank sheet of paper
    • Reflect on your thoughts and the input provided
    • Search for information that you are still missing
    • Activate your project partners
  • U3

    Establish identities

    • Make all your thoughts visible
    • Visualize your approaches
    • Formulate messages
  • U4

    Make identities visible

    • Find a story
    • Shape the visual identity
    • Make the identity visible everywhere
  • U5

    Present identities

    • Present your process
    • Create a portfolio
    • Contact important multipliers
    • Use social media
  • FP

    Final project

    • Holistic Branding Strategies

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Holistic Branding Strategies. Design, Marketing, and Business course by Matthias und Anastasios

Holistic Branding Strategies

A course by Matthias und Anastasios
Communication Consultant and Designer. Düsseldorf, Germany.
Joined September 2021
  • 93% positive reviews (15)
  • 743 students