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Brand architecture.

A strategic framework to define the hierarchy and nomeclature of your parent brand, product brands, acquisitions, sub-brands and others.

Duration4–6 weeks
TeamStrategist + design director
Starts fromScoped per brief

You need this when

When should you consider our Brand architecture service.

01

“Every acquisition adds another logo.”

Without a framework, growth means more inconsistency, not more scale.

02

“We don't know what to call the next product line.”

A naming decision made ad hoc today becomes next year's confusion.

What you get.

Everything is delivered as an editable working document, not a locked PDF you'll never open again.

01

Brand architecture model

What stays under the master brand, what earns its own identity.

02

Naming framework

Rules for naming new products, divisions and entities consistently.

03

Decision rules

A clear test for what happens the next time you acquire or launch.

04

Governance one-pager

Who owns brand decisions, and how they get made without a committee.

The engagement

4–6 weeks, start to delivery.

01Wk 1–2

Mapping

Every current brand, sub-brand and product name, and how they relate.

02Wk 3–4

Architecture

The model that decides what unifies and what stays local.

03Wk 5

Naming rules

A framework the team can apply without briefing us each time.

04Wk 6

Handover

Governance one-pager and a working session with the decision-makers.

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