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Articles, case studies and ebooks drawn from the work itself: how brand systems hold together, how stores launch, and how to measure it properly.
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Blog
Long-form pieces on brand systems, consistency and email that renders properly.
Latest: Building HTML email that survives Outlook
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Case studies
What we built, how, and what we would change. The same five headings every time.
Latest: The BrandzaX identity
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Ebooks
Free PDFs on brand systems, store launches and tracking. Yours to keep and share.
Latest: The Startup Brand System Playbook
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Building HTML email that survives Outlook
Outlook for Windows renders your email with the Word engine. Treat that as the brief rather than fighting it, and most other email problems become manageable.
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The BrandzaX identity
Our own identity, built the way we build client work: one master mark on a 100-unit grid, a palette sampled from a brass door plate, and every lockup drawn from the same file.
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The Startup Brand System Playbook
What to build first, what to skip, and how to keep it consistent as the team grows.
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What a brand system actually includes
The word system means anything from a logo with two colours to a 200-page manual. Here is what should be in the folder, and what each piece does.
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The Tracking Setup Guide
GA4, Tag Manager and Meta Pixel with the Conversions API, set up correctly before you spend on ads.
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Why consistency beats a redesign
Before you pay for a rebrand, work out whether the thing that looks tired is the design or the discipline. Only one of them is fixed by new artwork.
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