Thinking

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Oct 2026

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6 min

Why your logo is the least important part of your brand

A logo is a signature, not a personality. Here is where the real work of a brand happens.

Font specimen sheet with a drawer of letterpress type

Every new client asks about the logo first. It is the part people can point at, so it feels like the brand. It is not.

A logo is a signature

A signature tells you who sent the letter. It does not tell you what the letter says. The things people actually remember are the tone of the copy, the colour of the bag, the way the shop smells and how fast someone answers an email.

Where we spend the time

On most projects the mark takes about ten percent of the hours. The rest goes into the system around it: type, colour, photography rules, templates and the words. That is the part a team uses every day.

So yes, we will design you a great logo. We will just spend more time on everything else.

Got a brand to build?

Tell us what you are making. We reply within two working days, with a person, not a form.

Red canvas sneakers on a bright yellow ground
Three coffee bags with bold geometric packaging on a shelf
A woman walking through a corridor of red light lines
A street wall covered in bright campaign posters
Five coloured perfume bottles in a row on a dark table
A figure draped in white cloth against a dark red backdrop
A pink and cyan painted bike against a concrete wall
Two women by a red car on salt flats at sunset

Lisbon

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Rua das Flores 28

1200-195 Lisboa

New York

04:41

87 Grand Street

New York, NY 10013

Lisbon

09:41

Rua das Flores 28

1200-195 Lisboa

New York

04:41

87 Grand Street

New York, NY 10013

Lisbon

09:41

Rua das Flores 28

1200-195 Lisboa

New York

04:41

87 Grand Street

New York, NY 10013

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