Exponatec Museum Expo – Corporate Design
Frank, the German-based exhibition showcase company, has been producing demountable acrylic display showcases for many years. Due to popular demand, the company’s directors decided to increase their range and enter the glass showcase market. Previously, our creative design consultants in London had carried out a very successful Frank corporate rebranding. Consequently, it was no surprise they approached our team to deliver this new innovative product to the market.
We particularly enjoyed working on these corporate design projects. To commence, our understanding of how to design a new brand in an already competitive market was critical to our appointment. Furthermore, we brought to “the brainstorming table” our company’s expert knowledge of the museum and exhibition design world.
Absolute launched at the Exponatec Museum Expo Fair in Cologne. It instantly hit a chord with museum visitors from across Europe and the globe.
Fortunately, we understood the target audience for this new product. We immediately identified that the product name had to be universally understood in multiple countries. In addition, the brand is required to advise prospective buyers. It visually communicates that this product is the unsurpassed exhibition museum showcase on the market for temporary and permanent installations.
Frank cleverly designed these glass exhibition showcases, and the brand had to reflect this unique methodology. The final design solution removed all characteristic snags associated with other glass showcase manufacturers’ products.
Finally, after many variations and market testing, the Frank team decided on “Absolute” as the product’s brand name.
The Absolute corporate design was instantly recognisable, embraced all of the new product’s qualities, and people universally understood its core message and meaning. This decision gave the green light for our corporate designers to start working up possible corporate designs, logos, and brand strategies.
Finally, after an in-depth market analysis, we chose the name Absolute.
We delivered various logo designs to Frank’s directors, alongside comprehensive explanations of their identity messages. Our studios use the Pic & Mix designing process for a new brand or logo. This allows the client to take favourable elements from our numerous designs and evaluate if a combination delivers the identity they desire—for example, a font style, colour and form, possibly from 3 different offered designs.
After much deliberation and the evolution of designs, the Absolute logo you see here was born. The brand message was that among all the other black squares representing other showcase manufacturers, Absolute’s magenta box stood out! Absolute was launched at the Exponatec Museum Expo Fair in Cologne. It instantly struck a chord with museum visitors from across the globe.
We have been fortunate enough to deliver numerous corporate and museum exhibition branding solutions, and in doing so, we have honed the art of storytelling in corporate museum branding. Our ability to creatively unfold layers of information has allowed us to create truly inspiring experiences that leave a lasting impression on our visitors.