Visual identity

Visual identity is the set of visual choices that make a business recognisable, such as its logo, colours, typefaces and photo style, applied the same way everywhere.

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What it means for a Dubai business

A consistent look makes your posts recognisable before anyone reads the name. It need not be elaborate: two colours and a consistent way of shooting photos.

For businesses whose product is visual, like interior studios and event companies, the photo style is the identity.

Example

A new consultancy picks its two brand colours, one clean typeface and a rule that every person in a photo is shot against a plain wall in daylight. After a month the grid looks like one company.

Common mistake

Changing templates every few weeks. Consistency is what makes a look recognisable.

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