Brand Development
The Victory Ecosystem
Victory is an independent business development offering that connects businesses to clients, customers, and to other relevant businesses, building an independent business ecosystem. The original idea was based on local food professionals, including farms, butchers, markets, and other businesses within that community. But it was quickly apparent it could serve a wider audience and address a greater need. Victory was then developed to work across the whole of the independent business community, with the architecture of Victory enabling it to be applied to multiple industries, professions, and trades.
The visual concept is based on the vintage butcher's chart of different cuts of meat from sections of an animal, developed to represent elements within a business ecosystem, industry, or business, where all those elements are connected and interdependent.
Within the visual development, the butcher's chart illustration had two roles, one;
The illustration was used to convey the interdependent elements within a business ecosystem, industry, or a business itself. In the second role; the blocks in the chart were used to illustrate the disappearance of independent, local and small businesses., As the continual disappearance of businesses is the secondary subject of the initiative.
The concept, illustration, graphics, and the writing has the flexibility to be repurposed as needed; applied to the elements within an industry, businesses within that industry, specific businesses, and community, and issues specific to professions, trades, or industry.
Within the Victory visual brand development, the blue and white color palette conveys the intended feel, and allows the graphic elements to be the focus of attention.
The design architecture enables the primary visual element, the butcher’s chart illustration, to be applied to multiple professions, trades, and industries. In addition to the butcher’s chart illustration, additional graphics like the rooster illustrations convey the “Old Americana” look and feel, with the Victory wordmark conveying strength. The vintage “Old Americana” tone, look, and feel was achieved through the design, color palette, and typography, with all elements working together to establish the feel.
The architecture of Victory enables it to be applied to multiple industries, professions, and trades, enabling it to be repurposed and scaled. The graphic elements, writing, and messaging remain consistent in any repurposing, with messaging, statements and wordings able to be changed as needed. +
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Project Notes Victory
Representing the concept of duality, action and outcome, the developed creative illustrated the connected interdependent elements, and the disappearance of those elements. With the ability to be repurposed, the graphic elements are able to represent industry, businesses, elements of a business, or a multitude of other subjects. Working with the flexibility, the graphic elements, writing, and messaging are able to be repurposed as needed, and stay within brand.