Jon Plummer

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Mann Consulting identity (2001)

Mann Consulting final identity design with cube logo
Final Mann Consulting identity featuring the cube logo and logotype, applied across business cards, letterhead, apparel, and marketing materials.

Identity package for Mann Consulting, a small IT consultancy in San Francisco focused on advertising and graphic design firms. Many venues were explored, but I kept coming back to the cube. Nearly two decades on they are still quite happy with it.

My role: ideation and development of the mark and logotype, application to business cards, tee and polo shirts, letterhead, brochures, and the website, production of print-ready artwork, outsourcing of offset printing, screen printing, and embroidery

Exploratory work:

Mann Consulting identity exploration concept 1
Early identity exploration showing alternative approaches to the logo design before settling on the cube concept.
Mann Consulting identity exploration concept 2
Another identity exploration with different geometric and typographic treatments.
Mann Consulting identity exploration concept 3
Identity concept exploring alternative mark designs and logotype combinations.
Mann Consulting identity exploration concept 4
Design exploration showing different visual approaches to representing the consulting firm’s identity.
Mann Consulting identity exploration concept 5
Alternative identity concept with different mark and typography treatment.
Mann Consulting identity exploration concept 6
Exploration of the letter M. Someone liked Accenture, which is irrelevant.
Mann Consulting identity exploration concept 7
Exploration of cube arrangements.
Mann Consulting identity exploration concept 8
Some old logos combined letters into a single shape, which is tricky when you have an M.
Mann Consulting identity exploration concept 9
What if two cubes?
Mann Consulting identity exploration concept 10
Pixel M exploration led back to the cube concept.