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Brand Identity Case Study

KITD: Display What Drives You

A full brand identity system for a premium wall-mounted sports gear display: brand strategy, logo system, and visual guidelines built before the product ever shipped.

Brand Identity Logo Design Visual Identity System Brand Guidelines
KITD logo lockup on a dark gradient background

Client

KITD

Role

Brand Identity Designer

Industry

Sports & Lifestyle Product

Year

2026

01

The Problem

KITD started as an idea before it was a product: a wall-mounted display built for athletes and fans who don't want their kit stored in a bag, they want it seen. The brand needed to feel as confident and premium as the physical product it was introducing, before a single unit had shipped.

02

The Approach

I built the identity around one shape rule: every curve in the brand traces back to the rounded terminal of the "D" in the wordmark: arcs and sweeps, never bubble-soft, never hard-cornered. Paired it with a direct, human brand voice and a two-track color system so KITD could flex across dark and light surfaces without losing itself.

03

The Solution

A six-version logo system, a full brand guidelines document covering color, type, shape language and voice, and a plain-language file guide that lets the client hand assets to any vendor (printer, embroiderer, ad platform) without a single follow-up email.

Logo System

Six versions covering every surface the brand touches: dark, light, alternate colorway, and one-color for print and embroidery.

KITD primary logo, dark background version

Primary: Dark

KITD primary logo, light background version

Primary: Light

KITD secondary logo, dark background version, pink to yellow gradient

Secondary: Dark

KITD secondary logo, light background version, pink to yellow gradient

Secondary: Light

KITD one-color white logo for dark merchandise and packaging

One Color: White

KITD one-color black logo for embroidery and screen printing

One Color: Black

Anatomy & Usage

The wordmark, the gradient "I," and the directional triangle: each element carries meaning, with clear rules for how far the logo can flex.

Color & Type

A coral-to-orange gradient carries the brand's confidence; flamingo pink to canary yellow gives it an alternate register without breaking the system.

Coral#FF5F6D
Burnt Orange#FF8C00
Flamingo Pink#FF66C4
Canary Yellow#FFDE59
Onyx#1E1E1E
Off White#F8F8F8

Shape Language

The rounded terminal of the "D" became the origin point for every curve in the system: cards, buttons, and background shapes all trace back to it.

Guideline spread explaining the KITD curve system, derived from the rounded terminal of the D in the wordmark
"Curves, not corners": the shape rule that governs every KITD touchpoint.

Brand Story & Voice

Confident, direct, human, premium: never corporate, never hype-driven.

Deliverables

Everything the client needs to put the brand into the world without a follow-up call.

Six logo versions (Primary, Secondary, One Color) in AI, SVG, PDF, and PNG @2x/@3x

Standalone favicon mark in SVG and PNG

9-page Brand Identity Guidelines covering story, logo, color, type, shape system, and voice

Plain-language logo file guide: what to send which vendor, and why

Font guide with free-to-download links for every typeface in the system

Logo Icon

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