I've designed for a billion brands based on my gut. Now, I use AI & data to make designs scientific because it makes more impact. Follow along to see the light.
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The best designers I know don't just move pixels—they move emotions.
Anyone can learn the tools. The power comes from knowing which details matter and which to strip away.
Technical skill is just the price of entry.
The real difference maker is developing good taste.
The most dangerous brand blindspots?
The ones you can't see.
90% of brand strategies fail because they skip the basics:
- Is your messaging consistent?
- Do customers remember you?
- Does your design drive decisions?
Not sure?
Grab my brand audit checklist (link ⬇️)
Another experiment out - many more to come
We keep building @latecheckoutplz so we can stay sharp for our clients at @meetLCA and @DesignScientist (and also to have fun and build with our community, of course 🥳)
TLDR - Aaker's 5 brand personalities
1. Excitement
2. Sincerity
3. Competence
4. Sophistication
5. Ruggedness
To discover or dial in your brand personality, visit the DeSci website and schedule a strategy session.
In 1996, a marketing professor discovered something fascinating about brands:
People don't just buy them—they form relationships with them.
And like you and me, brands have personality traits that create emotional connections.
Let's find your brand personality:
How do you design for connection?
For this project, I used human-focused design:
- warmth instead of corporate polish
- illustrations instead of stock photos
- connection points instead of contact forms
Breaking convention to build community, not just another platform.
"Make it less techy,” the founder said,
"My clients aren't hackers living in San Francisco - they’re government workers in DC.“
“I don't want to look like a web3 tech company.”
That was the brief.
Here’s what I did with it: