appear [here]

appear [here]

Introduction

appear [here] is the brainchild of entrepreneur Ross Bailey (who happened to be an ex-student of mine), and is an online marketplace for retail space. Using the idea of the 'pop up' as its core concept and by utilising empty retail units, it allowed creative startups and brands to showcase their ideas and products with ease and speed. Since the company was founded in 2014, it has facilitated the opening of over 10,000 stores in the UK, US, and France.

Year

2020

Industry

Startups

Scope of work

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Branding

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Experiential

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UI/UX

Services

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Strategy

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Branding

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Brand Guidelines

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Art Direction

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Visual Design

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Logo Design

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Corporate Identity

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Naming

Timeline

4 weeks

Introduction

appear [here] is the brainchild of entrepreneur Ross Bailey (who happened to be an ex-student of mine), and is an online marketplace for retail space. Using the idea of the 'pop up' as its core concept and by utilising empty retail units, it allowed creative startups and brands to showcase their ideas and products with ease and speed. Since the company was founded in 2014, it has facilitated the opening of over 10,000 stores in the UK, US, and France.

Year

2020

Industry

Startups

Scope of work

/

Branding

/

Experiential

/

UI/UX

Services

/

Strategy

/

Branding

/

Brand Guidelines

/

Art Direction

/

Visual Design

/

Logo Design

/

Corporate Identity

/

Naming

Timeline

4 weeks

The concept

The concept

The branding and identity was very simple. A modern, minimal and almost 'non-designed' identity that could work with any brand, not overpowering it, but still creating a very visible typographic concept of the company.

/ How it worked

We initially talked about the idea and sketched this out in a classroom as a concept

We did explore many more elaborate identities but settled on the simplicity of what you see here

By using a classic Helvetica Neue font, with only text characters we were able to convey the whole meaning of the company mission and concept

Literally, [ insert your idea here ]

Final thoughts

Final thoughts

I'm enormously proud of Ross and what he has achieved with appear [here]. From that initial idea in the classroom to worldwide business is really something.

I'm just grateful I could in some way be part of his ongoing success.

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