ADX ‘Ultimate’ Gaming Rebrand
Identity Design
Creative Direction, Visual Identity, Art Direction, Branding, Packaging Design, Digital/Web, Conceptual.
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Brief.
Reimagine Dixon Carphone’s ADX gaming accessories brand by modernising and re-energising the identity to allow ADX to become the gaming accessory brand of choice.
Challenges.
How to work ADX Dark SKU’s on the dark theme background to retain SKU prominence.
How do we retain brand equity while evolving the identity, ensuring ADX remains recognisable and familiar to existing customers?
Decision making:
Aligned all stakeholders to protect core brand equity while elevating the darker visual direction; making stronger use of the signature orange and retaining the house font.
Modernising the logo mark was needed as it was very outdated; refined lettering, improved spacing, and a cleaner, more recognisable flame device.
Decision to add more expressive brand elements to inject character, shifting the brand from corporate to confident and distinctive including;
The Ultimate Edge device to hero darker SKUs,
An outlined type style derived from the ultimate edge,
Vertical type formatting
An enhanced icon system to spotlight product features and propositions.
Introduced a new primary display typeface to add modernity and presence, creating clearer synergy with the logo and improving overall system consistency.
Led creative direction in partnership with the internal photography studio to elevate product imagery in line with the refreshed ADX identity;
Established a distinctive visual approach using ADX’s orange hues and back-lighting to enhance product appeal and support upsell of key SKUs.
Ensured photography consistently reinforced a more dynamic, re-energised brand presence.