John Otterbein

Lessons Between the Leading: Brand Design Wisdom From 10 Big Thinkers

Brand design inspiration

At creative agencies, from the boutiques to the big guns, everyone shares an inexplicable, yet insatiable, drive that compels us to scavange, collect, and share interesting stuff we find during our aimless treasure-hunts across the ever-widening web.

At our shop in particular, we've addressed our overflowing tub of brand design inspiration with a dedicated biweekly, hour-long pow-wow called Native Creative

Yet, even with Native Creative as our fail-safe mechanism to drain our brains of surplus content, we still find ourselves with an excess.

Which is what brings us here.

I don't know about you, but I'm an avid collecter of quotes. I'm always looking to learn from the luminaries, mavericks, and magicians and quotes serve as gateways into their mysterious worlds. 

So, if you're in need of some design inspiration for your next branding project, here are 10 brand design ideas from some of the industry's elite.