Logo & Brand Identity Design
Go from brand strategy to logo, colour, type and a full brand guideline using free vector tools
Ghosla Academy · Design Team
A logo is only one part of a brand. In this course you will first learn to understand a business, its audience and its personality, and then turn that strategy into a logo, colour palette, typography and a complete visual system. You will work with free vector tools, use Indian examples like a chai brand, a tiffin service and a coaching centre, and finish with a brand guidelines PDF and mockups you can show clients. We also cover file handover, font licensing and trademark basics in India.
What you will be able to do
- Define a brand's audience, values and personality before designing
- Research, mood-board and sketch strong logo concepts
- Build clean vector logos with shapes, grids and custom type in Inkscape or Figma
- Create colour palettes, type systems and responsive logo variations
- Write a brand guidelines document and present work with mockups
- Understand file formats, client handover and basic trademark rules in India
What you build
- Logo for a local Indian brand
- Complete brand identity kit with a brand guidelines PDF
What you need to start
- A laptop with Inkscape (free) or a free Figma account
- Pen and paper for sketching
Curriculum · 5 sections, 22 lectures
Brand foundations3 lectures
- What a brand identity really isFree preview8 min
- Brand strategy: audience, values and personalityFree preview10 min
- Quiz: brand foundations5 min
Research and logo concepts4 lectures
- Types of logos10 min
- Research and mood boards10 min
- Sketching and ideation12 min
- Quiz: logo concepts5 min
Building logos in vector6 lectures
- Vector vs raster and logo file formats10 min
- Inkscape and Figma basics for logos14 min
- Shapes, grids and geometry12 min
- Logo typography and custom lettering12 min
- Project: logo for a local brand20 min
- Quiz: building logos5 min
Colour, type and logo system4 lectures
- Building a brand colour palette12 min
- Typography system and imagery style10 min
- Logo variations and responsive logos10 min
- Quiz: colour, type and variations5 min
Brand guidelines and delivery5 lectures
- Creating a brand guidelines document12 min
- Mockups and presenting to clients10 min
- Trademark and legal basics in India10 min
- Project: brand identity kit and guidelines20 min
- Quiz: guidelines, presenting and legal basics5 min
Who this is for
- Students who want to become logo or brand designers
- Graphic designers who want to move beyond single posts
- Founders and freelancers building identities for small businesses