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Disrupting the Norm: Becoming a Challenger Brand
Communication is all about making connections. Building a bold, new brand presence that cuts through the clutter also requires a seamless network of elements for a whole greater than the sum of its parts. This is why Doodle Labs turned to Superside to give wireless mesh technology a highly resonant wow factor.
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Background
Drowning in a Sea of Navy Blue
“Help! I’m drowning in a sea of navy blue!” Doodle Lab’s Vice President of Marketing, Amol Parikh, thought to himself at an industry trade show a few years ago. Every brand at the event, including his own, was blending into the landscape. At this moment, he realized he wanted Doodle Labs to define itself as a disruptor brand—by coloring outside lines, especially with colors other than navy blue.
An animated infographic shows how Doodle Lab's technology transforms communication between people and devices in key verticles, like warehouses, construction and emergency services centers.
Challenge
It’s Doodle Labs Inside
—Amol Parikh, VP Marketing, Doodle Labs
Acting on the recommendation of a friend and industry colleague and unwilling to remain awash in a cerulean netherland, Parikh reached out to Superside to help Doodle labs forge the foundations of its brilliant new brand.
More than a sea change, Parikh also wanted the brand to emulate the success of Intel and its “Intel Inside” campaign that made it a household name—creating an emotional connection to Doodle Labs' technology.
No longer suffering from a case of the blues, the new Doodle Labs logo features a vibrant color spectrum that grows larger as it’s amplified across the middle letters of the company’s name.
Solution
Where To Start When You Need To Stand Out
—Amol Parikh, VP Marketing, Doodle Labs
Starting with an onboarding session focused on learning about Doodle Labs and their needs, Superside sprang into action—developing a plan to evolve the existing Doodle Labs logo, which was basically a wordmark with an all-blue color palette, into a fully functional and cutting-edge visual identity system.
Through close collaboration with its dedicated Superside team, Doodle Labs added a modern logo and favicon, custom color palette and gradients, sophisticated iconography and illustration and overarching usage guidelines to its challenger brand arsenal.
From Brand Guidelines to a Website Refresh
During the time the brand identity and guidelines were being developed, Doodle Labs was also working with Superside to reimagine the company’s primary conversion tool, its website. Many of the elements created within the brand guidelines were developed in parallel with refining the storytelling for the home and product pages.
For instance, the Doodle Labs logo now easily stands out against a solid background or an image. Iconography creates consistency, directing the user to either of the three main use cases. And a mix of static and animated infographics, provided as lightweight Lottie files for faster loading times, helps make complex concepts crystal clear.
Icon, illustrations and color palette development went hand-in-hand with the storytelling for the Doodle Labs home page and website.
360 hours
One brand ready to scale
Results
Challenge Transmitted and Message Received
—Amol Parikh, VP Marketing, Doodle Labs
At the time of this interview and case study, Doodle Labs had just launched its new website and rebrand. They also debuted their prismatic new brand at a trade show, earning rave results and unprecedented engagement. People were drawn to the booth, just to see what the excitement was about. They were signing up to learn more and loved the swag with the new brand.
“Now we have all this hard work in the market, it feels like we’ve leveled up. We’ve also got a really solid foundation for storytelling,” says Parikh. “I also want to come out and say that we really enjoy working with Superside. Our team has been fantastic and we’re looking forward to what’s next.” (The Superside team would like to add that they feel exactly the same way.)
Next steps: Keep scaling the foundations of a challenger brand together! See more of the Doodle Labs branding.
—Nate Lipka, Senior Marketing Manager, Doodle Labs
Goodbye blues, hello colorful hues
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