A brand ultimately needs to become that ‘entity’ by which a company or organization is known and recognized. It can be comprised of visual, verbal, audial and other sensory components. It can start out simple and grow to become more complex. It can start out complex and simplify. It can also start simple and stay simple, start complex and stay complex. In my opinion, one way is not superior to any other. All that matters is that the process works.
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The British Petroleum logo/brand transformation was a masterful and classic example of the kinds of changes companies have been making over the decades. It is also very much in keeping with the times of changing energy sources. The only problem is that one just does not know whether or not excellence in branding development implying positive changing of company values followed by actual bad deeds, is sufficient to save a company from economic and political suicide.