Visual branding a rhetorical and historical analysis

Visual Branding pulls together analyses of logos, typeface, color, and spokes-characters to give a comprehensive account of the visual devices used in branding and advertising. The book places each avenue for visual branding within a rhetorical framework that explains what that device can accomplish...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McQuarrie, Edward F.
Other Authors: Phillips, Barbara J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Northampton, MA Edward Elgar Pub. 2016, c. 2016
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Collection: Edward Elgar eBook Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Includes bibliographical references and index
  • historical perspectives on brand advertising
  • 2. Overview: visual branding in historical perspective
  • Part II: brand marks
  • 3. A typology of brand marks
  • 4. How and why brand marks vary across product categories
  • 5. Rhetorical evolution of brand marks
  • Part III: visual elements
  • 6. Typeface in visual branding
  • 7. Spokes-characters
  • 8. Color
  • 9. Using pictures to brand
  • Epilogue: conceptual puzzles