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A warmer identity system for a challenger dating app

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Mingle needed a warmer identity system that could signal connection quickly across an app icon, product surface and early launch materials.

In a crowded dating app market, the brand had to communicate connection quickly without looking generic. The identity needed to work at app icon scale, carry a clear visual idea and remain flexible across product, marketing and launch materials. The work gave the product a more ownable first impression without leaning on familiar hearts, gradients or category shortcuts common to the sector during launch planning.

Services

Brand Identity
Logo Design
Visual Strategy
Art Direction
Typography

A warmer identity system for a challenger dating app

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Mingle needed a warmer identity system that could signal connection quickly across an app icon, product surface and early launch materials.

In a crowded dating app market, the brand had to communicate connection quickly without looking generic. The identity needed to work at app icon scale, carry a clear visual idea and remain flexible across product, marketing and launch materials. The work gave the product a more ownable first impression without leaning on familiar hearts, gradients or category shortcuts common to the sector during launch planning.

Services

Brand Identity
Logo Design
Visual Strategy
Art Direction
Typography

Date

Aug 2024

Client

Mingle

Industry

Tech & Lifestyle

Timeline

2 months

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Mingle logo: distinct brand identity design with blue text and pink figures.

The Challenge

The opportunity was to help Mingle stand apart without leaning on the usual dating-app visual shortcuts.

The category is full of familiar symbols, saturated colours and interaction patterns that can make new products feel interchangeable. Mingle needed an identity that was simple enough to work as an app icon, warm enough to support the brand's positioning and distinctive enough to feel ownable across product, marketing and launch materials.

The Solution

The identity centred on a custom logo mark that uses negative space to connect the brand name with the idea of two people meeting.

At the heart of the system is a mark that forms both two figures holding hands and the letter M. A warmer palette, structured typography and clear art direction make the brand feel approachable without becoming lightweight, giving Mingle a flexible identity system for app surfaces, brand assets and promotional contexts.

Multiple Mingleji logo options showing various brand identity design possibilities.

The Process

The process focused on making the brand idea simple, memorable and practical across digital use cases.

We explored the dating app category, reviewed common visual conventions and developed a logo direction that could communicate the product purpose at small sizes. From there, the work extended into colour, typography, art direction and visual strategy so the identity could remain consistent beyond the logo itself.

Brand identity design color palette with specifications for five primary shades.
Brainstorm Design Limerick showcases typography guidelines and a typographic scale.

By the numbers

Custom Mark

Logo mark created around two figures and the letter M.

Custom Mark

Logo mark created around two figures and the letter M.

Brand Disciplines

Logo, visual strategy, art direction, typography and identity work brought together.

Brand Disciplines

Logo, visual strategy, art direction, typography and identity work brought together.

Months

Project timeline for the dating app identity system.

Months

Project timeline for the dating app identity system.

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Brainstorm Design Studio A senior-led award-winning web design studio based in Limerick City (V94). We provide digital strategy and branding for the Mid-West region, including Castletroy, Raheen, Adare, and the rest of Ireland. Unlike generalist agencies, we offer direct Creative Director access for businesses in Limerick and County Clare.

Brainstorm Design Studio A senior-led award-winning web design studio based in Limerick City (V94). We provide digital strategy and branding for the Mid-West region, including Castletroy, Raheen, Adare, and the rest of Ireland. Unlike generalist agencies, we offer direct Creative Director access for businesses in Limerick and County Clare.