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2023

Escaping the commodity trap: A monolithic identity system for the AEC sector

Brainstorm transformed WiiGroup from a fragmented industrial collective into a unified market authority, engineering a scalable identity system to end the "impossible-to-win price war."

WiiGroup possessed the technical weight of an industry giant, yet their market perception risked drifting into "commodity" status. Fighting in the trenches of price-driven competition, they lacked a visual voice that reflected their true value as a strategic partner. Our mission was not merely cosmetic; it was a fundamental strategic pivot. We combined business logic with design thinking to craft a differentiated brand architecture, ensuring that every touchpoint—from proposal documents to site banners—positioned them as the undisputed leaders of the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) sector.

Services

Brand Discovery
Strategic Positioning
Logo Architecture
Digital Asset Ecosystem
Internal Culture Alignment.

Escaping the commodity trap: A monolithic identity system for the AEC sector

Brainstorm transformed WiiGroup from a fragmented industrial collective into a unified market authority, engineering a scalable identity system to end the "impossible-to-win price war."

WiiGroup possessed the technical weight of an industry giant, yet their market perception risked drifting into "commodity" status. Fighting in the trenches of price-driven competition, they lacked a visual voice that reflected their true value as a strategic partner. Our mission was not merely cosmetic; it was a fundamental strategic pivot. We combined business logic with design thinking to craft a differentiated brand architecture, ensuring that every touchpoint—from proposal documents to site banners—positioned them as the undisputed leaders of the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) sector.

Services

Brand Discovery
Strategic Positioning
Logo Architecture
Digital Asset Ecosystem
Internal Culture Alignment.

Date

Oct 2023

Date

Oct 2023

Date

Oct 2023

Client

WiiGroup

Client

WiiGroup

Client

WiiGroup

Industry

Industrial Services

Industry

Industrial Services

Industry

Industrial Services

Timeline

2 Months

Timeline

2 Months

Timeline

2 Months

The Challenge

The existing brand architecture was silent, failing to articulate the collective power of the groups diverse capabilities.

Without a unified visual hierarchy, WiiGroup struggled to distinguish itself from lower-cost competitors. The discovery phase revealed a disconnect between their operational excellence and their external image. The challenge was to drill down to the core of the business and extract a "promise" that could rescue them from the "trenches" of commoditisation. They needed a system that defined exactly how to express their authority—and crucially, how not to—to ensure consistency across a sprawling organisation.

The Solution

We engineered a modular identity system that unifies the master brand while empowering distinct sub-brand agility.

The solution moved beyond a simple logo update to a comprehensive "Identity Package". We developed a robust visual language that translated complex industrial capabilities into a clean, authoritative aesthetic. The new system includes a definitive "Identity Guide" and a coherent sub-brand architecture. This structure allows WiiGroup to present a united front to global partners while retaining the flexibility to market specific technical services without diluting the master brand's equity.

The Process

The roadmap moved from deep forensic discovery to the tactical deployment of an autonomous digital toolkit.

Our eight-week schedule began with rigorous stakeholder interviews to align the new strategy with business reality, ensuring the message was one they could actually deliver. Following the strategy approval, we moved to the production of an extensive "in-house branding digital asset system". We built editable templates across Canva, Microsoft PowerPoint, and Adobe InDesign for every conceivable use case—from letterheads to social stories. This ensured the internal team was not dependent on an agency for daily tasks, but was equipped to execute the brand consistently and autonomously.

By the numbers

Week strategic turnaround.

Week strategic turnaround.

Week strategic turnaround.

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Scalable digital templates deployed.

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Scalable digital templates deployed.

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Scalable digital templates deployed.

Software ecosystems integrated (Canva, Office, Adobe, Social).

Software ecosystems integrated (Canva, Office, Adobe, Social).

Software ecosystems integrated (Canva, Office, Adobe, Social).