Brand Guidelines

Hone your eye for great brand writing with these top notch brand voice, expression and verbal identity examples.

Brand Guidelines
Duolingo

A basic guidelines site for the brand but it includes everything from writing to illustration to marketing. The writing section goes deeper than most with sample messaging, audience-specific messaging, persona and more.

Brand Guidelines
Google

A public and online document of Google's brand guidelines. It doesn't give much more than the basics but still interesting to see.

Brand Guidelines
Converse

A link straight to the Converse brand book that showcases what an iconic brand looks like at the foundational level.

Brand Guidelines
Twitch

An interactive and playfully designed brand site that is less informative and more a showcase of their brand expression.

Brand Guidelines
Space10

A sparse but beautifully made brand site that showcases the thoughtful design work behind the brand.

Brand Guidelines
Webflow

An impressive breakdown of their verbal identity with tons of great thinking around tone, vocabulary, inclusive language, stylistic writing choices and more.

Brand Guidelines
Meta

A very transactional resource for the Meta family of brands. It mostly covers logo and usage for the various brands.

Brand Guidelines
Mailchimp

A comprehensive look at the Mailchimp voice, the rules that govern it and the nuances that make it.

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Canondale Brand Guidelines

Unique brand guidelines that put creativity at the heart of their visual and verbal language.

Brand Guidelines
Shopify

Shopify has a very thoughtful breakdown of their verbal identity and content that spans everything from language to grammar to tone to naming.

Brand Guidelines
Buzzfeed Style Guide

Buzzfeed's style guide for everything from breaking news to "which type of sandwich are you" quizzes.

Brand Guidelines
Audi

The luxury automaker showcases their brand elements in a simple site experience. There voice and tone section is definitely worth checking out.

Brand Guidelines
Starbucks

A slick site with all their brand guidelines captures in one place. There's some interesting content under the Theory category that talks more about the brand itself.

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Burton

A comprehensive guideline that covers literally everything about the brand -- history, guidelines, resources, usage, even the story behind their tagline. A very thoughtful example of an external brand book.

Brand Guidelines
Firefox

Firefox puts it all out there for public view -- including their positioning, persona, tone of voice and full design kit of parts.

Brand Guidelines
Zendesk

An in-depth look at the brand with a great section on voice and tone. They outline writing principles, preferred CTAs, inclusive language direction and have lots of great copy examples.

Brand Guidelines
Monzo

The verbal identity guidelines for online bank Monzo is right on the money.

Brand Guidelines
RISD

See how the Rhode Island School of Design thinks about their brand expression and how they break down their tone of voice.