Common Cardinal Branding

Branding Print

Branding for Atlanta-based pop rock band, Common Cardinal

01 | Identity

The design direction needed to represent the band DNA–pop music meets old school theater.

Logo

Explorations include theater-inspired, retro typography.

An abstracted bird nods to the word ‘Cardinal’, and the curvature is mimicked in the A letterform.

Branding

Abstracted bird icon theater-inspired color palette with rich, warm tones

02 | Album Art

The art needed to set the tone for the music experience, capturing both emotion and identity in a single image.

Dancing with you

This very 70’s, disco-dancy song had a lot of energy and inspired movement — taking listeners on a dancing journey

Tattoo

This song, groovy yet emotional, was represented through a black & white photograph with warm, brand-inspired color and typography