Ripen your brand / Part 2. Colour magic

A hands-on workshop to understand how to combine aesthetics, meaning, accessibility, and originality for the perfect colour palette In this practical workshop experienced brand designer Cherry Anderson will share the principles professional designers use when creating and refining a colour palette. The workshop is aimed at small businesses, sole-traders and comms creators who aren't professionally trained in design. A designer for 25 years, Cherry Anderson has created for high street retailers, global organisations, universities and small businesses. She now specialises in supporting purpose-led and sustainable organisations. By sharing her knowledge and expertise she will take your businesses to the next level, bringing you credibility, authenticity and visilibity – making the world a better place through stunning design! In this 2 hour session, we will explore what not only what makes a colour palette look great and stand out from your competitors, but also the thought process that is needed to turn it into a practical, usable selection of colours, suitable for all platforms and uses. And then we'll put it into practice – you’ll work live on your colour palette whilst Cherry circulates to give one-to-one guidance. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What to expect This is a small, friendly, hands-on workshop with just 6 places, giving everyone plenty of opportunity for individual feedback. Bring your laptop (or tablet) and your current brand colours, or marketing assets that use colour, to work on – whether you've created it yourself, are halfway through designing it, or are thinking about refreshing it. • Welcome and introductions • Mini masterclass: How to choose and use colour to represent your brand • Group logo review and feedback (if you're comfortable to share) • Individual practical work (with guidance from Cherry) • Group share and key takeaways • Next steps and close As Cherry circulates, you'll get focused one-to-one advice on your colour palette, having also learnt from the examples and questions that come up around the room. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What you'll take away • A better understanding of how to combine colours for a professional look • A fresh perspective on whether your colours are distinctive within your market • Practical principles you can use to select and use colour in your designs • Real-time feedback and improvements to your existing colours and marketing assets • The confidence to make better design decisions yourself • Clear next steps for developing your visual identity ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Other workshops in this series You can pick and mix the sessions that appeal to you most, or attend all five (the others have separate event listings): • Fire up your logo! – 29th Sept – understand how to review, refresh and revise your logo as a professional designer would approach it • Colour magic – 13th Oct – how to combine aesthetics, meaning, accessibility, practicality and originality for the perfect colour palette • Brand style evolution – 27th Oct – how to approach creating a distinct and cohesive visual language to use across all of your marketing and platforms • Social sense – 10th Nov – review and refine your social media identity to bring cohesion, focus and consistency to your outputs • Type matters – 24th Nov – choosing and using fonts that reflect your brand personailty and are cohesive across platforms ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The venue Luminary is a podcast, photography and video studio in a beautiful old building on Cheapside in Belper, Derbyshire, which is right at the top of the high street (King Street). Easily accessible by bus from the surrounding areas or you can park for free nearby in the Coppice Car Park. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ticket price Sliding scale of £35 (accessible), £45 (standard) and £55 (supporter). If you'd like to attend 3 or more in the series – contact Cherry to arrange a reduced fee. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To find our more about your host, Cherry Anderson, her ethos and work, visit: design.cherryanderson.earth