Breez

Brand Identity for a Global Cafe Chain

Designing the brand identity for an imaginary international bakery and coffee chain, inspired by the work of Saul Bass

person

role

Graphic Designer

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timeline

2 Weeks (Oct. 2024)

work

skills

Graphic Design, Branding, UI Design

group

team

2 Graphic Designers

brush

tools

Figma, Adobe Illustrator

overview

Breez is an imaginary bakery and coffee chain hoping to create and foster connections, helping them blossom in new and unexpected areas, like seeds of a dandelion.

As a Graphic Designer, I drew inspiration from designer Saul Bass's work to develop a cohesive brand identity for Breez, using bold colors and distinctive visuals. This included creating branding guidelines and additional mockups.

inspiration

Saul Bass is an American graphic designer, and we were inspired by his designs for movie title sequences and posters.

For our own brand identity, we pulled lessons from Bass's work and focused on:

  • simple, bold color palette

  • distinctive, unconventional visuals

  • central, concrete image that the brand revolves around

Ideation

moodboard

We started by getting a sense for the type of style and colors we'd want the interior of stores to look like. Our goal was to emulate the accent color harmony of Bass's posters, with orange as the main color.

brainstorming logos

When we first started brainstorming logos, we were focused on trying to directly mirrored foods and drinks.

But then we got feedback to try designs that are more abstract rather than focused on the bakery/cafe aspect.

We then tried a few more logos that captured the ideas of uniqueness, diversity, and connections.

shift in direction

As we were asking ourselves what could represent the brand's values, we suddenly thought…

How does a dandelion sound?

Logo

final logomark

naming & tagline

Breez

The wind carries flavors across borders, spreading our international tastes and experiences

Where Connections Blossom

Each of our stores is a place to create and foster connections, helping them blossom in new and unexpected areas, like the seeds of a dandelion

Branding Guide

mission & values

primary color palette

secondary color palette

typography

logo - vertical configuration

logo - horizontal configuration

logo - free space

logo - color variants

Additional Assets

© 2025 Angelica Wang

© 2025 Angelica Wang

© 2025 Angelica Wang