Good Design for Good Governance: Rebuilding the Team Leni Robredo brand
“Gisingin ang natutulog pang lakas.”
When Vice President Leni Robredo announced her candidacy for the 2022 Philippine presidential elections, renewed hope filled up my energy tank like magic. I was eager to contribute anything I could to help her win, in the name of real change and good governance.
Being a wheelchair user, I wasn’t able to do much ground work during the campaign season. But I knew I could empower people with good design that would help reach more people outside of our own bubbles. If I could help people communicate and connect through design, whether through a sticker, a pamphlet, a brochure, or a poster, I wanted to be a part of it all—especially with something as important as nation rebuilding.
That was my why. And alongside my team, we fought with all our might until the very end.
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Vision
The previous Team Leni Robredo (TLR) brand only focused on the identity and graphics in general but not so much on the brand story, values, target audience, and overall strategy. Knowing all these shaped the brand to be memorable and empowering, especially when meant to be used by different chapters as their own. So when we saw that we inherited a logo that wasn’t ready for a presidential campaign, we decided to build on it.
The ask was simple enough: How do we make this brand more modular and accessible to extend our reach? -
Solution
Along with fellow TLR Comms volunteers, we put together a cohesive and comprehensive brand that equipped and empowered fellow supporters to create their versions for their respective organizations. From messaging down to font selections and templates, we modeled the brand into something accessible and customizable for as many people who wanted to be part of the campaign.
Our font, Open Sans, was downloadable via Google Fonts. It was also available on Canva, which was a user-friendly design app alternative, and provided enough different weights for different usages. Templates were made on the same platform as well to maximize efficiency and productivity of our Dailies teams, making them easy to share by our sectors and chapters locally and internationally.
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Deliverables
• Brand Identity
• Brand Strategy
• Creative and Art Direction
• Printed and Digital collaterals (including tarps, stickers, brochures, social media, apparel, etc.)
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Team
• Comms Head, Ben Bernabe
• Lead Designer, Aia Arkoncel
• Content Lead, Pinky Nepomuceno
• Lead Writer, Jocs
• Brand Team, Louise, Yanna, Alyana, Rico Ireneo