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Archetype
from Steer Brand Book
by Ria Shah
An archetype is defined as: “A primitive mental image inherited from the earliest human ancestors, and supposed to be present in the collective unconscious.” –– Carl Jung, Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious
SAGE ARCHETYPE
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Core desire: the discovery of truth
Greatest fear: being duped, misled; ignorance
Strategy: seek out information and knowledge; become self-reflective and understand thinking processes
Trap: can study issues forever and never act
Gift: wisdom, intelligence
BRAND CULTURE
Sage archetype believes in spreading wisdom, seeking nothing but the truth and sharing knowledge.
The main goal of a sage archetype brand is to use intelligence and analysis to understand the world.
The brand culture is freedom of thought, conversation and problem solving.
USING THE ARCHETYPE
Steer strives to research and use analysis to bring together the best options for its users and believes in problem solving through conversation as one of its key qualities.
Hence while desinging any collaterals referring to the archetype is a must, to follow its brand values, tone of voice and design language.
THE BRAND VISUAL IDENTITYT H E IDENTITY VISUAL IDENTITY
The visual identity of steer has been carefully designed keeping it’s target audience and their headspace in mind, and therfore is simple and clean.