Tower Records was a vinyl record store that met its maker in 2006 due mainly to online piracy and lack of brand evolution. The use of vinyl records as a mainstream form of audio listening is dwindling fast, but Tower Records as a store still holds a lot of nostalgia for people.
We began our redesign by assessing the current brand that is Tower Records. We found that there isn’t really a cohesive or apparent brand identity, aside from the iconic red and yellow color scheme. Therefore, we wanted to create a whole new brand from the ground up. New logo, new voice, new photography, new style. In the end, we created a powerful identity to fit the strong voice and intentional design of the newly-branded Tower.
Approach
Give Tower the best brand possible
To give Tower the best brand possible, we shifted our focus away from the materialistic methods of record-selling, and putting emphasis on what really matters: people’s music. Keeping the original Tower Records colors and slogan helps maintain brand equity, but dropping the “Records” allows us to expand into other markets.
Visual Identity Logo
We discovered our concept by taking a look at sound itself and how it was originally created and communicated. Combining this with nostalgia and a sleek, modern typeface, we fell in love with one particular design.
Print
Branding Guidelines Book
The identity guidelines for Tower were the ultimate McGuffin for this project. This book concisely lays out exactly what Tower is, what’s changed, and why we made the choices that we did. One hundred and ten pages of beautiful photography, dynamic typography, and eloquent words make up one hell of a brand reimagining, and perfectly captures the new direction for Tower. Check the Branding Guidelines Book through Issuu.
Online Book
Check Out the Book!
We put our full casestudy book on Issuu, feel free to take a look.
