Oliver T. Williams
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The Forged Group

Identity system for a consulting firm and its divisions

Client
Forged Consulting
Role
Brand Strategy
Year
2024
Deliverables
Identity System, Print
Business cards showcasing the primary brand identity.

The Forged Group is a financial consultation firm in North Carolina that works in business consulting and human resources. Its clients deal with high-level corporate strategy, so the brand needed to read as strong, stable and reliable.

Branded notebooks featuring the unified Anvil icon.

One identity across several divisions

The firm runs several divisions, and each needed its own name and identity while still clearly belonging to The Forged Group. The system had to hold together as one brand on business cards and digital materials without the divisions blurring into each other.

Merchandise application demonstrating the logo's versatility.

An anvil as the shared mark

We built the system around a stylized anvil, a symbol of craftsmanship and durability, and used it as the one mark shared across every division. A consistent typographic layout then does the work of telling the divisions apart, so each sub-brand gets its own name without needing its own symbol.

Logos, stationery and merchandise

The final identity suite included logo variations for each sub-brand, a stationery package and merchandise, all built on the same anvil and type system.

The visual system applied in a business environment.

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