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Tools not rules

Intelligent Creativity is transforming how we create and use brand systems

Matt Owens
UX Collective

MoMA Elevator Screens. Photo courtesy of Eric Li.
MoMA Elevator Screens. Photo courtesy of Eric Li.

Intelligent Creativity is a recent term to categorize a new wave of creative innovation that uses AI and machine learning, data, and automation coupled with human creativity, to reinvigorate creative solutions for marketing and advertising.

For designers and creators of brands, the deeper integration and adoption of data, automation, and AI to inform marketing decisions will also fundamentally change how brand systems are developed, implemented and extended. Ultimately these innovations will evolve the way brand systems are traditionally delivered, in the form of static brand guidelines, to a new suite of bespoke creative tools that empower designers and non-creatives alike to translate brand rules into real-time communication artifacts and multi-channel creative.

Traditional brand guidelines do not operate at the speed of now

The creation of brand guidelines in the form of a PDF is still the most common way to efficiently capture all of the applications of a contemporary brand system. For designers, there is a certain romance to the creation of a brand standards manual. Brand guidelines allow creatives to develop a design object that is also a comprehensive encapsulation of…

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What are your thoughts?

Matt, your article on intelligent creativity is spot-on. Do you think AI will redefine brand systems?