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— Brand as a system
of meaning.

Franco RONCORONI

Independent Brand Designer and Design Director working at the intersection of concept, craft and strategy. Grounded in first principles — where form and function are inseparable, and every design decision is an argument for something.

A practice shaped across studios, agencies, startups and consultancies — leading projects from New York to Singapore and across Europe. Teaching Design Methodology and Systems Thinking on the DSPI Master at Politecnico di Milano. Member of Avansere, a collective of senior strategists, designers and entrepreneurs.

Based in London, working globally.

Principles
01
Form follows meaning

Concept drives everything. The form is only as strong as the idea it carries.

02
Clarity through subtraction

The work is done when nothing can be removed. Not minimal — resolved.

03
Craft is the standard

Not a skill. Not a style. The refusal to stop before the work is true.

CLIENTS & INDUSTRIES

Antler

Coca-Cola

Disney

Iberia

IKEA

Leica

Levis

Microsoft

Natwest

NielsenIQ

PSG

Reef

Siemens

&More

Consumer Goods

Design & Architecture

Education

Entertainment

Finance

Hospitality

Lifestyle

Luxury

Sport

Startup

Sustainability

Technology

Telco

Capabilities

THINK

Drawing on research and intuition, I envision, articulate, and visualise the fundamental basis upon which a brand, product, or service can thrive.

Brand Audit

Brand Platforms

Brand Strategy

Brand Tone of Voice

Communication Strategy

Consultancy

Creative Direction

Design Strategy

Naming

Operations

DO

I conceptualise and construct the components that constitute the overall brand or product experience across various touch-points.

Art Direction

Brand Design Systems

Brand Implementation

Branding

Creative Toolkits

Design Systems

Digital Product Design

Editorial Design

Motion Direction

Packaging Design

UX / UI

Web & Software Design

23—26
23—26
News
LOOP.CC
LOOP.CC

Brand identity for Loop — a startup building tools and community for people who cycle for the pleasure of riding better.

POLIMI
POLIMI

New Forms at Politecnico di Milano — brand, design, systems thinking, and AI as a creative partner, brought into a master course.

Avery Dennison
Avery Dennison

Visual research with Avery Dennison, testing the outer limits of what their brand system can carry.

Avansere
Avansere

Joined Avansere Collective as a design partner — a tight network where strategy and making stay in the same room.

Matter Of Form
Matter Of Form

Brought in by Matter of Form, a London-based luxury agency, to collaborate on a brand engagement.

Enginuity®
Enginuity®

Brand identity for Enginuity — an AI-powered tool that makes intellectual property navigable for engineers.

Targetstar®
Targetstar®

Brand identity for Targetstar — built around the athlete, connecting sport performance and technology for a new generation of practitioners.

POLIMI
POLIMI

At Politecnico di Milano, the course expanded into adaptive design — how brand systems flex, hold shape, and respond to change.

M&M
M&M

Brand program for M&M — a startup built to close the financial literacy gap for women.

NR
NR

Brand work for NR — a solopreneur at the intersection of business and science.

The Bloombox
The Bloombox

Rebranded The Bloombox for GLab — a Canadian startup building a toolkit designed around human flourishing.

LCID
LCID

Brand identity for LCID, Luca Corvatta's industrial design studio. A system built to hold rigour and craft in equal measure.

POLIMI
POLIMI

At Politecnico di Milano's Master in Communication & Strategy — concept creation as the foundation of design practice.

Jio
Jio

Design system for Jio — one visual language across telecoms, media, and digital services at scale.

HeyBrand!
HeyBrand!

Self-initiated project to deliver minimum viable brands for SMEs and solopreneurs. Considered brand work at the early stage.

Supmates NFTs
Supmates NFTs

100 handmade characters, released as NFTs on the Ethereum blockchain. Entirely hand-drawn.

System 3
System 3

NDA collaboration with London-based Studio SABOTAGE.

QIMA®
QIMA®

Embedded with QIMA® — a global quality control operator — to accelerate design and digital product output.

POLIMI
POLIMI

At Politecnico di Milano's Master in Communication & Strategy — design as language, from concept to system.

SP Brand Identity
SP Brand Identity

Brand identity for Francesco Ponzoni — photographer and director, Milan.

Brand as a system
of meaning.

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