Brand Guidelines

Hone your eye for great brand writing with these top notch brand voice, expression and verbal identity examples.

Brand Guidelines
Dropbox

A comprehensive guideline for all things Dropbox including strategy (a rare public find), brand system, and writing principles.

Brand Guidelines
Space10

A sparse but beautifully made brand site that showcases the thoughtful design work behind the brand.

Brand Guidelines
Monzo

The verbal identity guidelines for online bank Monzo is right on the money.

Brand Guidelines
Mailchimp

A comprehensive look at the Mailchimp voice, the rules that govern it and the nuances that make it.

Brand Guidelines
18F Content Guide

A style guide for government content that’s clear, helpful, and user-friendly.

Brand Guidelines
Tonal

Explore the brand's take on all things band in this simple but engaging brand site.

Brand Guidelines
Webflow

An impressive breakdown of their verbal identity with tons of great thinking around tone, vocabulary, inclusive language, stylistic writing choices and more.

Brand Guidelines
TikTok

More for the designer than writer, this online brand book offers a thoughtful look at the brand and even shows the design idea and concept behind the work.

Brand Guidelines
Discord

The site itself is very minimal but there's a link to download the full brand book which has a lot more information about the brand, including a snapshot of their strategy, tone of voice and full brand system.

Brand Guidelines
Zendesk

An in-depth look at the brand with a great section on voice and tone. They outline writing principles, preferred CTAs, inclusive language direction and have lots of great copy examples.

Brand Guidelines
Meta

A very transactional resource for the Meta family of brands. It mostly covers logo and usage for the various brands.

Brand Guidelines
Twitch

An interactive and playfully designed brand site that is less informative and more a showcase of their brand expression.

Brand Guidelines
Buzzfeed Style Guide

Buzzfeed's style guide for everything from breaking news to "which type of sandwich are you" quizzes.

Brand Guidelines
Starbucks

A slick site with all their brand guidelines captures in one place. There's some interesting content under the Theory category that talks more about the brand itself.

Brand Guidelines
IBM

While this site doesn't have much in regards to writing, it does have a section on their strategy where it talks about their philosophy.

Brand Guidelines
Audi

The luxury automaker showcases their brand elements in a simple site experience. There voice and tone section is definitely worth checking out.

Brand Guidelines
Duolingo

A basic guidelines site for the brand but it includes everything from writing to illustration to marketing. The writing section goes deeper than most with sample messaging, audience-specific messaging, persona and more.

Brand Guidelines
Instagram

More helpful for designers than writers, this brand site showcases the design system in a bold and thoughtful way.