THE GINNI SHOW
Lockup | Identity | Styleguide | Social Media
Having spent over a decade in radio, Ginni’s entrepreneurial spirit has led her to lead her podcast hosting company Ginni Media as well as her own podcast The Ginni Show. Based in New York City, she sheds light on what it means to be human through guests of many backgrounds such as athletes, writers, business owners, actors, and much more. The Ginni Show needed a visual brand that reflects the notion of broadening one’s horizons, while tapping into the adventurous notion of travel, and setting itself apart from Ginni Media while remaining under the same umbrella. All walks of life carry a story, and The Ginni Show provides a space for those stories to be told.
The primary logo represents the classic and iconic split flap board seen at airports. This taps into the wondrous world of travel and the broadening of one’s horizon. The dynamic vertical rhythm of the flaps echo sound waves, referencing the brand’s podcast platform and The Ginni Show’s parent company, Ginni Media. This reference allows for the logo’s overall form to be unique as an identifier to the brand.
The brand’s versatile pattern represents stepping stones or one’s walk of life, and can be distributed into separate accompanying visual elements that interact with a message or with photography. This interaction signifies the organic nature of taking a journey while stepping outside of the box of our day to day habits. The use of different sized stepping stones as a composition is built with the golden ratio to instill the accuracy of tactility.
To tie up the branding process, we illustrated a set of social media template posts for Ginni’s creative team. The illustrated elements connote travel and are ambiguous enough to accompany with any message, staying true to template functionality. This process allowed us to explore and state the versatile illustration style that flows well within the brand, giving Ginni’s creative team some solid references to run with for future illustrations and deliverables. The Instagram highlight posts are mainly reserved for podcast interview snippets, and the grid posts stay inhabited general podcast matters.
Part of The Ginni Show’s social media presence involves giving the audience interview snippets from her podcast. In order to cohesively expand Ginni’s visual brand, we illustrated vehicle icons to be used as progress bar elements with trails that compliment each icon.
“We are so excited for the relaunch of The Ginni Show”
— Ginni Saraswati, Founder and CEO of Ginni Media