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Bespoke typography provides the branding backbone for microbrewery Diagonale

Launched in 2019, Diagonale is an independent micro-brewery in Broussy-le-Grand, Marne, in northeastern France. At the end of last year, they asked Brand Brothers to craft a visual identity for the project. And the Paris-based design studio decided to harness the power of typography to express this young company's brand story visually.

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A large outdoor poster featuring the Diagonale brewery branding with colourful geometric posters in orange, blue, pink, yellow and black displaying custom typography and symbolic glyphs.

"Our graphic proposal revolved around an extensive typographic and symbolic language," explains Johan Debit, co-founder and graphic designer at Brand Brothers. "The logotype, composed of letters with very pronounced inverted contrasts, was designed especially for the occasion, and serves as the basis for a collection of glyphs that considerably enrich the narrative and the imagination around Diagonale beers."

Designed in the style of the original Dingbats, these symbols form a graphic backbone to the visual identity, making it fully extensible. "This language is developed on the first two cans of the brand, a series of posters, and an ecommerce site," Johan adds. "The collaboration between Diagonale and Brand Brothers will continue with the release of new beers, permanent or ephemeral."

Three cans of Bière Blond Pale Ale from Diagonale brewery with orange and blue geometric label design and custom typography
Condensation-covered Diagonale beer cans with red and black geometric label designs and metallic pull-tabs
Wooden benches arranged in front of a wall displaying Diagonale microbrewery posters with bold orange and burgundy typography and abstract symbols
Collection of Diagonale business cards in various colours with custom typography and geometric symbols designed by Brand Brothers
Bespoke typographic logo for Diagonale brewery with interlocking letters in cream on charcoal, accompanied by "Brasserie Diagonale" in sans-serif type below
Diagonals Collection Vol1 full set of 80 symbols and glyphs designed by Brand Brothers for Diagonale microbrewery, featuring abstract letterforms and decorative icons in white on dark background
Black and white modular typographic grid featuring geometric symbols and Japanese characters for Diagonale brewery branding by Brand Brothers
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