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Design Cheat Sheets: A Best Practice

Being that we’re #17 on Interbrand’s “Best Global Brands” list, you can bet Cisco has all kinds of brand guidelines, page templates, wireframing kits, component documentation, and other tools to keep our presentation looking consistent and our online experiences well designed.But perhaps the most useful and effective tool we’ve created for our online designers and design agencies are some simple “cheat sheets” that serve as a quick visual reference for the style we’re creating with web pages, Flash, and other online experiences. Here’s an example:imageThese simple style sheets have been a big hit with everyone who’s used them; they can hold them up against their own work in progress, and instantly judge whether their creative work “looks like Cisco.” If you don’t have something like this in use at your company, I heartily recommend creating one that captures the essence of your organization’s brand identity and style, and making it widely available.

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  1. Great info. Can you please provide a link to these powerful Cisco resources?

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  2. Agreed Martin, for large businesses it can be quite critical to retain a consistent brand appeal and feel throughout their different presences. Some of our bigger web design clients have provided us with design cheat sheets in the past, albeit none of which looked quite as nice as the example you posted. In any case, I think for small businesses it’s less of a priority.

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