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Design Management & Brand Design

Design Management & Brand Design: For a strong brand and compelling customer experiences

Strong brand design is at the heart of a successful brand. At BUSSE, we understand that it goes far beyond an appealing logo. It is the strategic foundation for clearly positioning your products and services in a highly competitive market and ensuring sustainable growth. Our holistic approach combines design management with a deep understanding of the user experience to create a consistent brand identity across all touchpoints.

Brand design – from product style guides to corporate user experience

We develop brand-defining and strategically clear design concepts that can be seamlessly applied across the entire product portfolio. This includes geometric and graphic elements, surfaces, and colors, as well as consistent icons and operating concepts. These elements are crucial for the long-term success of your products and your brand, as they give you unique differentiation and a clear corporate identity in global markets. Equally important is the strategic harmonization of the entire product interaction. After all, the actual experience of using your products creates the strongest impression of quality and the highest brand loyalty. This is where the corporate user experience (CUX) comes into play: it ensures a consistent user experience across your entire product range and combines individual user interfaces – whether touchscreen, hard key, or voice input – with a consistent operating structure and a harmonized graphic appearance.

Only when all products are consistent or deliberately segmented in their brand design and the positioning of the brand and product design is strategically defined can a strong, uniform image be created. This image binds your customers and communicates the added value and price worthiness of your products.

Our range of services for your brand development

As your partner for strategic brand development, we support you in strengthening your brand digitally and making it future-proof. Our core competencies in design management include:

  • Strategy consulting for competitive analysis and product positioning

  • Identification of corporate personas and target groups

  • Standardization of components and interfaces

  • Definition of design constants and design variables

  • Product and HMI design

  • Development of product design style guides and corporate user experience guidelines

Our methodology: Holistic design for your brand

Our design methodology combines strategic brand design with a well-thought-out corporate user experience (CUX) to create products that are not only functional but also emotionally appealing. We view design as an integrative process that involves all relevant departments in order to achieve the best possible result.

Brand design

For us, professional brand design means gaining a deep understanding of the brand, the market, and the needs of manufacturers and users. Every product is a synthesis of complex requirements. That's why we think holistically in order to realize what is possible and implement what makes sense. Good product design communicates all of a customer's expectations of your brand on a functional and emotional level.

Corporate User Experience Design (CUX)

In corporate user experience, we develop design principles that lead to a consistent brand experience across all input media. This begins with the design of individual components (e.g., display frames, rotary push buttons), the conception of system structures and navigation paths, and the visual design of entire systems. The result is holistic and intuitive user guidance.

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Definition of a corporate UX guideline

A corporate UX guideline is not purely a cosmetic element, but rather a strategic tool for steering your company's success. It creates trust, recognizability, and efficiency. Our structured process includes:

  • UX audit: Analysis of all existing products, interfaces, style guides, and design systems.

  • Fundamental analysis: Examination of corporate identity, target groups (corporate personas), and user needs.

  • Consideration of relevant norms and standards to be taken into account.

  • Principle derivation: Formulation of CUX principles and guidelines for operating philosophies, system structures, user journeys, and accessibility.

  • Development: Creation of a design and interaction system for HMI interfaces.

  • Rollout & implementation: Transfer of guidelines to various products, templates, and training courses.

  • Governance & evaluation: Regular reviews, KPI measurement, and user feedback for continuous optimization.

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Our expertise is not only proven by 400+ awards, but also by the enthusiasm of our customers.

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Calistair

"We were particularly impressed by the enthusiasm and technical creativity of the Busse employees. The atmosphere in the project was characterized by professional looseness and great agility. We turned an idea into a finished product in 4 months!"

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Thyssenkrupp

"As an experienced design partner, BUSSE offers everything from a single source. Creative design solutions, prototyping through to small series production and UX design for software. The solution approaches and methods through to implementation always lead to a result that perfectly meets the requirements."

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Sigel

„The collaboration with the entire project team was always goal-oriented, constructive and pleasant in terms of communication. Mr. Timm and his project team always kept the functional and safety requirements in mind and understood what is also important to us in product development: can-do mentality, agile mindset as well as flexibility and efficiency in all project situations."

UI/UX Design

Prinoth

„BUSSE is our design game-changer for snow groomers! Their UI/UX team elevates not only icons and layout but the entire user experience to a new level. Clear operation turns every ride into a pleasure. Reliable from development to series production, BUSSE is by our side. Their interface, based on precise product research, simplifies operation. Flexible, forward-thinking, and reliable – BUSSE is our satisfaction guarantee!"

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Mikron

"With BUSSE as a sparring partner, we were able to successfully work out a brand-defining design for our latest products that was appropriate for the target group. BUSSE understood our internal company processes very well and was therefore able to deliver optimal results. Deadlines were always met, you can rely on BUSSE. Anytime again!"

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Keller

"We were positively surprised by the collaboration with BUSSE in that the focus was not solely on the appearance of our product, but rather on the interplay of economical manufacturing solutions, optimized ergonomics and a functional design. The result now impresses with a coherent, unprecedented design concept."

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Britax Römer

„Child seats are not only visually complex but also technically demanding. Our longstanding partnership with BUSSE turns development into a creative experience. Design sprints and a versatile selection matrix relieve engineers, minimize time-consuming iterations. We appreciate BUSSE for their timely implementations despite limited resources. The collaboration is not only effective but also truly enjoyable!"

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Infinite Running

„What impressed me right from the start was the incorporation of many innovative ideas that led to a result that is now ready for the market. Despite patented hurdles, design concepts were fine-tuned and refined until a turnkey concept for prototypes and a near-series maturity was achieved."

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Hammer

"BUSSE has been the perfect partner for us to develop new and innovative ideas for over fifteen years. BUSSE offers a very high level of professionalism and a first-class understanding of the brand. The team has completely internalized the high standards of our projects and with exceptional creativity, as well as full dedication, has helped us to set new trends. Many of our bestsellers bear BUSSE hallmarks."

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Darda

„From the outset, BUSSE embraced our technical wishes and constraints, weaving them into a cohesive product. Their craftsmanship is impressive, making the collaboration not only enjoyable but also an inspiring process due to their expertise. It's a partnership that seamlessly blends creativity with professionalism."

Das moderne BUSSE DESIGN+ENGINEERING Headquarter mit großen Glasfenstern wird von innen beleuchtet und hebt sich vom dunkler werdenden Himmel während der Dämmerung ab. Das Bild zeigt architektonisches Design und natürliche Beleuchtungseffekte.