Brandcourage is a forward-thinking creative agency in Singapore, we create and communicate the essence of brands.
Types of work

Brand DNA® | Brand Strategy

Brand Communications

Brand Design (New Logo)

Types of client

Government | Intellectual Property Services

With the restructuring of the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) there was an opportunity to create a new component to their value proposition – this new offer would provide consulting services to Singapore companies to assist with their internationalisation and to better leverage their IP for financial advantage overseas. The new division, IPOS International, needed to be branded.

Brandcourage, working closely with the senior management teams of both IPOS and IPOS International assisted in the consensual development of their Brand DNA® – which led in consequence to their new identity and the overall communication of this exciting new era in moving beyond simply being a registrar of IP, but now an active player in reaping the benefits of IP in the global market.

In line with their vision to create ‘a Singapore where innovative enterprises use intangible assets to grow’; and their mission to ‘catalyse industry and enterprise growth by providing IP and intangible asset expertise’ – Brandcourage assisted with the creation of their brand promise of Bridging Possibilities that broadcast the narrative of ‘building an International Centre of Excellence for Intangible Assets (IA), that will transform Singapore into a gateway for innovation flows into.’

 

“Their vision was to create ‘a Singapore where innovative enterprises use intangible assets to grow’; and their mission was to catalyse industry and enterprise growth by providing IP and intangible asset expertise.”

 


BRIEF
IPOS International was a new initiative of IPOS (Intellectual Property Office of Singapore). They sort to extend their reach by not only providing an up-to-date registry for trademarks and patents, but to leverage IP in regional and global business for future growth, profitability and sustainability.

 

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RESPONSE 
The conceptual approach to IPOS International stemmed from our understanding of the “under valued” and “under utilised” use of intangible assets — by definition “brand is the management’s long term strategy for the exploitation of intangible assets for commercial gain” … so there was a strong alignment of appreciation between Brandcourage and the client. The approach used the positioning line “Bridging Possibilities” which developed from ideation with both us and the client team — in which there was a strong “buy-in” to the road ahead.

 


Project team
Colin Anderson (Managing Director)
Collaborators
Chew Kok Hsiung (Design Director)

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