Sam’s Club Americana 2021 style guide
omnichannel style guide created for President’s Day, July 4th, Memorial Day, Labor Day and all things Americana
^ Homepage banner example of Americana creative.
Americana is a style guide applied to patriotic holidays throughout the year.
The campaign predominantly highlights discounts on home furniture, outdoor gear, and electronics, with occasional inclusions of food and other items. Its promotions prioritize price reductions over storytelling, resulting in a creative mix of diverse products without a cohesive narrative. To address this, I devised a flexible framework that accommodates various creative sizes, allowing individual or multiple products to stand out within designated slots.
design elements & color palette
The creative was crafted to exude a strong sense of American patriotism, focusing on elements like Stars and Stripes, with red, white and blue as the primary color palette.
To prevent the design from becoming too overwhelming, I sought to hint at these themes rather than saturate the visuals. A series of stripes was introduced to soften the distinction between copy and product, in addition to being used as an accent graphic element. Stars were strategically placed around the copy, with a gradient mask applied to add depth, subtly mirroring the movement of a flag fluttering in the breeze.
Considering Sam’s Club's primary colors are predominantly blues and their main competitor, Costco, favors red, we opted for a rich sapphire blue gradient and white as the primary colors for the campaign. Red and two other shades of blue were then utilized as accent or secondary colors to complement the patriotic motif.
examples
^ Various Samsung banners featured across the site for their large scale promotions across most Americana holidays.
^ Samsung Labor Day Sales Event email, featuring a huge array of savings across all their tech (left); Member’s Mark (Sam’s Club owned brand) email featuring food items for your Labor Day cookout (right).
^ A content mod created for a July 4th Home Event.
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