A cream card printed RANDAL LYONS on draped linen

Case study

Heart · Soul · Bones

Client
Randal Lyons
Year
2022
Services
Visual identity, Brand guidelines, Brand applications

Project Overview

With almost 30 years of learned experience and knowledge in Eastern medicine, Randal Lyons aspires to lead individuals—no matter their age, background, and lifestyle—to recognize the predicament and recognize the doubt.

Through his offerings, Randal fulfills his purpose to educate individuals from all walks of life on the importance of clarity and healing for improved mental health and better quality days through meditation, counseling, and spiritual connection.

Therefore, this project was designed to establish the identity of Randal Lyons as a holistic brand that goes beyond the mundane to encompass the full spectrum of healing, and to enhance a consistent brand image.

  1. 2006

    Wrote Opening the Eyes of the Heart, a book that bridges Traditional Oriental Medicine and Ancient Shamanic Wisdom

    A hand holding a beater over a painted frame drum
    A lone tree in a misty field at dawn
    Randal Lyons smiling, holding a Siamese cat
  2. 2017

    Launched Alchemist Recovery, a program that specializes in helping individuals break the cycle of addiction.

    Autumn forest above a still lake
    A figure in black and white, hand raised through smoke
  3. 2022

    Randal Lyons - a personal brand as a key figure in holistic healing for the Heart, Body, and Soul

    Randal Lyons standing in a mountain meadow

Brand Identity

Anything in nature that takes up space is used as an inspiration for the brand identity for Randal Lyons. Through using them as mirrors of the expansion that happens when engaging with healing we can be inspired by its cyclical nature.

The structure and towering heights of mountains remind us to be unapologetic in our being, the push and pull of the waves are calling us to ebb and flow according to what we are being called to do at a given moment, and the roots of the trees ask us to stay grounded in our center. We used these as basis for the design decisions that we have made for Randal Lyons.

  • Occupyingthe space necessary for our own healing
  • Flowinglike the way of water
  • Groundingdeep into our authentic being

HeartSoulBones

medicine that speaks to the heart, touches the soul and is known in the bones.

Brand Slogan

The slogan was developed to fully encompass Randal Lyons’ practice as medicine that is engrained in the fibers of our being through our lineage and ancestry. Randal supports individuals throughout their whole journey, guided in every moment of their healing with medicine that speaks to the heart, touches the soul and is known in the bones.

Symbol

Randal Lyons’ symbol is a flower/sun derived from the letter A of the custom typeface. Inspired by nature, we considered creating a mark that can best represent the cyclical nature of healing and the approach unique to the brand. Flower when alchemized can serve as medicine for the heart, for the soul when witnessed in all its glory, for the bones when pulverized. The Sun in all its warmth represents the heart chakra, it touches the soul with its illumination, and enriches the bones with strength.

This has then been used as basis for other design elements for the brand as it is dynamic in its shape and nature making it a symbol that is easy to use.

Origin of Mark

The brand mark and its two additional marks, turning through the eight positions of the petals.

A smartwatch on a wrist showing the symbol
Four Randal Lyons posters pasted on a street wall
White business cards with the symbol
A gold Heart Soul Bones poster in low light
A canvas tote bag reading Why You, against a hedge and blue sky
A large poster of the symbol over a rocky shore, in a gallery
A black card with the symbol on rust-red linen
A black Heart Soul Bones poster on sunlit rocks by the sea
An event billboard in a dark concrete stairwell

Design System

The brand was designed with a visual system that is consistent across all its manifestations that the audience encounter from packaging, stationary, event collaterals, and to its digital presence.

Ivy Presto Display Thin

Medicine that Speaks to the Heart, Touches the Soul and is Known in the Bones.

Times New Roman

Breaking the cycle of addiction with medicine that speaks to the heart, touches the soul and is known in the bones.

Helvetica Neue

Every individual has the capacity to gain awareness and foster healing by communicating directly with spirit. Opening the Eyes of the Heart will guide the individual to the door that permits them to walk through to the other side and regain the freedom to act with clear conscious awareness in the present moment.

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Iconography

  • Sun
  • Mountain
  • River
  • Sycamore
  • Earth
  • Fire
  • Kindling
  • Metal
Stationery: letterhead, cards and envelopes in gold, sky and sycamore
Three phone cases in the brand patterns
The Randal Lyons website on a desktop screen
The Randal Lyons website on a tablet

Heart · Soul · Bones

Credits

Creative Director, Designer, Strategist
Robert Andrew

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