Rhode Island School of Design brand guidelines
Rhode Island School of Design presents its identity guidelines with dedicated voice guidance and links out to Notion for downloadable resources.
Freedam's take — I spent some time looking through the identity guidelines for Rhode Island School of Design, and I appreciate how direct the setup feels. The site includes a dedicated section titled How We Sound to explore their voice, keeping the focus squarely on narrative direction. Instead of bundling assets directly into the web pages, they link out to a Notion workspace for resources and file downloads. It feels like a pragmatic way to manage evolving assets alongside core documentation, giving the team a flexible hub without overcomplicating the main portal structure.
Details
- Type
- Guidelines
- Access
- Public
- Source
- identity.risd.edu
- Industry
- Education
- Capabilities
- Downloads
- Tags
- tone of voice, asset downloads, notion
- Added
- Last checked
What I noticed
- The website includes a dedicated section titled 'How We Sound' to outline brand voice guidance.1
- The site links out to an external Notion workspace for resources and downloads.23
- The identity guidelines are hosted across multiple dedicated pages including the homepage and a voice guide.41
Numbers refer to the screenshots above.
What I could not see
- Full typography, color, and logo specifications could not be verified directly from the captured screens.
- The internal contents of the linked Notion downloads workspace were not captured.
Ideas to borrow
- Teams can pair a clean documentation frontend with an external tool like Notion to easily manage downloadable assets without custom portal builds.2
Reviewed on 18 September 2026. Request a correction · I built this
