Sonor

Services
Brand Positioning
Messaging and Claims
Brand Identity Systems (CI/VI)
Interaction and Experience Design (UI/UX)
Brand Experience
Web and App Design
Content Strategy
Content Delivery
Customer
Sonor, LLC

"Digital Native Update" Instead of "The End of a Legend"

The world-famous German drum manufacturer doesn't have customers—it has fans. But even though handmade rock music will never die out, sales of analog musical instruments have been steadily declining for years.

Brand Identity System

The Brand in a Nutshell

The drum, the drumbeat, the heartbeat, the bullseye. The "O" filled to form a circle anchors the brand code in the display typeface. Eye-catching, simple, distinctive.

An example of Sonor's visual brand design, showing a drum kit on a stage from above, with the promotional headline "Your signature in sound" in front of it
SONOR counters market concentration with a confident return to its own strengths. This is evident in its highly sought-after products, which offer uncompromising quality. And now, they are also presented in a contemporary, genre-spanning way.
Sonor SQ2 drum kit, isolated on a gray background, with the promotional headline "Every fleet needs a flagship"

Brand Experience

The biggest stars?
That's the band.

The most important element takes center stage: the drums. They provide the most direct and greatest possible sense of identification and a canvas for one’s own experience.

A close-up of a Sonor drum on a gray background, with the promotional headline "The beat comes closer" above it
Close-up of a Sonor "Perfect Balance" foot pedal with the promotional headline "Find your perfect balance"
An animated explanation of Sonor’s communication concept, which centers on the products and is complemented by exclusive behind-the-scenes content about the brand as well as onstage stories centered on the live experience

Backstage pass included

Product communication is infused with emotion through exclusive behind-the-scenes content about the brand and its manufacturing process, as well as on-stage stories centered on the live experience.

An older man standing at a dramatically lit workbench is holding a fastener against a wooden drum, accompanied by the promotional headline "Craftsmanship since 1875"

Content Strategy & Delivery / Web Design

A Huge Hit: The Website

Spacious on the desktop, fully functional on mobile devices: The dynamic responsive design of the website, developed by Machbar 2018, faithfully reflected the digital brand design in every detail. The content Machbar by Machbar has since been migrated to a new website by SONOR.

Screencasts of the SONOR website from 2018, displayed on a tablet frame
Screencasts of the SONOR website from 2018—Orff section—displayed on a tablet mount

We did even more.