<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Brass Studio | Blog</title><description>Notes from the studio on brand strategy, identity, web design and performance, and the decisions that keep a brand working after launch.</description><link>https://brass-studio.vercel.app</link><language>en-us</language><item><title>A point of view beats a logo</title><link>https://brass-studio.vercel.app/blog/brand-point-of-view</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://brass-studio.vercel.app/blog/brand-point-of-view</guid><description>Why the brands people remember start with a clear opinion, and how to find yours before anyone opens a design file.</description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Branding</category></item><item><title>Websites that sell without shouting</title><link>https://brass-studio.vercel.app/blog/websites-that-sell-quietly</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://brass-studio.vercel.app/blog/websites-that-sell-quietly</guid><description>Pop-ups, countdowns and five calls to action per screen rarely convert. Calm, confident sites usually do.</description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Web design</category></item><item><title>When a rebrand is worth it</title><link>https://brass-studio.vercel.app/blog/when-to-rebrand</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://brass-studio.vercel.app/blog/when-to-rebrand</guid><description>A rebrand is expensive and slow. Here is how we help clients decide between a full rebrand, a refresh or leaving it alone.</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Strategy</category></item><item><title>Type that carries a brand</title><link>https://brass-studio.vercel.app/blog/type-that-carries-a-brand</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://brass-studio.vercel.app/blog/type-that-carries-a-brand</guid><description>How we choose typefaces that work on a billboard, a pricing table and a phone screen, and why we rarely need more than two.</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Typography</category></item><item><title>Performance is a design decision</title><link>https://brass-studio.vercel.app/blog/performance-is-design</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://brass-studio.vercel.app/blog/performance-is-design</guid><description>A slow website is usually decided in the design file, not in the code. How we keep sites fast from the first sketch.</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Development</category></item><item><title>Writing a brief that gets better work</title><link>https://brass-studio.vercel.app/blog/writing-a-better-brief</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://brass-studio.vercel.app/blog/writing-a-better-brief</guid><description>The best projects we have done started with a one-page brief. What to put in it, and what to leave out.</description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Process</category></item></channel></rss>