Every brand project I've freelanced

Every brand project I've freelanced on ends the same way. The client approves the logo, and then I spend most of a day on work that has nothing to do with design: drawing construction grids, measuring clearspace, rebuilding a presentation deck, laying out guidelines, and exporting the logo in every colour, format and size.

After 10 years and 10,000+ identities, I built Brandreforge to take that part off my plate.

It's a panel inside Adobe Illustrator. You capture your logo, colours and fonts once, and it builds from there:

→ Logo grids and clearspace from your real vector paths, on separate layers you can edit → Client presentation decks → Brand guidelines, from a single brand board to a full guide → AI mockups and brand copy, placed as editable content → An organised export folder with every logo variant for handoff

Nothing gets traced or redrawn, and your vector files stay on your Mac.

For freelancers this means a faster turnaround on fixed-price projects without cutting what the client receives. I've been using it on my own work, and the handoff stage dropped from hours to minutes.

Runs on macOS with Illustrator 2025 or later. 3-day free trial: https://brandreforge.com/

If you try it, I'd like to hear what's missing from your workflow.