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Taylor Swift nails wedding branding with a clever ampersand logo
Taylor Swift’s wedding branding demonstrates how a simple, well-executed logo can tell a big story: a bold pink-and-black billboard reading 'JUST&T MARRIED!' uses an ampersand that hides Travis’s initial, there’s an interlocking 'T&T' monogram for keepsakes, and the branding extends to trademark-level protection. The piece highlights Swift’s meticulous approach to branding assets—from font choices to logos—showing that great design scales from stadium tours to a wedding.
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