NATION'S DUMBEST
SHOW PACKAGE
Nation's Dumbest, Fox's new celebrity competition series hosted by Jack Whitehall, is billed as the only competition show you don't want to win. The logo needed to set the tone for everything that followed, confident enough to hold its own on a network show, with enough personality to hint at the fun underneath. We explored the high school angle, tested black and white marks and different treatments, and looked at other countries' versions of the format before landing on a shield mark inspired by school crests.
After finalizing the logo, we toolkitted the rest of the system around a classroom-inspired concept: graph paper textures, scribbles, and chalkboard cues that nodded to the premise without overwhelming it, giving the show a look confident enough for primetime and playful enough to match the chaos on screen.
CLIENT
FOX
WHAT WE DID
LOGO DEVELOPMENT
BRANDING
DESIGN
ANIMATION
LOGO EXPLORATION
Along the way, we explored several rounds of a mascot for the show and even built out animatics to test its personality before deciding the shield alone could carry the tone.
FINAL BRANDING