Siemens Brand Guidelines (Sep. 2013) | Page 74

Corporate design manual? |? Siemens-Electrogeräte GmbH? |? PoS Design basics General information The PoS (Point of Sale) is often the customer’s first contact with Siemens appliances. At the point of sale, the product must stand out against competitor goods, and win consumers over with quality and a clean approach. In order to draw attention to the product and the brand, different advertising media should be combined, designed consistently in the new corporate design. The brand message and added value of the product must become immediately clear and the communication pieces must speak for themselves without further explanation. The following basic rules must be observed: • The Siemens logo must be impactful, i.?e. clearly visible, but should not over-used. • The logo?/?layer form and text element sizes are larger for PoS than for standard print media, in the interest of good legibility and brand impact. • In PoS materials the pictorial element dominates, while copy is short and to the point. Body copy is usually structured as bullet points. • PoS advertising items are based on orthogonal formats. Circles or amorphous shapes are not permitted. Special case, see page 89 InDesign templates are available for all formats shown in this chapter. They can be scaled or easily modified in size as needed. See page 80 74 Working status of October 2011