McDonald’s Stands Out: Design by Disruption’s Bold Visual Identity with Golden Arches

Standing Out with Simplicity

Facing a sea of similar food imagery, McDonald’s leveraged its most recognizable asset – the Golden Arches – to create a unique visual language. This playful system, applied to packaging, advertising, and even in-store displays, transformed the arches into icons and patterns representing their menu items.

Golden Arches Take Shape

Across billboards, digital displays, print ads, social media (including shoppable Instagram Stories), TV commercials, cinemas, and even restaurants, the arches came alive. They morphed into the fluffy mound on a McFlurry, mimicked stacked fries when presented sideways, and twisted to resemble a stack of hotcakes. Notably, the McDonald’s name itself took a backseat.

The Arches Whisper “Mmmmmm”

This clever approach didn’t just showcase food; it subtly communicated the brand’s iconic tagline, “Mmmmmm,” through the sheer repetition of the arches.

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Agency: Design by Disruption (Global Design Studio, by TBWA)

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