Xiaomi
Brand Finance
Peak value
21
Peak year
2025
Region
Asia
Xiaomi disrupted the smartphone market not by innovating the product, but by innovating the price-to-quality ratio — initially selling at cost to build a fan community, then monetizing through software and services. The 2021 logo redesign by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma cost a reported $2 million to produce what looked like a slightly rounder square — but the investment bought years of design credibility. In China's brutal smartphone market, brand story is the differentiator when hardware specs are nearly identical.
2021 — New logo by Kengo Kuma, 'alive' concept rounded square
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0%
67%
of the B2B buying journey happens digitally - before anyone talks to sales.
SOURCE: FORRESTER RESEARCH
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+17%
more conversions for every second faster a page loads.
SOURCE: AKAMAI /GOOGLE
75%
of how trustworthy a B2B website looks comes from design alone.
SOURCE: STANFORD WEB CREDIBILITY RESEARCH
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5x
revenue growth for companies that treat design as a strategic discipline.
SOURCE: MCKINSEY
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HOW WE HELP
Your brand either attracts the right clients and positions you as a category leader, or it looks like it can't keep up with your ambition. We build the first scenario - by combining brand strategy, websites, and AI into one process that, unlike most agencies, doesn't start with "what color do you want?"