I've been a fan of Melissa Davis on a professional level for awhile, and so it was no surprise to me that she has since written this wonderful introduction to branding.
She breaks down branding into its most basic components and then builds this to encompass all the latest branding techniques an innovations. Using real-world and up-to-date examples from agencies like ours (Lambie-Nairn) as well as others we greatly admire in the industry, ensures the concepts are illustrated and brought to life in a way that makes them understandable and digestible for true branding beginners - whilst making interesting reading in their own right.
I'd recommend this book to students, new joiners of an agency involved in branding, and all junior staff who are just beginning their careers in branding - as it covers all the 'fundamentals' perfectly, enabling them to hit the ground running.
Simply great, I wish I had this book when I first landed in the branding world!