Kwaku Amprako is a brand identity designer and founder of Akrivi — pioneering BIDA (Brand Identity Design Automation) to empower designers to create with more speed, precision, and less stress.
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Brand Guidelines Generator: Create 100-Page Brand Guidelines in Minutes
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How to create 100-page brand guidelines without building them manually
Building a full brand guidelines document takes time. For a thorough, client-ready document covering strategy, colors, typography, merchandise, and application pages, you're looking at days of manual work.
The two new 100-page templates in Guideit change that. You input your brand assets, select a template, and the full document generates inside Adobe Illustrator in seconds.
What's inside the 100-page templates
The original Guideit templates covered the essentials across 40 pages. The new 100-page versions go significantly further. Each template now includes brand strategy pages, an expanded color section with usage rules and combinations, merchandise pages with vector mockups, and application pages showing the brand in digital and print contexts.
The result is a document you can hand directly to a client or production team without needing to add anything on top.
Corporate 100: structured and professional
The Corporate template uses a clean, minimal layout built around deep reds and neutrals. It suits brands that need to communicate clearly and professionally - financial services, consulting, or any client where the guidelines need to feel authoritative.
Every page follows a tight grid system with no decorative elements getting in the way of the content. It reads as polished and straightforward.
Related Reading: If you want to see how corporate brands structure their guidelines before generating your own, I've put together a set of corporate brand guidelines examples worth reviewing first.
Tech 100: dark, modern, and gradient-heavy
The Tech template takes a different direction. Dark backgrounds, gradient color blocks, and bold typography give it a feel that suits startups, SaaS products, and digital-first brands.
It covers the same 100 pages as the Corporate version, with a visual language that feels more contemporary. If your client is in tech or wants something that feels current, this is the one to use.
How the generator works
Open Guideit in Adobe Illustrator, input your brand assets (logo vectors, color codes, and font selections), pick your template, and click Generate. The full 100-page document builds in around 3 to 7 seconds depending on your machine.
Every page pulls in your actual brand assets. Nothing is placeholder and nothing needs to be swapped out manually after.
Related Reading: Not sure what a 100-page brand guidelines document should cover? I've written a breakdown of what a brand book includes if you want to know what to expect before generating.
Why Illustrator-native makes a difference
Most online brand guidelines generators keep your files on their platform. You get a PDF or a locked document, and any changes mean going back into their tool.
Because Guideit works inside Illustrator, the generated document is a fully editable native file. You can adjust anything, add pages, tweak layouts, and export however you need with no platform dependency.
Related Reading: I did a full breakdown comparing Guideit vs uBrand if you want to see exactly how the two approaches compare. Also, if you're still working from manual files, you can find my brand guidelines templates here as a starting point.
Try it on your next project
If you're working on a brand project that needs a full guidelines document, Guideit is worth trying before you start building manually. The free trial gives you full access with no cost to generate your first document.
Conclusion
If your next project needs a comprehensive brand guidelines document, the two 100-page templates in Guideit cover everything from strategy to application without any manual layout work.
