Bronze Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design · 2021

Jiangmen Culture and Tourism Logo and Brand Identity

by EUCA Culture and Communications Co. Ltd.

A' Design Award 2021 Bronze Winner in Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design
Awarded April 15, 2021
CLIENT: Jiangmen culture, tourism, radio, television and Sports Bureau
Estimated Number of Design Views: 9,416
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About Jiangmen Culture and Tourism Logo and Brand Identity

Jiangmen Culture and Tourism is a logo and brand identity created for the culture and tourism sector of Jiangmen, a city in Guangdong Province in southern China. The logo is inspired by the traditional Chinese character Men, meaning gate, and by the structure of the memorial archway. Elements drawn from the cityscape, architecture, cultural heritage, landscape and plants of Jiangmen are combined within the gate shape. Matte gold suggests a city that is rich yet modest. A brand identity guideline was developed to support consistent application.

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Unique Properties: The logo inspired by a traditional Chinese Character Men which means gate. The shape of logo integrated with features of the Character and the structure of memorial archway.
The logo incorporates elements which extracted from cityscape, architecture, cultural heritage, landscape and plants of Jiangmen. Matte gold is chosen to imply the city is plentiful but low-profile.
Tags: Branding, City, Culture and tourism, Logo design, Visual system
Design Challenge: Jiangmen is a city with long and complicated history. It contains 4 counties and 3 districts. The special requirement for this project is to show the highlights of these 4 counties and 3 districts equally and adequately. Through in-depth study on culture and history of Jiangmen, we form the current design that can place numerous elements.
Project Duration: June 2019 – April 2020, Shanghai, China
Operation Flow: To communicate the visual identity with target audience, an official logo launch event was hold and an advertising video was published via omni channel communication. To build a consistent brand visual identity and its application, a brand identity guideline was provided and a training session was conducted. Various applications of brand identity were demonstrated, such as stationary, digital media, printed materials, etc. Application of logo in infrastructure of Jiangmen, local products were also listed in the guideline.
Research: This project began with a comprehensive research both quantitative and qualitative. Multiple methods were employed including desk research, internet survey, on-site investigation, interview, group discussions and seminars. The result shows Jiangmen lack of recognition and the characteristics and unique culture and tourism assets of Jiangmen has little awareness as tourist destination. Based on this result we developed our creative idea: to show abundant scenery of Jiangmen in one logo that shaped as gate.
Inspiration: Jiangmen is a city in Guangdong Province in southern China. The city is considered as hometown of most overseas Chinese. It is because a large amount of overseas Chinese is originated from Jiangmen. They brought Memorial Archways, a traditional arch structured Chinese architectural which can be found in many entrances of villages in China, to many countries. Memorial Archway becomes symbol of Chinatown now. For the purpose of attract overseas Chinese to visit Jiangmen, the local government initiated this project and requested a new brand logo for its culture and tourism section.
Image Credits: Ellain Li, Grace Xu， Di Tang