Stories of Communication Disseny d'Identitat de Marca by Mengyi Xie

Stories of Communication Disseny d'Identitat de Marca by Mengyi Xie is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award de Bronze in Disseny Gràfic, Il·lustració i Comunicació Visual Competition Category.

BronzeGràfic· 2022

Stories of Communication Disseny d'Identitat de Marca

by Mengyi Xie

Client: School of Communication, East China Normal University

A' Design Award de Bronze Winner in Gràfic Category

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The Design

About Stories of Communication Disseny d'Identitat de Marca

Stories of Communication és un disseny d'identitat visual creat per al quinzè aniversari d'una facultat universitària de comunicació. El logotip principal és un gràfic geomètric basat en el numeral 15. A partir del logotip principal, es va desenvolupar una família de 100 sub-logotips. Cada sub-logotip presenta una història, invenció o iniciativa de la història de la comunicació, des dels cordills amb nusos utilitzats en temps prehistòrics fins al primer diari i la world wide web. Organitzats en ordre cronològic, els sub-logotips s'apliquen a cartells, invitacions, fullets, pantalles del recinte i records commemoratius.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Bronze

Stories of Communication Disseny d'Identitat de Marca és un guanyador del guardó A' Design Award de Bronze, un reconeixement altament prestigiós concedit a dissenys sobresortints que es distingeixen per la creativitat, l'enginy i l'astúcia. Els guanyadors de Bronze són artefactes ampliament hàbils i sorprenentment creatius que autentiquen la vasta experiència, la imaginació i el recurs dels seus dissenyadors. Es preveu que Stories of Communication Disseny d'Identitat de Marca sigui un objecte molt apreciat, admirat i estimat, notablement professional i innovador. Aquest disseny guanyador del guardó A' Design Award de Bronze incorpora les millors pràctiques de l'art, la ciència, el disseny i la tecnologia i és excel·lent per la seva atenció al detall. Stories of Communication Disseny d'Identitat de Marca satisfà esplèndidament les necessitats, toca els desitjos, encisa els sentiments i crida la curiositat.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: The main logo of project is a geometrical graphic with the numeral 15, based on which a family of 100 sub-logos was created. Each sub-logo conveys a story, crucial invention or initiative of mankind. In chronological order, this logo family represents the history of communication technology. For the 15th anniversary of the School of Communication, ECNU, the whole set of design is in tribute to not only the discipline, the practice, and the development of communication, but also the human wisdom.
Dimensions & Packaging: There were all kinds of size for the physical application products in this project.
Tags: Branding, Visual Identity, Logo, Logo families, Poster, University Anniversary, Communication
Production Technology: The projects has been mainly made by Adobe's softwares, Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects etc.
Design Challenge: Actually, one of the biggest challenge in this project was how to choose the stories appropriately from the history. Which stories are much more important in communication history? The design team spent much time to search the material from the books, articles and internet, and consulted with teachers and specialists in mass media study.
Research: The design team consulted and combed a large number of historical materials from the books, articles and internet. They talked with teachers and specialists in mass media study. Then designer of the project selected 100 important stories in the communication history. Behind every story there was a crucial invention or initiative of mankind.
Inspiration: The inspiration of the project was from stories in the history of Communication, from Quipu- Knotted strings for information collection in prehistoric civilization to the first newspaper in the 17th century, and until the www (world wide web). The idea of design was to fuse these stories into visual identity system for the 15th anniversary of the School of Communication, memorizing the contribution of communication discipline and building up the brand image of school.
Project Duration: The project was in Shanghai.
Operation Flow: Main logo, sub-logos, typeface, brand colors and other identity graphic of the project were used into the propaganda of anniversary, like series posters, invitations, pamphlets, flyers on campus and communication images on line. The team of the project also designed background screen and display wall with logo families on activity venue. And post cards, canvas bags and bottled beverage with the sub-logo graphics and stories were given to alumnus and staff as souvenirs.
Team Members: Mengyi Xie