Terark Visuelles Identitätsdesign by Tong Wen

Terark Visuelles Identitätsdesign by Tong Wen is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award in Eisen in Grafikdesign Competition Category.

EisenGrafik· 2020

Terark Visuelles Identitätsdesign

by Tong Wen

Client: Tong Wen

A' Design Award in Eisen Winner in Grafik Category

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The Design

About Terark Visuelles Identitätsdesign

Terark ist eine visuelle Identität, die für ein Technologieunternehmen entwickelt wurde, das Dienstleistungen im Bereich der Big-Data-Verarbeitung anbietet. Das Design basiert auf einer Punktmatrix, kombiniert mit mehreren Verlaufsfarben. Fließend miteinander verbundene Punkte bilden den Buchstaben T, den Anfangsbuchstaben des Firmennamens. Es wurden mehrere Verlaufs-Shader bereitgestellt, sodass sich die Identität an vielfältige Anwendungen anpassen lässt. Zusätzlich wurden eine individuelle Schriftart sowie ein Punktmuster für den Einsatz in Printprodukten und weiteren Materialien geliefert. Die Identität wurde auf Broschüren, Jahrbücher, Visitenkarten und Trinkflaschen angewendet.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award in Eisen

Terark Visuelles Identitätsdesign ist Gewinner des A' Design Award in Eisen, einer prestigeträchtigen Anerkennung für gute Designs, die die beruflichen und industriellen Anforderungen erfüllen, die an gut gestaltete Schöpfungen gestellt werden. Eisen-Gewinner zeigen großes Können, hohe Spezialisierung, fachkundiges Verständnis und die kreative Kapazität ihrer Schöpfer. Von Terark Visuelles Identitätsdesign wird erwartet, dass es eine hochgeschätzte, bewunderte und geliebte Schöpfung ist, die praktisch und innovativ ist. Dieses mit dem A' Design Award in Eisen prämierte Design integriert bewährte Branchenverfahren und weist kompetente technische Merkmale in Verbindung mit Know-how und Talent auf. Terark Visuelles Identitätsdesign wird für seine Gründlichkeit geschätzt und ist darauf ausgelegt, Verbesserungen der Lebensqualität zu liefern, die dazu beitragen, die Welt zu einem besseren Ort zu machen.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Terark is a tech company providing big data processing services. The mission of visual identity was to stand out Terark from all the competitors and demonstrate the business of the company. Finally, after iteration, the design concept was narrowed down to dot matrix with multiple kinds of gradient color. Smoothly connected dots form a shape of T, which represents the first letter of the company name. At the same time, multiple gradient shaders would be provided to customer, which enriches the use cases and also shows the business services could be expanded and beyond the expectation.
Dimensions & Packaging: Multiple design unites were created, which were in different sizes and on surfaces such as brochures, yearbooks, name cards and water bottles.
Tags: Technology, branding, identity, logo, font
Production Technology: Custom font was designed to suit in this case. Multiple gradient shaders were also provided. Moreover, a dot pattern was also delivered so that the customer could use it as the background in some print out or other materials.
Design Challenge: As the branding identity was aiming to look simple and modern, it was really hard to delivery a design which could stand out from all the competitors, because they usually look very similar. How to make it special and appealing was the biggest challenge.
Research: Several rounds of qualitative research were conducted to collect feedback, in order to ensure the delivery was perceivable and appealing. The final goal was to impress the future customers of Terark, so we also reached out to the potential customers to gain more insights.
Inspiration: Exploring various approaches and conducting user research are great ways of inspiration. Visually, an agreement with the client was made, which was simple and modern. The final design idea was enlightened by the movie The Matrix. Therefore, the brand identity should convey a combined feeling of sense of wonder and future technology, which exactly shows the spirit of Terark - creating a new world.
Project Duration: This project took 3 month from end to end. Main design part was done in San Francisco.
Operation Flow: First of all, brainstorming was a great way for generating multiple ideas at the beginning. However, leveraging various methods to merge ideas and evaluate ideas was difficult to some extent, which was crucial to the quality of final outcome. Therefore, the iteration of design usually took most effort in design process. Meanwhile, clients played an important role, because they could bring the insights to the specific industry. Listening to the clients was involved all the time, which ensured the final delivery met their expectation.