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Zaku Inc. Identitate Korporatiboa by Nobuya Hayasaka

Zaku Inc. Identitate Korporatiboa by Nobuya Hayasaka is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Zilarrezko Saria A' Design Award in Grafismo, Ilustrazio eta Ikus Komunikazio Diseinua Competition Category.


ZilarGrafismoa· 2022

Zaku Inc. Identitate Korporatiboa

by Nobuya Hayasaka

Client: Arica Design Inc

Zilarrezko Saria A' Design Award Winner in Grafismoa Category

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The Design

About Zaku Inc. Identitate Korporatiboa

Ikur honek bi esanahi ditu. Enpresaren izena eta enpresaren leloa da. Japoniako kanji karaktereen tipografiaz osatuta dago, zeinak zaku irakurtzen dute enpresaren izenean. Kanji-k sortu-ren esanahia ere badu. Good's eskuaren silueta pertsonaia hau erabiliz osatzen da, hau da, sortzea esan nahi du. Modu honetan, marka bakarrean adierazten da ona sortzearen leloa. Ikur-markak konpainiaren konpromisoa adierazten du munduan Ongia sortzeko neurri sortzaileen bidez.

The Recognition

About the Zilarrezko Saria A' Design Award

Zaku Inc. Identitate Korporatiboa Zilarrezko Saria A' Design Award irabazlea da, goi-mailako, zoragarriak eta liluragarriak diren diseinuei ematen zaien ezohiko aitorpen prestijiotsua. Zilar-mailako irabazleak lan oso distiratsuak eta sormen biziko lanak dira, beren diseinatzaileen aditutasun, talentu eta zorroztasun nabarmenak erakusten dituztenak. Zaku Inc. Identitate Korporatiboa erakusleiho-lan zoragarria, nabarmenki profesionala eta sakonki berritzailea izatea espero da. Zilarrezko Saria A' Design Award irabazi duen diseinu hau asmakizun oso nabarmena eta miretsia da, onura ekartzen duena eta artearen, zientziaren, diseinuaren eta teknologiaren mugak zabaltzen dituena. Zaku Inc. Identitate Korporatiboa jende askok inbidia duen sorkuntza da, desirak pizten dituena, sentimendu positiboak ekartzen dituena eta harridura eta txunditzea pizten dituena.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties
This symbol has two meanings. It is the company name and the company slogan.

It consists of the typography of Japanese kanji characters, which read "zaku" in the company name. The combination of "signature and seal" in the mark will make Japanese people who see this design recognize it as kanji.

The kanji also contains the meaning of "to create.
The silhouette of Good!'s hand is formed using this character, which means "to create. In this way, the company's slogan of "Creating Good" is expressed in a single mark.
Dimensions & Packaging
The brand design items for this project are listed below.
Logo Design: Symbol mark, Logotype, Motion Logo
Sign Design: Signage
Packaging Design: Document Case x 3
Print Design: Envelopes x 3, Promotion cards, Business cards x 3, Leaflets, Opening announcement flyer
Web Design:html5, CSS
Tags
Typography, Logos, Symbols, Corporate Identity, Logotypes
Production Technology
The typography incorporates elements of Japanese "Shodo," the art of writing with a brush using ink.

The designer discovered that when the kanji meaning "to create" is written on paper, the ink blurs and spreads out to form the silhouette of the hand of Good!

Shodo (Japanese calligraphy) is a culture that has been familiar to the Japanese people for a long time. With this Japanese touch, the design gives users a sense of trust and familiarity.
Design Challenge
The difficult part was to achieve this with as few elements and as simple a design as possible, while still having multiple meanings. The designers were also careful to make sure that the letters were recognizable.
The touch of brush strokes and the inclusion of "signature and seal" made the design more recognizable and readable.
Research
In this design, the challenge was to give a single symbol multiple roles.
To make the company name read "Zaku".
To give it the meaning of "create".
To make it look like a silhouette of the hand of "Good!
By achieving these three goals, the client's company was able to express that it is a creative company and gain recognition in Japan and in the industry.
Inspiration
The designer decided to use the client's company slogan itself as the logo design.

This company has the slogan "Create good!
The symbol of the hand silhouette of "good!" is expressed in the typography of Japanese Kanji characters meaning "to create".
And since this kanji can be read as "zaku", it also represents the company name.
Project Duration
It opened in Japan in March 2021.
Operation Flow
The simple yet strong symbol design served to publicize the client's company's opening within the industry and in Japan.
People who received the DM recognized the company's slogan and name, and the meaning and background of the logo design became a topic of conversation, facilitating communication.
The "Shodo" typography and the silhouette of the "Good!" hand are catchy and memorable, and this design contributed to the recognition of the company's existence and brand image.
Team Members
Creative Director:Hitoshi Kobayashi
Art Director:Nobuya Hayasaka
Copywriter:Takuma Suzuki

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