Italian Capital of Culture ʻo Ka Logo A Me Ka Hoʻolaha Hoʻolaha by Akomi is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award Kala in Hoʻolālā Kiʻi, Kiʻi Paʻi a me Kamaʻilio ʻIke Competition Category.

KalaKiʻi· 2023

Italian Capital of Culture ʻo Ka Logo A Me Ka Hoʻolaha Hoʻolaha

by Akomi

Client: Municipalities of Brescia and Bergamo

A' Design Award Kala Winner in Kiʻi Category

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The Design

About Italian Capital of Culture ʻo Ka Logo A Me Ka Hoʻolaha Hoʻolaha

Hoʻokahi logo i kaʻana like ʻia e nā kūlanakauhale ʻelua (Bergamo a me Brescia, i hui pū ʻia ma ka makahiki 2023 Italian Capital of Culture) i hoʻoikaika ʻia e ka moʻomeheu pop a hoʻolālā ʻia e ulu i ka wā. Hoʻokumu ʻia ka geometry holoʻokoʻa i ke kuʻi ʻana o nā mea laina me ka mānoanoa mau, i hoʻoikaika ʻia e nā koʻokoʻo kūkulu i ʻike ʻia ai nā kūlanakauhale ʻelua, me ka manaʻo e hoʻohuli i kahi stereotype o nā kūlanakauhale ʻoihana a hoʻolauleʻa i ko lākou kūpaʻa i ka wā o ka piʻi ʻana o covid-19. ʻAʻole ʻo 3 a me B wale nō ka mea ʻulaʻula i ka manawa like, akā hiki ke loaʻa i nā manaʻo a me nā ʻano like ʻole i nā ʻano like ʻole.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Kala

Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Italian Capital of Culture ʻo Ka Logo A Me Ka Hoʻolaha Hoʻolaha i ka A' Design Award Kala, he ʻike hoʻohanohano nui loa i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā kiʻekiʻe loa, nani a kupaianaha. He mau hana ʻālohilohi loa a hana noʻeau nui nā lanakila Kala e hōʻike ana i ka loea, ka makakoho a me ka ʻoi aku o ka noʻonoʻo o kā lākou poʻe hoʻolālā. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hoʻolālā Italian Capital of Culture ʻo Ka Logo A Me Ka Hoʻolaha Hoʻolaha he hana kupaianaha, kūlana ʻoi aku, ʻoihana kiʻekiʻe a hou loa. ʻO kēia hoʻolālā i lanakila i ka A' Design Award Kala he mea hoʻokumu kūpono loa, mahalo ʻia e hāʻawi i ka pōmaikaʻi a hoʻoneʻe i nā palena o ka hana noʻeau, ka ʻepekema, ka hoʻolālā a me ka ʻenehana. He mea i ʻeleu ʻia e nā mea he nui ka hoʻolālā Italian Capital of Culture ʻo Ka Logo A Me Ka Hoʻolaha Hoʻolaha e hoʻāla i ka makemake, lawe mai i nā manaʻo maikaʻi a hoʻāla i ka kamahaʻo a me ka mahalo.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The logo has been chosen by the Municipalities of Bergamo and Brescia to represent the two cities, that together will become Italian Capital of Culture in the year 2023.
The design idea is based on the identification of a simple and linear element, whose versatility allows it to acquire different meanings and to complete different shapes from time to time.
The logo is designed to evolve in time and being used even when 2023 year will be over.
Dimensions & Packaging: Minimum height of the logo: 10 mm
Tags: graphics, branding, logo design, advertising, cultural projects, Italian capital of culture, events, Brescia, Bergamo
Production Technology: Thanks to its design the logo can be embossed, perforated, cut, embroided and obviously printed with any tecnique on any kind of support, as it's required to a mass event logo with a very wide spreading. There are no physical or digital limits to its coherent reproduction and recognizability, from black and white printing to digital video animation.
Design Challenge: The hardest challenge was to design a logo in which both Bergamo and Brescia could identify themselves, as they are two cities very similar to each other but also known for their rivality.
A public call was open from the two Municipalities to all the professionals, who have been asked to produce a huge amount of work in a short time.
The logo has been chosen from more than 50 proposals by the jury chaired by Antonio Romano (Inarea), one of the most appreciated professional in visual identity.
Research: As two different cities were about to become together a jointed Italian Capital of Culture, the first choice has been to avoid any cultural symbol of one of the two cities.
Only the colors are inspired by the two municipal coats of arms: blue and red for Brescia, yellow and red for Bergamo.
The design team has been looking for some kind of "pop" logo, taking inspiration from big international sport events, as we believe that Culture has to overcome any barrier and become everyone's patrimony.
Inspiration: The whole geometric construction is based on the curvature of linear elements of constant thickness, inspired by the building rods (strong and resilient, they bend but they do not break, as Bergamo and Brescia did during the very first Covid wave) for which the cities are well known. The objective was to overcome the stereotypes of industrial cities and prove that Bergamo and Brescia have a lot to say when it comes to culture.
Project Duration: The logo has been launched in december 2021 and it will be used in its release versione until the end of 2023. The evolved version of the logo will to be adopted from the end of year 2023 as a legacy for future cultural events.
Operation Flow: The logo has been launched in december 2021 and it will be used in its release versione until the end of 2023. The evolved version of the logo will to be adopted from the end of year 2023 as a legacy for future cultural events.
The most recognizable sign of the logo (the red 3/B element) is designed to survive after year 2023 will be over and to be completed with different shapes in different contexts.
It's a versatile and anthropomorphic sign that generates empathy and can play different roles.