Terark Desain Identitas Visual by Tong Wen

Terark Desain Identitas Visual by Tong Wen is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Besi in Desain Grafis, Ilustrasi dan Komunikasi Visual Competition Category.

BesiGrafis· 2020

Terark Desain Identitas Visual

by Tong Wen

Client: Tong Wen

A' Design Award Besi Winner in Grafis Category

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Colors

The Design

About Terark Desain Identitas Visual

Terark adalah identitas visual yang dirancang untuk sebuah perusahaan teknologi yang menyediakan layanan pengolahan big data. Desainnya didasarkan pada matriks titik yang dikombinasikan dengan beberapa warna gradien. Titik-titik yang terhubung secara halus membentuk huruf T, huruf pertama dari nama perusahaan. Beragam shader gradien disediakan, sehingga identitas ini dapat disesuaikan untuk banyak kebutuhan. Sebuah huruf khusus (custom font) dan pola titik juga dihadirkan untuk digunakan pada media cetak dan materi lainnya. Identitas ini diterapkan pada brosur, buku tahunan, kartu nama, dan botol air.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Besi

Terark Desain Identitas Visual adalah pemenang A' Design Award Besi, pengakuan yang bergengsi yang diberikan kepada desain yang baik yang memenuhi persyaratan profesional dan industri yang diharapkan dari kreasi yang dirancang dengan baik. Pemenang Besi menunjukkan keterampilan yang besar, spesialisasi yang tinggi, pemahaman ahli, dan kapasitas kreatif para penciptanya. Terark Desain Identitas Visual diharapkan menjadi kreasi yang sangat dihargai, dikagumi, dan dicintai yang praktis dan inovatif. Desain pemenang A' Design Award Besi ini mengintegrasikan praktik terbaik industri dan memiliki karakteristik teknis yang kompeten yang terkait dengan pengetahuan teknis dan bakat. Terark Desain Identitas Visual dihormati karena ketelitiannya dan dirancang untuk memberikan peningkatan kualitas hidup yang membantu menjadikan dunia tempat yang lebih baik.

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.