Italian Capital of Culture Logo Na Mkpọsa Mmalite by Akomi is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Ọlaọcha in Nhazi Eserese, Ịse Ihe na Nkwurịta Anya Competition Category.

ỌlaọchaEserese· 2023

Italian Capital of Culture Logo Na Mkpọsa Mmalite

by Akomi

Client: Municipalities of Brescia and Bergamo

Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Ọlaọcha Winner in Eserese Category

30,406

Verified Award Winner

Verify Award Status for #143502

Visit Site View at A' Design Award Press Release Award Badge

Colors

The Design

About Italian Capital of Culture Logo Na Mkpọsa Mmalite

Otu akara ngosi nke obodo abụọ dị iche iche kesara (Bergamo na Brescia, jikọrọ ọnụ dị ka afọ 2023 isi obodo Italiantali) sitere na omenala pop na emebere ka ọ pụta n'oge. Geometry ahụ dum gbadoro ụkwụ na-ehulata ihe ndị kwụ n'ahịrị na-enwe oke oge niile, nke sitere na mkpanaka arụrụ arụ nke amaara obodo abụọ ahụ nke ọma, na ebumnuche nke ịtụgharị ụdị echiche nke obodo mepere emepe wee mee mmemme nkwụsi ike ha n'oge mbido mbụ nke Covid-19. Ihe ngosi na-acha uhie uhie na-acha uhie uhie abụghị naanị 3 na B n'otu oge, kamakwa ọ nwere ike nweta nkọwa na ọdịdị dị iche iche na ọnọdụ dị iche iche.

The Recognition

About the Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Ọlaọcha

Italian Capital of Culture Logo Na Mkpọsa Mmalite meriri A' Design Award nke Ọlaọcha, nnabata dị oke ugwu e nyere design ndị dị n'ọkwa kachasị elu, mara mma ma na-eju anya. Ndị meriri na Ọlaọcha bụ ọrụ na-egbu maramara nke ukwuu ma dị oke nzụlite nke na-egosi ọmarịcha ihe ọmụma, talent na nghọta nke ndị designer ha. A na-atụ anya na Italian Capital of Culture Logo Na Mkpọsa Mmalite ga-abụ ọrụ dị ịtụnanya, ihe nlereanya, nke dị oke ọrụ ma dị omimi n'ihe ọhụrụ. Design a meriri A' Design Award nke Ọlaọcha bụ ihe e mepụtara dị oke ịrịba ama, nke a na-eto nke na-erite uru ma na-ebuga oke nka, sayensị, design na teknụzụ n'ihu. Italian Capital of Culture Logo Na Mkpọsa Mmalite bụ ihe e kere eke ọtụtụ ndị na-ekwo ekworo ya nke na-akpali ọchịchọ, na-eweta mmetụta ọma ma na-akpali ịtụnanya.

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.