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Pedro Panetto Is Honored with the Silver A' Design Award for Platanus Corporate Identity in Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design
Pedro Panetto honored for graphics, illustration and visual communication design by the international grand jury of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2021 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Silver A' Design Award in the Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design category for Platanus Corporate Identity by Pedro Panetto. The result belongs to the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition and was reached through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
What the Silver A' Design Award Means
The Silver A' Design Award celebrates top-tier designs that embody excellence and innovation. This award acknowledges creations that are not only aesthetically pleasing but also highly functional, reflecting the designer's deep understanding and skill. Silver A' Design Award recipients are recognized for their contribution to raising industry standards and advancing the practice of design. Their work often incorporates original innovations and elicits a strong emotional response, making a notable impact on the improvement of everyday life.
About Platanus Corporate Identity
Platanus is a corporate identity created for a psychiatry office with a humanized approach to medical care. The name refers to the platanus tree on the island of Kos, where Hippocrates taught medicine to the first doctors. The symbol brings together a Greek column, a tree structure, leaves, fruits, branches and an hourglass, drawn with one consistent line. The typography was designed exclusively for the brand and follows the proportions of the symbol. Patterns, graphics and stationery complete the coherent visual language.
About Pedro Panetto
Pedro Panetto is a Brazilian designer. He has an YouTube channel focused on design. He is also the author of a course on Golden Ratio Applied to Design. In addition, he also works giving lectures in Brazil. Graduated in 2012. His work is focused on the Design of Visual Identities, receiving much attention for his studies and applications of the Golden Ratio. His work has been published on various blogs and pages of design and creativity. He also had his work published in two Design books: "Visual Harmony, Proportions in Graphic Design" by SendPoints, and “LOGO TALKS IV” from publisher Artpower.
Award Record
Pedro Panetto is a winner of 6 A' Design Awards, including this recognition. The awards were granted between the 2016 - 2017 and the 2020 - 2021 editions of the A' Design Award & Competition.
About the A' Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design Award
The A' Graphic Design Award is an international graphic design competition recognizing good graphic designs by best creative agencies and designers worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to graphic designers, communication designers, graphic artists and illustrators from all countries. Typical entries include logos, posters, infographics, brochures, packaging designs and business cards. The awarded graphic designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/graphics
About A' Design Award & Competition
Organized annually since 2008, A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The philanthropic mission of the A' Design Award is to advance society through good design, by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Nominations are peer reviewed and evaluated anonymously by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. Eligible laureates receive the A' Design Prize, which includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, uploading a work and receiving a preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. More information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://designers.org/123099
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/123099
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!123099
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/158092
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://www.behance.net/pedropanetto
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Platanus Corporate Identity
- Function
- Corporate Identity
- Category
- Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design
- Discipline
- Communication Design
- Industry
- Branding & Advertising and Arts
- Colors
- Medium Aquamarine, Sky Blue, Cadet Blue, Powder Blue and Gainsboro
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Pedro Panetto
- Country
- Brazil
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #123099
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The concept of this brand connects to an ideal of bringing more humanism to hospital medical care and all relationship among people from bio-medical areas. This is the principle in the history of medicine and we believe this principle must be restored. _Platanus _ is a psychiatry office with a humanized vision.
- Inspiration
- On the island of Kos in Greece, Hippocrates taught medicine and his ideals to the first doctors under a tree, a Platanus tree. The company has received the same name because it defends the same ideals: the search for the truth, respect for life, love of the medical art, human solidarity, the desire to serve, a good conduct and sincere interest for those who suffer. Visually the inspiration comes from elements of ancient Greek architecture blended to the organic and live aspect of a tree.
- Research
- The research sought for concepts related to medicine within a humanistic perspective. This led us to its roots in Greece and the teachings of Hippocrates. So we have the merge of Greek references to the Platanus tree, connecting something from antiquity to a current need of the mankind. After the historical research, it was understood that the sum of these concepts should be represented visually.
- Challenge
- The biggest challenge was how the concepts and visual references should interact in the symbol. We have different elements: a Greek column, a structure in the shape of a tree, Platanus leaves, fruits, branches and an hourglass. All these elements have a strong bond to the conceptual basis of the brand; making all these concepts converge to a visual symbol was extremely laborious, but we managed to blend everything, using the same trace, and achieving perfect harmony.
- Realization and Technology
- The project had a design methodology that provided the unification of its visual language. The symbol was created following organic concepts; the typography was designed exclusively for the brand and used the format of the symbol as its main parameter. Thereby everything was connected, the typography follows the symbol and the symbol follows the historical and organic concepts behind the name Platanus. Other graphics, patterns and stationery makes a really coherent visual language for Platanus.
- Operation and Interaction
- The visual identity created for Platanus performs better than other common brands because all of its graphical elements and visual styles are deeply connected. Everything points toward the same concept; therefore the power of this brand is intensified through its design.
