Archadia 브랜드 아이덴티티 by Cristian Carrara is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award 은상 in 그래픽, 일러스트레이션 및 시각 커뮤니케이션 디자인 Competition Category.

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Archadia 브랜드 아이덴티티

by Cristian Carrara

Client: Archos S.r.l.

A' Design Award 은상 Winner in 그래픽 Category

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The Design

About Archadia 브랜드 아이덴티티

Archadia는 이탈리아 베네치아에 위치한 건축 고등교육 기관을 위해 개발된 브랜드 아이덴티티다. 심볼은 알파벳 A를 양식화한 형태로, 두 개의 견고한 볼륨으로 분할되어 안정성과 움직임을 동시에 암시한다. 문자 A는 브랜드명을 상징하는 동시에 아카데미(academy), 건축(architecture), 그리고 이탈리아어로 '거주하다'를 뜻하는 아비타레(abitare)를 의미한다. 형태는 이등변삼각형 안에 내접한 정삼각형을 기반으로 구축되었다. 블루 컬러는 학교의 공적·제도적 역할과 베네치아 라군의 물을 반영한다. 벡터 로고는 밝은 배경과 어두운 배경 모두에서 효과적으로 작동한다.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 은상

Archadia 브랜드 아이덴티티, 이 작품은 A' Design Award 은상 수상작으로, 최상급이며 아름답고 인상적인 디자인에 수여되는 비범하게 권위 있는 인정입니다. 은상 수상작은 대단히 뛰어나고 매우 창의적인 작품으로, 디자이너의 탁월한 전문 지식, 재능, 통찰력을 보여 줍니다. Archadia 브랜드 아이덴티티, 이 작품은 훌륭한 대표작으로서 매우 전문적이고 깊이 있게 혁신적일 것으로 기대됩니다. 이 은상 수상 디자인은 예술, 과학, 디자인, 기술의 경계를 넓히는 데 이바지하는 주목할 만하고 찬사를 받는 발명품입니다. Archadia 브랜드 아이덴티티, 이 작품은 모두가 부러워하는 창작물로서 욕망을 일깨우고 긍정적인 감정을 불러오며 경탄과 경이로움을 불러일으킵니다.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: ARCHADIA is the establishment of a European Higher Education School based in Venice, Italy, capable of acting as an active laboratory in the transition of the way of living on the planet towards sustainability. On this, the Archadia logo conveys the spirit of the mission starting from a stylized letter "A", split in two solid volumes, static but dynamic at the same time and understood both as the initial letter of the brand name, but also as Academy, Architecture, Abitare (Living) and Archos Studio creator and organizer of courses and masters.
Dimensions & Packaging: The logo was designed starting from an equilateral triangle and inscribed in isosceles triangle. The blue color recall the blue water and reflections of Venice lagoon, where Archadia headquarters are based.
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Production Technology: The Archadia logo was produced with Adobe Illustrator CC 2021 and Adobe Photoshop CC 2021. The symbol concept was conceived with a technical drawing based on the geometric construction of an equilateral triangle and an isosceles triangle.
Design Challenge: The most difficult part in creating this logo was certainly to not fall into a banal or overly simplified forms, not being able to convey the spirit and the mission of the brand with the risk of plagiarism of a highly inflated form such as the letter "A", widely used in graphics and logos. After a careful investigation and research on the already existing forms recalling the letter A in the world of graphics and brand identities, we proceeded with the design and stylization of the A starting from a geometric construction and then personalizing it on the needs of the brand in a contemporary and captivating look.
Research: Starting from the mission of Archadia, the logo conveys the spirit of stability but also of the dynamism of this architecture academy transmitting its identity, the strength and the will to go further. The versatility of use and the simplicity of the shape of this logo makes it immediately recognizable, both as an academic symbol and as an identity of a new way of approaching architectural design.
Inspiration: The inspiration came from the letter A of the name, but also from the words that generated it and that contain the mission of the school such as Architecture, Academy, Abitare (Living) and Archos, the architecture studio that deals with the management of masters and courses. A static but dynamic "A" at the same time transmitting stability and strength in a contemporary guise. The form starts from the elementary geometry of a triangle, the static form par excellence in architecture. The blue recalls its institutional role but also the colors of Venice lagoon, headquarters of the academy.
Project Duration: The project was developed from February to March 2022 in Bergamo and was presented in Venice in March 2022.
Operation Flow: The vector logo is versatile and can be used in different ways, shapes and versions for brand identity needs. It can be used on light or dark backgrounds, only as a symbol, word-mark only or both with symbol and word-mark as complete logotype. In this regard, solutions have been devised for personalized gadgets, both for stationery products and clothing and textile products.
Image Credits: Image #1: Creator Cristian Carrara, 2022
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