Honki Factory 비주얼 아이덴티티 by Daichi Takizawa

Honki Factory 비주얼 아이덴티티 by Daichi Takizawa is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award 은상 in 그래픽, 일러스트레이션 및 시각 커뮤니케이션 디자인 Competition Category.

은그래픽· 2025

Honki Factory 비주얼 아이덴티티

by Daichi Takizawa

Client: Honki Factory Co.,Ltd

A' Design Award 은상 Winner in 그래픽 Category

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The Design

About Honki Factory 비주얼 아이덴티티

콘셉트는 '길을 여는 Honki의 방식'입니다. Honki는 진심을 뜻하며, 명확한 목표를 가지고 이를 향해 구체적인 단계를 밟아가는 것을 의미합니다. 체계적인 비즈니스 개발 접근법을 터득한 사람들은 이를 활용해 새로운 길을 만들어낼 수 있습니다. 많은 Honki 인재를 육성하고자 하는 열망은 구조를 상징하는 H자형 프레임과 생산을 의미하는 공장에서 영감을 받은 로고타입으로 표현되었습니다. 심볼과 폰트의 가변 디자인은 모든 산업과 분야에 대한 적응력을 반영합니다.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 은상

Honki Factory 비주얼 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. Honki Factory 비주얼 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. Honki Factory 비주얼 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: The logo reflects the concept of a "Establishing entrepreneurship training centers" where various people, both corporate and individual, can learn about entrepreneurship and increase the number of people willing to take on challenges. The logo was inspired by the "frame" representing the shape of new businesses and the "factory" symbolizing production. The adaptable "H" shaped symbol mark and the variable design of the logotype express that the company can support any type of business.
Dimensions & Packaging: The visual design was created using Adobe Illustrator, and the corporate font was made with the font creation software Glyphs.
Tags: VI, Visual Identity, Logo, Symbol, Corporate font, Poster, Website, Stationery, Variable
Production Technology: "Honki" means "Seriousness," and its passion and spirit of challenge are represented by the bold color red. Both the symbol mark and logotype have a variable design, showing that Honki Factory's services can adapt to any business size or industry. The symbol mark features an open door shape within the frame, symbolizing new opportunities for all companies.
Design Challenge: The biggest challenge was how to implement the newly created visual identity. The company's members are not designers, and the application they use most is PowerPoint. To make the VI easy to use, we created PowerPoint templates where users only need to replace text. We also predefined the corporate fonts and colors. Background images for video conferencing and business cards were designed to allow simple text updates, ensuring that anyone can effectively represent Honki Factory Co.,Ltd's corporate identity, regardless of their role.
Research: I focused on enhancing the quality of the details. The logo was carefully examined for aspect ratio, the thickness of vertical and horizontal strokes, and optical balance. For the corporate font, in addition to optical adjustments, each character's width and side spacing were precisely calculated. Over 500 test patterns were evaluated during this process. As a result, I won the Silver Award at the Graphis Design Awards 2025 (USA) and were featured in the Japan Typography Yearbook 2025, enhancing Honki Factory Co.,Ltd's brand value.
Inspiration: Honki Factory needed to update its visual identity to achieve its vision of "Establishing entrepreneurship training centers." The specific goals were to gain credibility from large corporations and to enhance the company's branding for recruitment. Therefore, a visual identity that represents the company's vision was essential.
Project Duration: This project started in June 2022 and was completed in March 2024.
Operation Flow: After changing the visual identity, despite having only about 10 employees, the company secured service agreements with over 30 major Japanese corporations within a year. This proves that the visual identity is effective and gives large companies a sense of trust and credibility.
Image Credits: Image #1, Art director Daichi Takizawa, Corporate Logo , 2024
Image #2, Art director Daichi Takizawa, Corporate Font, 2024
Image #3, Art director Daichi Takizawa, Website, 2024
Image #4, Art director Daichi Takizawa, Name card, 2024
Image #5, Art director Daichi Takizawa, Poster, 2024