Diplomatic Relations Primaria Functio: Insigne Designandum by Salvita Bingelyte

Diplomatic Relations Primaria Functio: Insigne Designandum by Salvita Bingelyte is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Praemium A' Design Award Argenteum in Graphica Competition Category.

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Diplomatic Relations Primaria Functio: Insigne Designandum

by Salvita Bingelyte

Client: Salvita Design

Praemium A' Design Award Argenteum Winner in Graphica Category

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The Design

About Diplomatic Relations Primaria Functio: Insigne Designandum

Relationes Diplomaticae insigne est pro Legatione Germanica Vilnii creatum. Consilium vincula inter Lituaniam et Germaniam symbolice repraesentat. Ex tricoloribus vexillis nationalibus inspiratum, tres notae probationis pro utraque natione coloribus vexilli sui delineatae sunt. Notae velut duo latera parallela decurrunt, sicut orbitae ferriviariae quae seiunguntur ac deinde iterum coeunt. Notae probationis rubrae coniunguntur ad amicitiam unitatemque significandam. Symbolum coloratum fundo albo imponitur et chartis epistularibus, promulgationi exteriori muneribusque corporativis applicari potest. Symbolum in linea iteratum figuram efformat.

The Recognition

About the Praemium A' Design Award Argenteum

Diplomatic Relations Primaria Functio: Insigne Designandum victor est Praemii A' Design Award Argenteum, honoris eximie amplissimi formis summi generis, pulchris et conspicuis dati. Victores Argenti opera valde splendida et creandi ingenio praedita sunt, quae praestantem peritiam, talentum et acumen auctorum suorum ostendunt. Exspectatur Diplomatic Relations Primaria Functio: Insigne Designandum opus mirabile, exemplare, valde professionale et penitus novum fore. Haec forma Argento victa inventum notabile et admiratum est, quod ad fines artis, scientiae, formandi rationis et technologiae promovendos confert. Diplomatic Relations Primaria Functio: Insigne Designandum creatio est, quam multi invident, quae cupiditates excitat, sensus bonos affert et admirationem miraculumque movet.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties: The logo was created for the German Embassy in Vilnius to symbolize diplomatic relations between Lithuania and Germany. Inspired by tricolor national flags, three check marks were created for each country using the colors of their flags. The marks represent two parallel sides, like train tracks heading in opposite directions, but coming back together again and being connected. The red check marks are combined, representing friendship and unity between the two countries.
Dimensions & Packaging: To enhance the visibility of the logo and keep original colors, it was decided to use a colored symbol on a white background.
Tags: Logo, symbol, visual identity, branding, corporate identity, graphic design, Salvita Bingelyte, Salvita Design, Lithuania, Germany
Production Technology: The symbol of Lithuanian German cooperation is easily applied to stationery, outdoor advertising and corporate gifts. Combining more symbols in one line creates a pattern that can be used in many places.
Design Challenge: After drawing numerous symbols, it finally came to a modern and memorable logo design which will be used by the German Embassy in Lithuania for its external communication, events and promotional goods.
Research: A national flag is the most easily recognizable country symbol, so while searching for similarities between the two countries, the same patterns stood out in their flags and it was decided to find symbols that could seamlessly utilize these patterns, hence the check marks became a logical design solution.
Inspiration: Lithuania and Germany are connected by a long, rich history. Bilateral relations between the two states existed from 1918 and again since 1991 when Lithuania regained its independence just a few months after the reunification of Germany and diplomatic relations were restored.
Project Duration: Started in January 2021 and finished February 2021 in Vilnius, Lithuania.
Operation Flow: The symbol highlights the relationship between the two countries by visually uniting the colors of their flags. The logo reflects the moment when two countries diplomatically unite, moving forward together into the future. The colorful marks provide a dynamic symbol, expressing the multifaceted relationship between Lithuania and Germany.
Image Credits: Erin Hope Stevens (Copywriter)