Archadia Primærfunksjon: Merkevareidentitet by Cristian Carrara

Archadia Primærfunksjon: Merkevareidentitet by Cristian Carrara is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award i Sølv in Grafikk, illustrasjon og visuell kommunikasjonsdesign Competition Category.

SølvGrafikk· 2022

Archadia Primærfunksjon: Merkevareidentitet

by Cristian Carrara

Client: Archos S.r.l.

A' Design Award i Sølv Winner in Grafikk Category

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The Design

About Archadia Primærfunksjon: Merkevareidentitet

Archadia er en merkevareidentitet skapt for en høyere utdanningsskole innen arkitektur, med base i Venezia, Italia. Symbolet er en stilisert bokstav A, delt inn i to solide volumer for å antyde både stabilitet og bevegelse. Bokstaven A står for merkevarenavnet og også for akademi, arkitektur og abitare, det italienske ordet for å bo. Formen er bygget opp av en likesidet trekant innskrevet i en likebent trekant. Den blå fargen gjenspeiler skolens institusjonelle rolle og vannet i Venezialagunen. Vektorlogoen fungerer på både lyse og mørke bakgrunner.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award i Sølv

Archadia Primærfunksjon: Merkevareidentitet er vinner av A' Design Award i Sølv, en usedvanlig prestisjefylt anerkjennelse som tildeles design i toppklassen som er nydelige og imponerende. Sølvvinnere er enormt briljante og usedvanlig kreative verk som viser designernes enestående ekspertise, talent og skarpsindighet. Archadia Primærfunksjon: Merkevareidentitet forventes å være et praktfullt utstillingsverk som er bemerkelsesverdig profesjonelt og dypt nyskapende. Dette designet, som har vunnet A' Design Award i Sølv, er en svært bemerkelsesverdig, beundret oppfinnelse som gagner og flytter grensene for kunst, vitenskap, design og teknologi. Archadia Primærfunksjon: Merkevareidentitet er et skaperverk mange misunner, som vekker ønsker, gir positive følelser og vekker undring og forundring.

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.
Tags: Archadia, Logo, Brand Identity, Logo design, Archadia Academy, Archadia Brand Identity, Archadia logo, Cristian Carrara, Archos
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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