Occasional Motto Визуаль Үзенчәлек by Zhenqi Ji

Occasional Motto Визуаль Үзенчәлек by Zhenqi Ji is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Тимер бүләге in Графика, Иллюстрация һәм Визуаль Коммуникация Дизайны Competition Category.

ТимерГрафика· 2020

Occasional Motto Визуаль Үзенчәлек

by Zhenqi Ji

Client: Occasional Motto

A' Design Award Тимер бүләге Winner in Графика Category

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The Design

About Occasional Motto Визуаль Үзенчәлек

"Вакыт-вакыт девиз" ның визуаль идеалы компания исеменең туры мәгънәсенә нигезләнеп төзелгән һәм кешеләргә төрле тәҗрибә сөйләү асылын чыгарган. Шәхеснең берничә төп төсе, типографик логотибы, заманча һәм җылы образ белән уйнаган берничә иллюстрация бар, алар һәрбер продуктны уникаль итә, ләкин төрле контекстлар белән берләшә.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Тимер бүләге

Occasional Motto Визуаль Үзенчәлек – A' Design Award Тимер бүләге җиңүчесе, бу яхшы эшләнгән иҗат җимешләреннән көтелгән профессиональ һәм сәнәгать таләпләренә җавап бирә торган яхшы дизайннарга бирелә торган абруйлы танып белү. Тимер җиңүчеләре үз авторларының зур осталыгын, югары махсуслашуын, белгечләрчә аңлавын һәм иҗади сәләтен күрсәтә. Occasional Motto Визуаль Үзенчәлек югары бәяләнгән, соклана торган һәм яратыла торган, практик һәм яңа иҗат җимеше булыр дип көтелә. A' Design Award Тимер бүләге җиңүче бу дизайн тармакның иң яхшы практикасын берләштерә һәм белем һәм талант белән бәйләнгән компетентлы техник үзлекләргә ия. Occasional Motto Визуаль Үзенчәлек җентеклелеге өчен хөрмәтләнә һәм дөньяны яхшырак урынга әйләндерергә булышучы тормыш сыйфатын яхшырту өчен эшләнгән.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Inspired by the idea of memorizing little yet valued life moments. “Occasional Motto” is established since 2018, as an independent stationery atelier inside Irvine, a beautiful city located in Orange County, California. The identity was built with the name of the company, but a series of accompanying elements were created, such as the icon, seal and illustrations, each one of them playing a key role in the brand collaterals, giving the end result of a warm, clean and modern touch.
Dimensions & Packaging: Dimension is 220 mm x 110 mm for the envelope to hold the invoice. The material is surfaced enhanced white wove paper.
Tags: branding, design, logotype, modern, stylish
Design Challenge: It is rather hard to create a brand system based on a long company name like "Occasional Motto" since it is not easy to come up with a memory point for consumers at just one glimpse when they are browsing thousands of products at the same time. To help the company earn more attention under the online shopping occasion, the core idea is to make the branding collaterals look different yet convey the core value in a unique and eye-catching way. The results of the brand research that took earlier before the design process showed that about 85 percent of the stationery products on online merchants have a price tag under 10 dollars, and 95 percent of them priced under 5 dollars. This shows that the price is really what customers care about the most when they consider purchasing products under this category, whether it is a notebook or a pencil case. Therefore, it is quite essential to bring Occasional Motto some unique features so that it doesn't have to compete for the price with other cheap and relatively low-quality wholesale products.
Research: There are approximately 220 stationery brands on Etsy, which is the main online merchandise website that Occasional Motto sells its products. Among all these brands, only a few of them have their own brand system since most of these brands just sell products directly from the factory without any brand customization. We consider this as a result of the low-price competition under this category. With that being said, most customers could only get uncharacteristic products, even when they pay an above-average price for them.
Inspiration: We are inspired by the company name and idea that it encourages people to record each valuable memories in their life with the company's products, whether it's a notebook or a polaroid photo album so that consumers are connected between their memories and the current moment. Hence, we decided to do a ligature on the letter "a" and "l" in the company name, which ultimately becomes the major memory point of the entire branding.
Project Duration: The project started in August 2019 in Irvine, CA
Operation Flow: We created 3 key illustrations based on this brand identity: Hands holding pens; hands holding polaroid films, and hands surrounding notebooks. These 3 illustrations help the brand convey their most important products: notebooks and a polaroid film album in an exquisite and elegant way.