Oliveira Almeida 品牌识别 by Ricardo Filipe Lopes da Silva

Oliveira Almeida 品牌识别 by Ricardo Filipe Lopes da Silva is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award 铁奖 in 平面、插画与视觉传达设计 Competition Category.

铁平面· 2022

Oliveira Almeida 品牌识别

by Ricardo Filipe Lopes da Silva

Client: Oliveira de Almeida Advogados

A' Design Award 铁奖 Winner in 平面 Category

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The Design

About Oliveira Almeida 品牌识别

以维护正义、整合宝贵的法律证据并为客户提供有效解决方案为使命，需要极强的组织纪律性和灵活性。该品牌形象全面体现了这些努力，并超越了视觉识别本身。将标志转化为办公用具，不仅能够整理文书工作，还帮助品牌深入客户记忆。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 铁奖

Oliveira Almeida 品牌识别是 A' Design Award 铁奖得主，这是授予满足人们对设计精良的创作所期待的专业与工业要求的优良设计的声望认可。铁奖得主展现出其创作者的高超技艺、高度专业化、专家级的理解力和创造能力。预计Oliveira Almeida 品牌识别将成为一件备受推崇、令人钦佩且被珍爱的创作，既实用又创新。这件赢得 A' Design Award 铁奖的设计整合了行业最佳实践，并拥有与专业知识和才华相结合的称职技术特性。Oliveira Almeida 品牌识别因其严谨而受到尊重，旨在提供有助于让世界变得更美好的生活品质改善。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: As a defender of righteous causes, the firm has the mission to put invaluable legal evidence together in order to bring effective solutions to customers. To better depict the brand values, the logo combines a necktie that represents nobility and a paper clip that not only fulfills its primary function of holding paper together but symbolizes order. These elements are present in lawyers 'daily lives, and turning them into a day-to-day device will help the brand stick to clients' memory.
Dimensions & Packaging: Tie-shaped clip in solid Brass - 8 mm (width) x 30 mm (height)
For the stationery, Visual Identity guidelines were provided to ensure that all the materials will be done correctly. All the graphics and illustrations were vectorized and saved as print-ready files.
Tags: law, order, tradition, lawyers, law firm, brand, paper clip,
Production Technology: The project was designed in Affinity Designer and Affinity Photo to keep the vector and photo montage quality. The logo design was built based on the Golden Ratio rule by using a Phi grid order to appear in the most harmonious way. On the production step, the designs were delivered in RGB, CMYK, and Pantone colours. The Tie-shaped clips were crafted in solid brass.
Design Challenge: One of the challenges was to bring unexpected symbols from the law and order environment to life for a physical experience, without losing the classic feel. To depict the name of the firm and tie it together with the activities of the lawyers, I dug into the etymology of Oliveira de Almeida to extract the right colour palette. This gave the final touch to the brand identity.
Research: Besides the research on how the public perceives law firms. The colour scheme was carried out based on the etymology of the firm's name. Oliveira simply means Oliveira which contains a wide range of green colours, from dark to light tones. On the coats of arms, it is the symbol of peace and victory. About Almeida, this comes from the Arabic terms the meaning al, table meaning maida. In the geographical sense, it means something like a plateau or flat soil which contains earthy colours.
Inspiration: The idea emerged from observing the daily responsibilities of a lawyer, constituting a fundamental principle of advising clients wisely. Interpret laws and apply them to specific cases, gather evidence for a case, search public records and other legal records. These processes require a lot of organizational discipline to collect the paperwork orderly or to change specific documents whenever necessary. So, nothing is more suitable than a paper clip.
Project Duration: February 2020 to April 2020 in Curitiba, Brazil
Operation Flow: In general, law firms tend to use symbols extensively such as the scales of justice, swords, or anything that involves classic architectural elements. And to stand out from the competition surged the idea of creating something that goes beyond these symbols and visual identity. Thus, the fabrication of the tie-shaped clip came to life in order to invite the client to have a practical experience with the brand. On the of it, the color palette applied to all media and office tools reinforces the appearance of the brand in such a way that the target audience will recognize it in the absence of the logo.
Image Credits: Image 5: Photographer Luke Michael, Angel holding round wreath statue, 2017.