Pupstar 品牌識別 by Haolai Francis Zhou is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award 銀獎 in 平面設計 Competition Category.

銀平面· 2021

Pupstar 品牌識別

by Haolai Francis Zhou

Client: H. Design Studio

A' Design Award 銀獎 Winner in 平面 Category

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The Design

About Pupstar 品牌識別

Pupstar係為一間定位科技公司同佢嘅GPS寵物追蹤器打造嘅品牌識別。標誌結合咗由狗爪、狗臉、地圖圖釘同導航箭嘴所提煉出嚟嘅簡約標誌性圖形。呢個標記將寵物同定位連結成一個易於辨認嘅符號。清新明亮嘅色彩為整個識別注入親切又充滿活力嘅氣息。卡片、傳單同其他文具都印喺具質感嘅啞面再造紙上。整套視覺系統一致地應用於各個數碼平台，旨在幫助主人避免走失佢哋嘅寵物。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 銀獎

Pupstar 品牌識別是 A' Design Award 銀獎得主，這是授予頂級、華美而令人印象深刻的設計的極為崇高的認可。銀獎得主是極其卓越、極具創造力的作品，展現出其設計師傑出的專業技能、才華與敏銳。預計Pupstar 品牌識別將成為一件出色的典範之作，兼具非凡的專業性與深刻的創新性。這件贏得 A' Design Award 銀獎的設計是一項備受矚目、令人欽佩的發明，造福並拓展藝術、科學、設計和技術的界限。Pupstar 品牌識別是一件令人羨慕的創作，它喚起渴望，帶來積極的情感，並激發驚嘆與讚嘆。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Pupstar is a positioning technology company. The new brand design is for pre-launching its new product, Pupstar GPS Pet Tracker. The design presents the relationship between animals and positioning by using iconic graphics from the logo in a dynamic way. The fresh and pop colors convey technical support from products and passionate visual language to call attention and help people to never lose their pets. The consistent visual system works through all digital platforms as well.
Dimensions & Packaging: The aspect ratio of the logo is 1:1. The specs of the Business card is 90mm x 55mm. The size of the brand story flyer is 210mm x 297mm.
The specs of the Pet Tracker product is 1.4 in x 2.5 in x 0.5 in. The weight is 0.9 oz. The stationery was printed on textured matte recycled stock paper.
Tags: Visual Identity, Logo, Branding, Stationary, Illustration, Product Design, Web Design
Production Technology: Exploring and creating simple iconic graphics to develop a logo both from pet and positioning, especially the visual look of animal paw, dog face, map pin, navigation arrow, and so on. The brand logo and stationery were printed on a textured matte recycled stock paper. The logo is presented by OLED light technology in product design so that the OLED light enhanced the legibility and visuality of the GPS tracker wearing on pets.
Design Challenge: For the logo design, the biggest challenge part is the process of creating a graphic that conveys the relationship between pets and positioning. The whole visual language needs to present a friendly feeling based on product design, and also it has to show passion and impress to catch people's attention to avoid losing their pets.
Research: The research process focuses entirely on the subject matter. Building up an intriguing storytelling helps us to get more inspirations on creating the brand visual system. Using SurveyMonkey to collect data about how many people used pet tracker for their pets, and other surveys for brand competitors. Collecting stories especially from people who had the experience of losing their pets without using GPS Tracker products. Also, doing research and collecting competitor's logos and Pet-related brands' logos is important for making a unique and identifiable logo design on market. Finally, keep doing more sketches and drawing is the essential process to develop graphics for visual system until reaching the simple and meaningful designs.
Inspiration: Getting inspired and researched by people who had the experience of losing their pets. There are limit product options to prevent pet loss and protection on market. Deeply exploring the relationship and building connection between animals and positioning become the core message of the visual language, especially for logo design. The logo design exploration process focused on creating a simple and recognizable symbolic graphic to represent both pet and positioning, and also the design was aimed to evoke pet owners to realize the relationship and functionality of products.
Project Duration: The project started in July 2020 in San Francisco and finished in December 2020 in San Francisco, and was published and promoted via online digital marketing in December 2020.
Operation Flow: The design creates a passionate visual experience for catching people's attention on this new product that could provide significant support for their pet lives. Also, the design helps marketing sales by making good communication and visual connection between pets and positioning services.
Team Members: Brand Design: Haolai Francis Zhou