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Webconverger

13th of May, 2008ce* in: dadako, logos/fonts, print

A good friend of mine asked me to develop a logo and visual language for his startup company (webconverger) distributing an all-in-one linux based portable web browser. We mulled over a plethora of daisy designs, finally choosing the most vibrant one for it’s web 2.0 charm.

The daisy represents convergence.

Instead of going for a custom font on the type my friend wanted (or rather insisted) on using the open source font Gentium. It was a bit of a challenge getting this font to behave, and like Linux it is constantly being upgraded and amended by the community. A bit of kerning later and we have something we are happy with. We’re trying to use the logo in the open vector “SVG” format where ever possible.
This project is truly a logo in action and more about active presence than refinement. It’s interesting to see what happens when you hand over “the keys” to a project like this and watch it grow into t-shirts and so on.

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Logic Lingo

ce* in: dadako, logos/fonts, print, websites

A good friend of mine asked for a identity to support his new translation company. I settled on an optical illusion for the logo, with two L’s fused together a la M.C.Esher. The font is the wonderful Neo Tech™ with a little bit of hand kerning.
In addition to the logo I delivered a simple bilingual website and business cards.

PHJ Rebranding

14th of Jul, 2005ce* in: dadako, illustration, logos/fonts, websites

The new logo for HOPE Japan, who are now called PHJ.
I was approached by a friend of mine to tackle re-branding of a major NPO here in Japan. They wanted to break away from the American run HOPE a little, and become independent.

The key element of the logo is Regeneration. PHJ deliver medicine to some of the poorest countries in the world, to help disaster stricken people, so a positive and well meaning logo was imperative. In addition, the logo had to stand out against the old logo, and be of it’s own distinction.

Branding is set to be shipped out across the board in April 2006.

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SIA Zambia Logo

4th of Jun, 2005ce* in: dadako, illustration, logos/fonts

The new logo for SIA.
I was interested in keeping elements from the old logo, whilst creating something bold and useable in single colour print. The previous logo featured a multitude of elements and colours, to my mind the most important of these were the ears of corn, a globe depicting Africa and the charities initials.

Also, making things look more “sporty” helped!