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Trópico Business Card
Production Method
Emboss
Offset
Design
Carlos Bauer & Nicholas Pierre
Design: Carlos Bauer & Nicholas Pierre
Photos: Maria Mion
Printing
Gráfica Capital
Luscious colors and a tactile emboss make this business card a feast for the senses.
Dimensions (Width × Height × Depth)
3.35 × 2 in.
Page Count
–
Paper Stock
–
Number of Colors
2
Varnishes
–
Binding
–
Typography
Pilcrow Soft
Merriweather
Project Description
Trópico is an audiovisual production company that approaches issues of contemporary society and social engagement in their productions for web, television and cinema. With a few years of experience and having found their vocation, they asked us to design a brand to communicate they way of being. We started with a co-creation session where we could understand the company holistically and define 3 drivers to guide and inspire the project: trans, embrace and voices.Trough research and sketches we found the solution by noting that the tropics regulate the atmospheric circulation on the globe. We designed a synthetic logo as a starting point for the brand narrative plus a modular and dynamic graphism inspired by the wind. Using the graphism only with emboss on the business cards, it is felt by touch, just like the wind. Thus, the visual identity is a metaphor for the flow of ideas, lightness and involvement that positions Trópico as an agent of dialogue and change.
Production Lesson(s)
We chose a regular paper in order to invest in the emboss, because the budget was tight and we wanted the best way to express the concept of the new brand.
Post Author
Bryony Gomez-Palacio
Editor of FPO and co-founder of UnderConsideration LLC.
More: Online / On Twitter
Date Published
November 1, 2016
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Brand New / Displaying opinions and focusing solely on corporate and brand identity work.
Art of the Menu / Cataloguing the underrated creativity of menus from around the world.
Quipsologies / Chronicling the most curious, creative, and notable projects, stories, and events of the graphic design industry on a daily basis.
products we sell
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Brand New Conference videos / Individual, downloadable videos of every presentation since 2010.
Prints / A variety of posters, the majority from our AIforGA series.
Other / Various one-off products.
events we organize
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Brand Nieuwe Conference / Ditto but in Amsterdam.
Austin Initiative for Graphic Awesomeness / A speaker series in Austin, TX, featuring some of the graphic design industry's most awesome people.
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