Silver Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design · 2026
Hued Corporate Brand Identity
- A' Design Award 2026 Silver Winner in Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design
- Awarded April 15, 2026
- CLIENT: Hued
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 38,783
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About Hued Corporate Brand Identity
The visual identity explores creativity through a system inspired by Saudi culture. Crimson tones, soft inflated forms, and illustrated personas create an approachable visual language that encourages expression and experimentation. Cultural objects such as coffee pots, swords, and falcons appear as familiar motifs across applications. Patterns introduce rhythm and continuity, while pictographs explain stages of the creative process, reflecting the idea of joy through art, creativity, design, and innovation.
Ibrahim Badri's Hued Corporate Brand Identity presents a compelling synthesis of typographic monumentality and character-driven narrative that positions itself firmly within contemporary trends of humanizing corporate visual systems through illustrated mascot integration. The work demonstrates sophisticated understanding of how dimensional typography can function simultaneously as architectural environment and brand signifier, with the massive HUED letterforms serving as both readable logotype and theatrical backdrop against which animated figures perform symbolic actions related to color, creativity, and visual communication. The designer's decision to employ a dramatic one-point perspective floor plane in alternating crimson and charcoal stripes creates dynamic spatial recession while reinforcing the brand's association with bold chromatic expression, the converging lines drawing viewers into the compositional center with almost hypnotic insistence. Each character figure embodies distinct aspects of the creative process: the crystalline-headed figure suggests precision and clarity, the spherical-headed central character holding its labeled color swatch represents systematic color organization and naming conventions, while the contemplative white figure balancing a multicolored puzzle evokes problem-solving and the integration of diverse chromatic elements into harmonious wholes. The technical execution reveals masterful control of vector illustration conventions, with consistently weighted contour lines, pristine color fills, and strategic dimensional indicators that suggest depth without sacrificing the graphic immediacy essential to effective brand applications. This work invites consideration of how contemporary brand identities increasingly employ narrative and character to create emotional connections with audiences, transforming abstract corporate entities into approachable personalities engaged in relatable creative activities.
Press Kit
- Unique Properties
- Joy radiates through vibrant Crimson and playful forms. Six HUEDer characters bring the brand to life through agile illustrations favoring imagination over literalism. Saudi motifs - coffee pots, swords, falcons - honor heritage. Dynamic patterns express energy and movement. Illustrations tribute art and design classics while celebrating Saudi culture. Every element - from vibrant color to cultural symbolism - transforms HUED's purpose into visual celebration, expressing the power of art, creativity, design, and innovation in bringing joy.
- Tags
- joy, art, creativity, design, innovation, culture,
- Design Challenge
- The challenge was translating HUED's multifaceted purpose - joy through art, creativity, design, innovation - and Saudi culture into cohesive visual expression. Each discipline carries inherent complexity; unifying them without fragmentation required deep immersion in HUED's practice, HUEDers' personalities, and the fundamental essence of each creative field. Parallel exploration of Saudi culture revealed authentic connections. Through rigorous experimentation and craftsmanship, disparate elements transformed into a synergistic whole where components reinforce rather than compete.
- Project Duration
- Located in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This Project took over 2 years from start to launch
- Inspiration
- The identity springs from what ignites joy through art, design, creativity, and innovation - vibrant energy, playful forms, and cultural richness. Rooted in Saudi culture and people, every visual transforms HUED's purpose into a living, delightful expression.