History-inspired identity for the mission to bring about the next Gutenberg revolution

RAKSUL’s symbol is designed based on a type called “B42”. This type was used in the first Western printed Bible printed by Johannes Gutenberg using his letterpress technology. For the renewal of the corporate VI, we tried a wide range of variations, like an abstraction of the old symbol. While respecting the story of a long history and preserving the original model, we have also made fine detail updates, such as tuning to avoid an unnatural feeling in the writing order of the black letter typestyle and adjustments to the balance of margins to increase visibility when it is displayed small.

We designed a new original logotype. To express a sense of stability for RAKSUL’s services, which work as an infrastructure, the previously mixed case typeface has been unified to uppercase. While basing it on a modern typeface, corners are rounded to create a feeling for, for example, the “bleeding” that is unique to printing. With this twist, we created this fusion of old and new to underline how RAKSUL wants to bring the internet into a traditional industry.

RAKSUL’s business is to increase the value of traditional industries by improving their efficiency through a superior structure. We intertwined RAKSUL’s mission with letterpress printing, which innovated the printing industry, and we created motion graphics based on the images of “Metal-Type” and “Composition” printing for the new logo.

As media becomes more and more diverse, we have established brand guidelines for a range of uses. Logo data for darker backgrounds has been created to ensure visibility regardless of the background colour. Small adjustments are being made to the lining and margins of the logo.