BRAND STYLE GUIDE Guidelines on how to correcty use the Cantero Architecture brand assets.
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Created in June 2020 for Cantero Architecture Branding identity by Aggy Puff & Alba Sarmiento
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Our History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Our Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Our Tone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Key Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Our Target . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Future Goals & Dreams . . . . . . . 9 Our Logo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Logo Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Main Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Secondary Color Palette . . . . . . . . 15 Color Logo Application . . . . . . . . . 16 Textures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Logo Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Invoice Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Email Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Typography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Text Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Photography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Instagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Website . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
OUR HISTORY Inma Cantero is a Spanish architect based in Rotterdam. She graduated from Escuela de Arquitectura at Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (2015). As an Architect she has specialised in rehabilitation, holding a postgraduate degree in Building Rehabilitation from Universidad PolitĂŠcnica de Madrid (2016). She established her own studio in 2017 in Rotterdam. During her professional career, she collaborated with Nomadic Resorts in the architectural design of Wild Coast Tented Lodge in Sri Lanka, which won UNESCO Prix Versailles for Restaurant Exterior and Grand Award for Sustainability from DFA awards among others.
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Moreover, she has been a keynote speaker at conferences such as “Collaborative entrepreneurship” at Escuela de Arquitectura at Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (EA-LPGC) that took place in 2018 for the 50th anniversary of this architectural school. Inma gave a lecture about this type of business model and her office in Rotterdam.
The recognition of her work led to being featured in magazines and different online platforms specialised in architecture and design such as Arch Daily, Design Milk, Interiors Magazine, Architectenweb, “Trend New Zeland” and “Mi Casa” among others.
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OUR MISSION We identify the needs that our clients have or will require in the future. We improve and optimize the operation and organization of the spaces. We improve the comfort, design and experience of spaces for its users. We add value to the space at a sensorial, functional and economic level.
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OUR TONE Our relationships with different market segments are always professional and sometimes also close and friendly. We focus of establishing loyal relationships, reasuring that customers come back for more services and recommend us to others. We do that by proving our hard work, personal investment, motivation, desire, effort, listening and doing what is best for them and their spaces.
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KEY VALUES Quality Sustainability Timelessness Trust Professionalism Dedication Harmony Creativity
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OUR TARGET Individuals who belong to the middleupper economic class, who intend to invest in a property to either improve the quality of their life directly (private house) or indirectly (business-developer).
FUTURE GOALS & DREAMS Rehabilitate old or industrial buildings to turn them into a focal point of the areas in which they are located, rehabilitating them and adding value. COWORKING SPACES, COHOUSING, RURAL HOTELS, HOSTELS, CULTURAL CENTERS, MUSEUM, RETAIL ... Give second chances and act on time.
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OUR LOGO
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LOGO RULES Always use the same proportions of the logo. Do not stretch it in any way. The icon ‘CA’ can be used on it’s own. The word ‘CANTERO’ can be used on it’s own or with the subtitle ‘architecture’ The word ‘architecture’ should never be used on i’s own. The logo should never be smaller that 4cm x 2cm in printed applications. Always leave a margine of space around the logo, so that in can ‘breathe’. The logo should not be applied with colors that arent asociated with the brand. Never put the logo in any frame Do not manipulate the fonts or the spacing. BRAND STYLE GUIDE
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MAIN COLORS
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SECONDARY COLOR PALETTE
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EXAMPLES OF COLOR LOGO APPLICATIONS
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TEXTURES The golden-beige color in our color palette is inspired from brown recycled kraft paper.
KRAFT PAPER TEXTRE
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OUR LOGO WITH THE DUST TEXTURE
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EXAMPLES OF REAL LOGO APPLICATIONS
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INVOICE DESIGN
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EMAIL SIGNATURE
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TYPOGRAPHY Our primary typography is called Quicksand and it is a clean and friendly san-serif font. It comes in a variety of strokes from light to bold
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Quicksand Light Quicksand Regular Quicksand Medium Quicksand SemiBold Quicksand Bold
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TEXT LAYOUT EXAMPLES HOME / SECTION
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PHOTOGRAPHY STYLE
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PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS
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