SAM Translation

Logo design and visual identity for Sergio, a translator specialized in latin american Spanish.

Focused on medical, software and general purpose translation, Sergio specializes in translation and transadaptation from English, French and Spanish to Latin American Spanish.

SAM needed a logo that would reflect Sergio's friendliness both in his client relationships and writing.In Barcelona, I was able to rub shoulders with Latin Americans, and couldn't help but notice the genuine familiarity and warmth of the culture.

The Spanish spoken there, even spoken with a formal intent, can be somewhat friendly and informal while maintaining a professional and highly respectful tone. This aspect of Sergio's specialty became an underlying guideline for the design process.

The design process started with sketching off 5 different ideated concepts, selecting a few with Sergio in order to dive deeper into 3 of them. A second sketching round allowed to merge and expand the selected concepts.

From these sketches, a few were digitised, reviewed, and one was selected. This version, first sketched with a stencil, was chosen for its simplicity, the underlying "translation as a link" concept, friendly roundedness and overall aesthetic.

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