Logo and corporal identity for ORA Services (Out of Ordinary Agroscience), a Greek company based in Athens, which is active in the fields of special agricultural nourishment products, innovative services and product solutions. Even though it's a fairly new company,
it is comprised by extrovert and forward thinking professionals with years of experience in the field of agriculture science, or agroscience, who aim going against the current and importing new modern practices and products in a market that has been set in its ways for years.
it is comprised by extrovert and forward thinking professionals with years of experience in the field of agriculture science, or agroscience, who aim going against the current and importing new modern practices and products in a market that has been set in its ways for years.
The main focus of the company is on specialty products that increase crop productivity and quality. They also provide farmers with technical solutions and services that respect the environment with the production costs in mind. Their goal is to become one of the leaders of specialty agricultural products of the Balcan peninsula market.
Their main product is a new range of fertilizers that work in very different way than fertilizers that have been around up until now. Instead of providing the plant with various kinds of nutrients and chemical substances that boost its growth, they actually affect the plant's physiology in a cellular level.
The Brief
We were asked to create the company's logo and corporal identity.
The brief we were given had two desirata. One, the logo should convey how these new products work, and two, it should also convey the character of a new, bold, innovative company.
We were asked to create the company's logo and corporal identity.
The brief we were given had two desirata. One, the logo should convey how these new products work, and two, it should also convey the character of a new, bold, innovative company.
The Symbol
The idea for the symbol is quite simple. We combined the promise that ORA makes
to its clients (strong, healthy crops) with its method (ORA products work for the benefit of the plant in a cellular level).
The idea for the symbol is quite simple. We combined the promise that ORA makes
to its clients (strong, healthy crops) with its method (ORA products work for the benefit of the plant in a cellular level).
Two images that easily come to mind, a strong new plant growing out of soil and a needle entering the cell are combined to produce
an "O" shape that stands for ORA.
an "O" shape that stands for ORA.
Corporate Colors
Bold corporate colors were chosen in order to compliment the form of the symbol.
Dark blue for professionalism and vivid orange for innovativeness.
Dark blue for professionalism and vivid orange for innovativeness.
Corporate typography
Corporate typography was treated again with boldness in mind. Futura was chosen for its dynamic forms and the modern character it still possesses.
The phrase "Out of Ordinary Agroscience" has a double role. It is the full name of the company, where the acronym "ORA" comes from, and as the same time acts as the company's mission. It says that ORA, with modern agroscience as its tool, will deliver new and innovative services to its customers.
The last step was to arrange the symbol in an angle of 45 degrees in order to give it a sense of agility.
The complete logotype
All the elements that make the ORA logotype together.
Monochrome positive and negative versions of the main logotype.
Different versions of the ORA logotype
Depending on the situation the three elements that make the ORA logotype, symbol, acronym and mission can be used in different combinations:
The Pattern
There was a fourth element created for the ORA identity, a pattern based on the rhombus, the diamond shape that surrounds the "O" shape in the symbol. It symbolizes the earth as it looks from above, shaped by those who work on it, the farmers who typically devide it according to how much of it is their property.
We used this pattern as a layer of UV on the folder created, one of the applications of the ORA brand identity.
