Selected work / NDFPFinancial education · 2020

A clearer direction.
A financial compass.

A distinctive identity for the Novosibirsk House of Financial Education: helping a learning organisation communicate with confidence and clarity.

Client
NDFP
Our role
Research & creative strategy
Visual identity & graphic system
Applications & brand guidelines
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NDFP financial education identity across a family of digital screens
NDFP / A connected language for financial education.
01 / The challenge

Make learning
easier to approach.

NDFP creates financial literacy projects for children and adults and brings experts together on one platform. Its identity needed to connect educational content, public events and everyday organisational materials.

The strategic work focused on making financial education understandable, engaging and convenient. A clear voice and a recognisable visual language could give different formats a common point of reference.

02 / From meaning to expression

Knowledge that helps
people find their way.

01 / Understand

Make the subject accessible.

The research and metaphor presentations explore how to make learning interesting and explain complex topics through stories.

02 / Explore

Give the promise a form.

Original routes include a wallet of knowledge, a mentor, dialogue and a financial compass.

03 / Connect

Build around direction.

The selected compass becomes the signature. Its arrow carries the idea into a wider graphic system.

Inside our branding method
03 / The original visual search

From several routes
to one clear symbol.

The sketches investigate ways to express financial knowledge through the Cyrillic letter Ф, conversation, guidance and a place to learn. The compass route brings knowledge and direction together.

The chosen symbol consists of a body and an arrow. The guide describes it as a reliable companion for navigating the world of finance.

Original pencil studies / Exploring the financial compass.
Original pencil studies / Exploring the financial compass.
Original concept presentation / Comparing the alternative routes.
Original concept presentation / Comparing the alternative routes.
05 / The visual system

A small arrow.
A bigger language.

The arrow moves beyond the logo to become the identity’s key graphic element. Repeated and arranged, it forms a circle, a triangle or a square. Each composition gives the same small element a different meaning.

The circle suggests financial protection; the upward triangle expresses growth; the square brings individuals together as a community. This gives the system more than a decorative pattern: a flexible vocabulary for telling different stories with one recognisable element.

Original NDFP guideline showing the arrow and diamond graphic elements
One arrow, three ideas / Protection. Growth. Community.
Public communication / Original billboard presentation mockup.
Public communication / Original billboard presentation mockup.
NDFP / Brand guidelines

A compass for
the brand, too.

The original working guide: trademark, spacing, colour, typography, imagery, graphics and key applications.

NDFP notebook identity in an office setting
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Clear rules.
A connected identity.

Original structure, design principles and examples for everyday use.

Explore the guide
06 / Applications

One identity.
Many applications.

Original designs and refreshed presentation mockups show the identity across learning tools, interiors and events.

Explore 7 examples
NDFP guideline: Notebook
01 / Notebook

A learning tool with character.

The original notebook design in a new office presentation mockup.

NDFP guideline: Certificates
02 / Certificates

Recognition, in good company.

Light and dark certificate designs presented together in a contemporary office mockup.

NDFP guideline: Wall graphic
03 / Wall graphic

Learning takes flight.

The original pencil illustration imagined as a wall mural for a learning lounge. Interior concept mockup.

NDFP guideline: Glass graphics
04 / Glass graphics

Space to learn.

The illustration becomes printed film on a glass office door. Interior concept mockup.

NDFP guideline: Art poster
05 / Art poster

Look ahead.

A framed illustration brings the visual language into an office lounge. Interior concept mockup.

NDFP guideline: Icons
06 / Icons

A supporting vocabulary.

Educational icon examples from the guide. These support information without competing with the core arrow graphics.

NDFP guideline: Event materials
07 / Event materials

An identity that stands up.

Original light and dark banner designs shown in a new interior presentation mockup.

One arrow, three meanings / Protection. Growth. Community. Original poster mockup.
One arrow, three meanings / Protection. Growth. Community. Original poster mockup.
07 / Putting the identity to work

One identity.
Everyday expressions.

The design materials carry the compass across stationery, learning notebooks, certificates and event communication.

Stationery / Original identity presentation.
Stationery / Original identity presentation.
Notebook / The arrow pattern applied to a learning tool.
Notebook / The arrow pattern applied to a learning tool.
Certificates / Light and dark applications.
Certificates / Light and dark applications.
Digital communication / Original mobile presentation.
Digital communication / Original mobile presentation.
The connection that matters

A guiding idea.
A usable system.

The financial compass connects the organisation’s educational role with a recognisable symbol, a flexible graphic language and practical guidance for the people applying it.

Project archive · 2020. Original artwork and the published guide are presented in Russian. Application images are design presentation mockups.

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