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ReModelUN conference stage with speakers addressing a global audience

ReModelUN

Brand StrategyVisual Identity System Geneva June, 2025

Context & The Challenge

The Mission

ReModelUN is a high-profile podcast featuring thought leaders from UN-affiliated groups around the world. They discuss ethical, AI-driven solutions for social good.

Core Problem

The brand needed an identity that felt serious enough for international diplomats, yet quick enough to keep up with AI. It also needed a "sustainable framework": a system that could spin off future conferences and scholarships without weakening the core brand.

Brand Strategy & Logo System

The "re" Loop: Continuous Iteration

AI is not a fixed destination. It is a process that keeps going. The 're' loop stands for constant remodeling, adaptation and forward movement. Set inside a deliberate, closed cycle, the visual language mirrors the podcast's core theme: keep checking, rethinking and improving global systems through technology.

The ReModelUN wordmark reversed out of a deep Dark Cyan panel, showing the enclosing 're' loop
Construction diagram of the ReModelUN mark, breaking the logo down into its loop, core and terminal elements
The Center Core: The Variable Engine

The center of the logo works as a bridge. For the main brand, the microphone icon places the mark firmly in audio and broadcasting. But this slot is built to change. Because the icon can be swapped, the same wordmark adapts for sister ventures (a podium for conferences, a cap for scholarships) without losing its shape.

The interchangeable centre slot of the ReModelUN mark shown with a microphone, podium and graduation-cap icon for the podcast, conference and scholarship sub-brands
The "UN" Chat Bubble: Diplomatic Dialogue

Global change doesn't happen in a vacuum. It happens through conversation. So the 'UN' at the end is shaped as a speech bubble, to stress dialogue, cross-border collaboration and human-first storytelling. It takes the authority of UN-affiliated organizations and makes it warm, approachable and open to talk.

The 'UN' terminal of the logo drawn as a speech bubble, signalling dialogue and cross-border collaboration

Color Theory

The ReModelUN identity sits at a crossroads. It has to respect the weight and prestige of international diplomacy, and also catch the fast-changing energy of artificial intelligence. The palette is a deliberate, high-contrast pairing chosen to bridge those two worlds.

Primary Dark Cyan
1 #293C53
Secondary Fresh Lime
2 #00E357

Institutional Authority & Grounded Trust

Primary Color

Dark Cyan is the foundation of the whole brand. It is a deliberate step away from the bright corporate blues usually linked with global bureaucracies. This deep, muted tone brings a calm, academic weight instead. It signals wisdom, research-backed integrity and the composure needed for big global challenges. Using it as the main backdrop gives us instant credibility with UN-affiliated thought leaders and global organizations.

AI Innovation & Bias toward Action

Secondary Color

If Dark Cyan stands for the institutional problem, Fresh Lime is the technological answer: a bright accent colour that cuts against the deep primary base and pulls the eye to interactive UI parts, useful resources and key insights.

Chromatic Harmony in Digital Layouts

When these two colors meet, they create a clear, easy-to-scan hierarchy that suits premium dark-mode interfaces.

Primary: Dark Cyan

Gives the layout stability and high-contrast readability for body text and structure.

Secondary: Fresh Lime

The high-visibility callout for active states, key numbers and dynamic brand elements.

We keep a strict ratio: Dark Cyan covers 80% of the brand space and Fresh Lime hits hard at 20%. That way the brand carries authority while staying clearly tech-forward.

The Typography System

Legible in print and on screen, so the brand looks the same in every medium.

When a brand deals with dense, academic global challenges alongside fast-moving AI discussion, the typeface cannot be decorative or distracting. It has to be an invisible, hard-working carrier for ideas.

We built the whole brand on Roboto. We chose it for its neo-grotesque, geometric discipline. Its friendly, open curves make technical content feel approachable and easy to read.

Beyond looks, choosing a typeface is a business decision. Roboto is a variable type system, freely available in the open-source Google Font Library. Picking it removed a big practical hurdle for ReModelUN.

Future internal teams, international chapter organizers and outside web developers can grow the brand anywhere in the world without licensing friction, missing-font errors or recurring seat costs. It shows prospective clients that we design with their long-term budget and daily workflow in mind.

Multi-Platform UI/UX Experience

Extending the System Across Digital Realities

A strong brand identity has to move across many digital platforms without losing its core message. For ReModelUN, the UI/UX work turns static brand guidelines into working, practical touchpoints: video production, dedicated audio players and small-screen environments.

The Video Broadcast Tier

The Component

Simple, high-contrast video overlay templates for multi-host and guest setups.

The UX Challenge

Video backgrounds are unpredictable. Overlays have to stay readable no matter the speaker's lighting, framing or background.

The Solution

We made a pill-shaped, two-tone frame in the brand colors. The speaker's photo sits in a circle, with a Fresh Lime container for their name. Dark flags label their role and topic, like 'AI & Sustainability.'

Broadcast lower-third overlays showing a speaker's circular portrait, a Fresh Lime name plate and dark topic flags
Keep it bold, keep it clear, so every voice is heard, every idea shines, and every insight sparks action!

The Human-First Podcast Thumbnail System

The Component

A modular cover art and thumbnail template system built for the big audio streaming platforms (Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts).

The UX Challenge

In audio streaming, cover art has to stop a scroll in under a second. We needed a template that keeps the brand consistent while making each episode and guest stand out.

The Solution

The system uses a square thumbnail laid out like a premium card. It leads with high-resolution guest photography rather than abstract graphics, blending the portrait into the background to leave a clean surface for text.

Square podcast cover-art templates built around full-bleed guest portraits with episode titles set over a Dark Cyan base
Faces tell stories: human-first designs make every conversation feel personal and every voice truly heard.

By handing over one standard layout template instead of loose one-off graphics, we gave the ReModelUN marketing team a plug-and-play production kit. They can keep the podcast growing, swapping guest photos and text in moments while the look stays uniform and premium on every streaming network.

Design Philosophy

A visual identity is only as strong as its real-world use. When brand assets are spread across marketing teams, developers and international event organizers, they risk being watered down. To make sure ReModelUN looks the same and speaks with authority at every touchpoint, we set clear rules for how assets are used. This section shows that care: the main marks stay clean, standard and intact wherever they appear, on screen or in print.

The Proportional Clearspace Standard

To keep the mastermark prominent, it must always be protected from nearby text, margins and other graphics. We set the minimum clearspace at exactly "1 mic distance", measured from the height of the microphone inside the logo.

Because the breathing room is tied to a part of the logo itself, the safe zone scales with it. The brand stays intact whether the logo sits on a huge event banner or a small phone screen.

Clearspace diagram measuring a one-microphone-height exclusion zone around all four sides of the ReModelUN mark
Respect the clear space, respect breathing space.
Co-Branding & Partnership Dynamics

Big global initiatives naturally call for co-branded layouts. When the mastermark sits next to close partners or media affiliates such as Sony, the spacing rules get stricter.

We double the usual padding to a 2-mic buffer for partner lockups. This keeps the logo from being crowded, so ReModelUN shares the stage fairly with global partners while keeping its own presence.

Co-branding lockup pairing the ReModelUN mark with a partner logo, with a two-microphone separation gap called out
Social distance still required: keep a 2 mic distance even with the closest partner.
Logo Law 101

To remove guesswork for production and engineering teams, we wrote a clear matrix of what not to do. These rules prevent common layout mistakes and protect the identity from random changes.

By spelling out these rules, we show prospective clients that we don't just hand over loose artwork. We hand over a disciplined, ready-to-use brand asset kit built to stand up to real-world production.

Matrix of prohibited logo treatments: stretching, recolouring, rotating and adding effects to the ReModelUN mark
The reModelUN logo isn't just a symbol, it's a statement. Keep it clear, crisp, and confidently placed.

Project credits

Client

ReModelUN

Studio 1947

  • Creative Direction Rabi
  • Logo Concept & Design Rabi , Mohanty
  • Brand Guideline Rabi , Zahid, Sneha

Time and place

Geneva, June, 2025

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