Pictogram Design for Brands
Vectoring and Using the Grid 2
A course by Wayfinding Consultores , Information Designer
Joined November 2019
About the video: Vectoring and Using the Grid 2
Overview
“In this second part we will continue working on the vectorization of our pictograms. I will also teach you some of the tricks that I use so that the pictograms have certain characteristics that help us to identify them in a better way.”
In this video lesson Wayfinding Consultores addresses the topic: Vectoring and Using the Grid 2, which is part of the Domestika online course: Pictogram Design for Brands. Learn how to design custom pictograms for unique signage systems.
Partial transcription of the video
“Vectoring and Using the Grid I'm going to duplicate my grid for a second exercise with the development of the woman pictogram. For this we will block the layer where we develop the pictogram and we will copy the main unit and the subunit of the grid with Command + C and then Command + Shift + V to establish a clean "canvas" in which to run this new pictogram. Now we will make the pictogram of the woman, because it will allow us to compare the elements, the curvatures, and see if our simple line design decisions, the drop head, as few lines as possible, and this game of curves and straight l...”
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Course summary for: Pictogram Design for Brands
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Category
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Software
Adobe Illustrator -
Areas
Branding & Identity, Graphic Design, Signage Design, Vector Illustration

Wayfinding Consultores
A course by Wayfinding Consultores
Pamela Sthandier, is an information designer at Wayfinding Consultores, a consultancy specialized in the analysis of flows and trajectories and focused on information and signage design. Since 2011, she has been developing projects focused exclusively on information design, including branding strategies and environmental graphics that create memorable spaces and improve user navigation.
In 2017, the consultancy won the Chile Design, Clap and IGDEA award, in the category of Information Systems design for the development of a signaling system at Parque Arauco Kennedy. In 2019, they won again with a system project for the Megacentro Enea Distribution Center.
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