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CANADIAN IMMIGRATION INSTITUTE

CANADIAN IMMIGRATION INSTITUTE

IDENTITY · CORPORATE SYSTEM  ·  2019

A consultancy that walks people through their path to Canada. The whole visual system grows from one drawing: a maple leaf that becomes an arrow.

01The brief

Immigrating is scary. Paperwork, deadlines, interviews — and a decision that changes an entire life. The client needed a brand that conveys the opposite of the chaos their audience feels: order, direction, a reachable happy ending.

02The idea

The maple leaf is Canada without saying the word. We drew it with one twist: its lower vein turns into an arrow pointing up and forward. Symmetrical in everything but that — because the client's journey isn't symmetrical either: there is a before and an after.

Desk flags for the office

03The system

Canadian red, white, and one rule: the symbol always sits left of the name, the arrow always visible. The graphic element works on its own — on a pin, an umbrella, a suitcase — and the brand reads even before you read anything.

The corporate umbrella — the leaf as a pattern

04A wink

In the merch we allowed ourselves to play: a hockey puck, an own magazine, even a hockey stick with the leaf engraved. If your new life is going to be Canadian, let it be Canadian from day one.

The welcome-kit hockey stick

05The paperwork

An immigration consultancy runs on documents — so the documents are brand too: envelopes, folders, an own magazine that makes the office wait feel short. You can't avoid bureaucracy; you can design it.

The waiting-room magazine
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