Andrew Facini

Design / Institutional & Research

UC Berkeley Risk & Security Lab

Client
UC Berkeley Risk and Security Lab
Year
2024–2027
Role
Logo, brand system and report design

A refreshed identity for the Risk and Security Lab, with a special focus on its publications: the logo and its colorways, a palette and type system, cover and interior templates for the Lab's reports, papers and primers, a full set of Word and slide templates staff can use themselves, event promotion templates, and podcast cover art.

Deliverables

  • Logo and colorways
  • Palette and type system
  • Report and book covers
  • White paper templates
  • Stationery and documents
  • Slides and video backgrounds
  • Event promo templates
  • Podcast cover art

Type

  • Barlow Condensed · Headings
  • Source Serif 4 · Report text
  • Inter / Inter Tight · Sans text
  • PT Serif · Word templates
  • Freight Display · Cover titles

Color

  • Berkeley Blue #002676
  • Night navy #0f172d
  • California Gold #feb415
  • Event orange #f8a24b
  • Bay Fog #ded5c2
  • Sky #9fd1ff
  • Sage #7c968b
UC Berkeley Risk & Security Lab
The logo in its three colorways: Berkeley Blue on paper, white on Berkeley Blue, and the light version for dark grounds.
The logo in its three colorways: Berkeley Blue on paper, white on Berkeley Blue, and the light version for dark grounds.
Behind the scenes: ornament redrawn from the ironwork of a campus gate, then built into a repeating border. It frames the covers of the Lab's paper and primer series (shown at top) and its stationery.
Behind the scenes: ornament redrawn from the ironwork of a campus gate, then built into a repeating border. It frames the covers of the Lab's paper and primer series (shown at top) and its stationery.
White paper covers in letter and A5, each with a dark and a light version. These are Word templates, so the Lab's staff can produce them without design software.
White paper covers in letter and A5, each with a dark and a light version. These are Word templates, so the Lab's staff can produce them without design software.
Inside the white paper and two-pager templates: title page, executive summary, heading levels, pull quotes, lists, tables and figures, plus the recommendations page and the A5 edition.
Inside the white paper and two-pager templates: title page, executive summary, heading levels, pull quotes, lists, tables and figures, plus the recommendations page and the A5 edition.
The 6 × 9 in report template: condensed headings, a serif text face, pull quotes, block quotes and highlighted text boxes, each with its own spacing rules.
The 6 × 9 in report template: condensed headings, a serif text face, pull quotes, block quotes and highlighted text boxes, each with its own spacing rules.
Everyday documents on one system: letterhead (standard and with the gate border), memo, thank-you letter, travel brief and itinerary, and workshop materials: cover, agenda, participants and background readings.
Everyday documents on one system: letterhead (standard and with the gate border), memo, thank-you letter, travel brief and itinerary, and workshop materials: cover, agenda, participants and background readings.
On screen: dark and light slide templates, and a set of seven video-call backgrounds.
On screen: dark and light slide templates, and a set of seven video-call backgrounds.
Event promotion templates for webinars, research seminars, report talks and announcements, in light and dark versions, with room for co-hosts.
Event promotion templates for webinars, research seminars, report talks and announcements, in light and dark versions, with room for co-hosts.
Podcast cover art: The Risk Calculus, the UCBRSL Weekly Brief, and Levels of Analysis.
Podcast cover art: The Risk Calculus, the UCBRSL Weekly Brief, and Levels of Analysis.