ABOUT US
The brand
The new brand of Politécnico da Guarda carries the drive and ambition of a new interior of Portugal, conquered long ago but long forgotten. It will portray the assertiveness of all those in the interior who want the best for their region and those who explore their interior to find a future of opportunity.
A BRAND THAT CARRIES THREE WORDS,
THREE CONCEPTS
We are a diversity of knowledge, made up of multiple places, people and expertise. We are a complementarity that always wants to be relevant to our community, region, country, and world.
We are specialised and applied. By doing, we prove our impact. By doing, we guarantee our relevance.
We learn from knowledge tested every day, and we rehearse the future with rigour and with our feet firmly on tomorrow.
We are firm and faithful to our purpose and our role in the region. We are humble and resilient in a time and place where nature sets the pace of life.
The new brand has its own typography inspired by the architecture of the Guarda campus and the region’s landscape. In chromatic terms, it is inspired by the colours of the year’s four seasons as they are experienced throughout the district.
The graphic universe is thus inspired by physical and political geography, as it draws colours from the surrounding area’s nature and shapes from the district’s map. The new brand is born from the region, lending it a new and more current language, which is at the same time universal and close.
The institution’s coat of arms, designed originally by Dr.ª Evelina Coelho (1945-2013), a painter, was digitally restored to allow a new type of use beyond official documents.
