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  • Our new identity is a direct representation of our vision of fearless news reporting and our limitless ability to inspire people, spark imaginations, and enlighten minds, said CEO Avinash Pandey

    ABP Network gets Saffron to craft new digital-friendly visual identity

    By A Correspondent

     

    ABP Network has unveiled a new identity for all its news channels – ABP News, ABP Ananda, ABP Majha, ABP Ganga, ABP Asmita, and ABP Sanjha, along with the logo of its digital platform, ABP Live. Madrid, Spain-based Saffron Brand Consultants was commissioned to undertake the change.

     

    Notes a communique: “The intrinsic idea behind the change reflects on the potential of India’s unremitting growth story. On its path to greatness, India stands at a unique cusp of contradictions. While the hopes for a new India are defined by limitless aspirations and ambitions; at the same time, Indians are limited by societal beliefs, views, and values. On one hand, India is Limitless in potential with the world’s largest youth force, Limitless in possibilities as pioneers of frugal innovation, Limitless in capabilities with the most diverse range of cultural skill sets. But on the contrary, it is also Limited by access and opportunity disparity.”

     

    On the announcement, Avinash Pandey, CEO, ABP Network said: “We are extremely excited to be initiating this change. The new logos of ABP Network’s news channels and digital platform better capture the passion and purpose of the network. Our new identity is a direct representation of our vision of fearless news reporting and our limitless ability to inspire people, spark imaginations, and enlighten minds. Our new logos stand as a testimony to our relentless pursuit of truth beyond limits. The new arrow in our refreshed logos breaks free from relatively static framework, to make itself better suited for the fast-evolving media landscape.”

     

    Adds the communique: “The word marks and taglines of the new logos have been developed by Prof Fiona Ross, who has a long-standing relationship with ABP, having designed its first digital Bengali font (Linotype Bengali, now known as ABP Bengali) with Tim Holloway, first published in 1982 in its eponymous newspaper Ananda Bazar Patrika. In this reinvigoration, she has helped the scripts retain their diversity and yet work in harmony across the ABP Network – the entire project aligning with ABP’s continued insistence on maintaining the highest typographic standards for visual communication.”

     

    Added Jacob Benbunan, Co-founder & CEO, Saffron Brand Consultants: “Working with Avinash Pandey and his team has been a truly memorable experience. We wanted to come up with something future fit for ABP Network. We were inspired by their inherent qualities of courage and limitlessness, and aimed to deliver a brand strategy and visual language that could be eloquent of the true vision of ABP.”

     

     

  • The challenge that Saffron faced was to redefine the Modern Foods brand to stay true to its essence and relevant to its loyal consumers while becoming more attractive and competitive for the modern and globalised Indian

    Saffron renovates bread & bakery brand Modern Foods

    By A Correspondent

     

    Brand consultancy firm Saffron has completed the brand refresh for the Modern Foods brand. Last year, it was approached by Everstone Capital, the new owner of the bakery brand to bring a fresh and modern flair to the brand while maintaining the recognition that Modern had in India ever since its foundation in the 1960s.

     

    Said Jacob Benbunan, Saffron co-founder and CEO: “The experience of working with such a focused team as that of Everstone management and Modern leadership has been not only a pleasure for us but key to building a brand that I am convinced is most relevant and will bring success to a continuously evolving business.”

     

    Added Roshini Bakshi, Managing Director, Everstone Capital Asia, Singapore:“At Everstone Capital, we believe in strong partnerships and building great brands. It has been a pleasure for me to work with Jacob and his team at Saffron on a quintessential brand like Modern in crafting the renovated mix. Saffron believed as strongly in the potential of this brand as we do, which helped us in breaking the clutter and coming up with a truly differentiated rebranding proposition.”

     

    Said Gabor Schreier, Saffron’s Chief Creative Officer: “On the one hand, the history and future of the brand are encapsulated in the newly crafted logo, which is strong and memorable. On the other, the contemporary, colourful and orderly visual language projects Modern’s objective to continuously progress side by side its consumers.”