Visual Identity System for the ECSK 2024
The Visual Identity System for the European City of Science Katowice 2024 has been designed by the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Katowice. It is to implement individual elements constituting the visual identity for the ECSK 2024. The visual identity has been designed and implemented by the team of graduates and employees of the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Katowice consisting of: Aleksandra Braska, Jan Dybała, Anna Kopaczewska, Mikołaj Hałabuda, Dawid Koruszowic, Hanna Sitarz-Pietrzak, and Marian Misiak – a typographer and publicist, visual culture researcher who has designed an original font called Di Grotesk KatoScience – the now official font of the Consortium.
The team has created the ECSK 2024 logo with a characteristic for scientific articles asterisk signalling a footnote; its form refers to 7 universities organised around a common mission, cooperating with each other, and sharing a common goal of improving research infrastructure and scientific potential.
Additionally, a dedicated brand book and a manual for the Visual Identity System for the ECSK 2024 have been created, along with the Visual Identity System Book and new guidelines regarding promotion in the Style Book.
People involved in the team’s work have also developed the design for informational and promotional materials, a set of promotional mediums, spatial objects and promotional gadgets. The team has been carrying out workshops on communication and the ECSK 2024 promotion strategy, along with evaluation activities for the ECSK 2024 Visual Identity System.
The ECSK 2024 logo and the DiGrotesk KatoScience font shall be used by employees of the units organising the ECSK 2024 in connection with the activity of the European City of Science Katowice 2024.
The usage of the ECSK 2024 logo shall be consulted with the indicated units at individual institutions
| Institution | Unit | |
| City of Katowice | Promotion Department | p@katowice.eu |
| University of Silesia in Katowice | Promotion Centre | promocja@us.edu.pl |
| Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Katowice | Office for Cultural Activity and Promotion | magdalena.palupska@asp.katowice.pl |
| Academy of Physical Education | Promotion Department | k.fraczek@awf.katowice.pl |
| Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice | emn@am.katowice.pl | |
| Silesian University of Technology | Promotion and Communication Centre | krzysztof.gronowicz@polsl.pl |
| Medical University of Silesia in Katowice |
Promotion Department Office of the Spokesperson |
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| University of Economics in Katowice | Marketing Centre | angelika.gagracz@ue.katowice.pl |
External entities may use the logo as agreed with the organisers and determined by the Rules of Cooperation.
DiGrotesk KatoScience font is made available to the indicated units at particular institutions.
Downloadable files
Logo of the European City of Science 2024
Elements for marking programme events
ECSK 2024 Brand Book
Visual Identity System for the ECSK 2024