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Branding · 2026 · dressmaking atelier

raptodia

A sewing machine made of cross-stitches, for an atelier that sews. Logo, palette and every file, in three meetings.

Three meetings,
one logo.

The whole process survived. Follow the thread: every knot is a meeting with the client and what I brought to it.

First sketches

Four ideas for a symbol (an embroidery frame, sewing machine silhouettes, a semicircle), six typefaces and two palettes.

Cross-stitch

The sewing machine becomes embroidery: five cross-stitch versions, and the typeface in different weights.

Details

The machine gets cleaner, the logo is tested on four backgrounds and the O gets a double line. We also tried a button, a pincushion and a flower made of safety pins. The double Ò won.

The cross-stitch sewing machine, with its thread, and RAPTODÌA with the double O and the accent on the I.

Five spools.

The palette, with its names. Hover over them and they unwind.

  • Iron Grey #364541
  • Granite #5C7068
  • Mint Cream #F1F7EE
  • Faded Copper #9A7B44
  • Terracotta Clay #915648

Pick a version.

Six layouts in seven colours, in SVG, PDF and PNG. With the social media version, that's 49 files per format. Choose a layout and a colour, just like the client would.

raptodia-stacked-dark.svg

Layout

Colour

in dark green

What are all these files? The note on handoff

And on social.

Special versions for the Instagram avatar that still read in a tiny circle.

  • raptodia avatar: mark only@raptodia · mark only
  • raptodia avatar: mark and name@raptodia · mark and name
  • raptodia avatar: name and slogan@raptodia · name and slogan
From the notes Three sewing machines, seven years Harmonie, Katerina's made, raptodia: three sewing machines I designed over seven years, and what changed in the way I work.