Iconographic-symbolic analysis model of Corporate Visual Identity (CVI)Application test on pharmaceutical companies in Spain

  1. Romero-Rodríguez, Luis M.
  2. Castillo-Abdul, Bárbara
  3. Sánchez-Holgado, Patricia
Journal:
Grafica: documents de disseny gràfic = documentos de diseño gráfico = journal of graphic design

ISSN: 2014-9298

Year of publication: 2023

Volume: 11

Issue: 22

Pages: 145-157

Type: Article

DOI: 10.5565/REV/GRAFICA.259 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openOpen access editor

More publications in: Grafica: documents de disseny gràfic = documentos de diseño gráfico = journal of graphic design

Abstract

This study presents a taxonomy to analyze the Corporate Visual Identity (CVI) through the theoretical construction of iconographic variables. The instrument was validated by an expert panel and a pilot test that examined the CVI of the 50 leading pharmaceutical companies in Spain. The instrument was organized by graphic elements: iconographic sign, linguistic sign, and plastic sign, and helped to catalog the symbolic components of CVI. In the Spanish case, due to its cultural and social context, pharmaceutical brands prefer typographies with no strokes, simple lines, capital letters, and round and medium strokes.

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