A specialist cardiac and pulmonary care institute operating under a generic hospital visual identity — no mark that signaled its dual specialization, no system governing patient-facing communications, and an ambition to expand regionally while competing against internationally branded healthcare groups.
DISCIPLINE
Systemic Identity
TEAM SCALE
Creative lead (Mustafa) · medical director · marketing manager
TIMELINE
2023 · Complete brand system, end to end
RECORD
GAD-INSTITUTE
0Brand system beforeSTARTED FROM STRATEGY
2Languages, one lockupAR / EN UNIFIED
4Audiences to servePATIENTS · TOURISTS · INSURERS · FAMILIES
02 / RESEARCH & LOGIC
Healthcare identity in Egypt clustered into two poles: clinical-corporate (cold, bureaucratic) or consumer-pharma (loud, promotional). GAD needed a third voice — the trusted specialist: warmer than a hospital, more precise than a clinic, internationally legible without losing Egyptian rootedness.
TRUSTPRECISIONWARMTHBILINGUALHERITAGE
DISTINCT →← SYSTEMPublic-clinical APublic-clinical BCorporate-sterile CCorporate-sterile DRegional generic EGAD Institute
COMPETITOR LANDSCAPE
03 / EXECUTION & GOVERNANCE
The system, governed: tokens, states, and the grid they live on.
STRUCTURAL TOKENS
deep-blue
#005895
Trust / primary · P 107-8U
crimson-red
#AB121C
Vitality / accent · P 49-16U
cool-grey-8
#888B8D
Neutral / dark grey
Trap
Bold
Bold headlines / titles
Montserrat
Regular
Body / subheads
Alexandria
Regular
Arabic titles + body
COMPONENT STATES
DEFAULTHOVERFOCUSDISABLED
RESPONSIVE LAYOUT
MOBILE 4-colTABLET 8-colDESKTOP 12-col
BEFORE // AUDITAFTER // SYSTEM
v2.0
+45%
CTA
logo_final_v7??#3A86FF or #2D7DF6?spacing: 13px · 22px · 37pxbtn-styles (×9)
DRAG THE LINE — AUDIT STATE ⇄ GOVERNED SYSTEM
GALLERY / THE SYSTEM, RENDERED
BRAND MARK · HEART + LUNG, FUSED
BRAND IDENTITY · V2.0 COVER
LOGO ANATOMY · LOCKUP ELEMENTS
VARIATIONS · EN / AR · H / V
SYMBOL ONLY · FAVICON-READY
PRIMARY PALETTE · DEEP BLUE + CRIMSON
INFOGRAPHIC PALETTE · DATA SYSTEM
TYPE · TRAP · MONTSERRAT · ALEXANDRIA
STATIONERY · BUSINESS CARD
OUTDOOR · GENUINE ACCESSIBLE CARE
EXHIBITION STAND · VISION 2030
04 / PERFORMANCE & POST MORTEM
V2.0System, end to endSTRATEGY → IDENTITY → GUIDELINES
6+Branded applicationsSIGNAGE · UNIFORM · STATIONERY · STAND
1Governed brand bookPANTONE-LOCKED, NOT GUESSED
RETRO LEDGER
[KEEP]The heart-and-lung mark — two symbols fused into one circular form, vitality and breath in one gesture.
[KEEP]Caregiver archetype as doctrine: 'closer to every heart' drives messaging, color, and environmental design consistently.
[CHANGE]Tighten Arabic/English vertical lockup balance at small sizes before the next signage run.
[KEEP]Branded-house structure linking GAD Institute to GAD International — one equity, many expressions.
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Posted Jul 16, 2026
End-to-end systemic identity for a cardiac & pulmonary institute: bilingual lockups, palettes, applications and a governed brand book.