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Pentagram designs dynamic illustrative identity for AI company Cytora

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Date
1 June 2018
A 3D render of five abstract, chunky shapes in a row against a plain white background. Each shape is a different colour – mint, light blue, royal blue, pink and orange – and is labelled with a letter from “A” to “F”.

Luke Powell and Jody Hudson-Powell of Pentagram’s London office have designed the identity and website for Cytora; an artificial intelligence company. Also based in London, the company uses AI to price risk within the insurance industry based on patterns of good or bad risks learned over time.

As a company that is using incredibly sophisticated technology, Luke and Jody have created an identity which reflects that while also demystifying how the company’s Risk Engine works. The Cytora Risk Engine processes thousands of unique data inputs to create a real-time risk profile for every insurable business and property. To translate and visually represent the sheer volume of data that Cytora deals with, Luke and Jody developed a series of dynamic blocks which animate in tandem.

As well as these illustrative visuals, the pair designed a word mark for the company. Combining a large grotesque proportion, with technical detailing it “represents the synergy of human and machine intelligence” at Cytora. Both elements of this brand system are implemented on the company’s website, which Luke and Jody also designed.

An animation of a blue 3D geometric shape against a plain light grey background. A series of soft, multi-coloured bands gradually expand across one of its faces.
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Pentagram: Cytora

Two versions of the Cytora logo. On the left, a black wordmark on white with a leaf shape integrated into the “y”. On the right, the word “Cytora” appears in white on a dark grey background.
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Pentagram: Cytora

Two business cards for Cytora against a dark grey background. One card is white with black text for “Richard Hartley, CEO”, while the other features a pink and mint green gradient with the “Cytora” wordmark.
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Pentagram: Cytora

A tablet displays a digital brand guidelines page for “Cytora”. The “Blocks” section features a grid of 15 abstract, multi-coloured 3D shapes.
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Pentagram: Cytora

A tablet displays a dark-themed data dashboard for “Cel Energy and Building Solutions”. A central orange square features a large white “F”, with a breakdown of ratings for property, flood and storm listed to the right.
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Pentagram: Cytora

An animation of a MacBook displaying the Cytora website, scrolling through various pages. The screens feature abstract 3D shapes and headlines including “The new standard in commercial underwriting”, “Join us” and “Contact us”.
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Pentagram: Cytora

A graphic featuring a curved, gradient shape in orange and mint green against a pink background. White text laid over the centre reads “powered by Cytora”.
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Pentagram: Cytora

Two pages of a brand identity for Cytora. One page is a blank grid, while the other features 3D geometric shapes in blue and orange alongside the text “Powering insurance companies of the future” and the “Cytora” wordmark.
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Pentagram: Cytora

A tablet displays a digital brand guidelines document for Cytora. The page titled “Infographic language” shows examples of a circular chart and a data table.
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Pentagram: Cytora

A horizontal bar chart compares four categories: “Community”, “Medical”, “Education” and “Emergency/Resc”. The “Community” category has the longest bar, reaching over 0.004 on the x-axis.
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Pentagram: Cytora

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Ruby Boddington

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Ruby is Senior Creative at It's Nice That, overseeing our visual output across platforms and projects. Before that, she was associate editor on the editorial team, after joining in September 2017 following graduation from Central Saint Martins.

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