Atkar

Beyond expectations.

For 75 years Atkar’s audience has primarily been discerning architects searching for a refined acoustic product designed and manufactured in Australia. In stark contrast, Atkar also provides building materials to an entirely different audience of Victorian tradespeople. Envelope’s brief? Create a brand story that resonates with both audiences.

Design & construct
  • Brand strategy
  • Brand identity
  • Communications
  • Packaging

Envelope’s bold positioning statement: ‘beyond expectations’ communicates Atkar’s brand essence with a suite of intriguing brand images illustrating its core product offering — acoustics and building construction. While complementary in their execution and aesthetics, they are also sufficiently differentiated for the two audiences.

Over a decade long collaboration with Atkar, Envelope’s favourite architectural photographer Andrew Curtis produces a library of stunning literal and abstracted images to showcase the ingenuity and beauty of the full acoustic range.

Often overlooked as a marketing opportunity, Envelope creates building products packaging as another platform to spread the word.

Building for the future

Detailed internal and external stakeholder research and comprehensive competitor analysis informs a new project brief to develop an integrated marketing strategy. Envelope’s recommendations rationalise separate product and service offerings into a cohesive system.

Print, digital, single or full colour — Atkar’s brand story is told across Envelope’s flexible system of marketing templates allows rapidly deployed as case studies as each project is completed.

Communications

Envelope names and designs a new sub-brand hierarchy to identify Atkar’s streamlined product range.

A previously complex array of printed materials is streamlined into a concise range of product brochures including Atkar’s economical “Quantum” range and a comprehensive catalogue of its “Infinity” range.

Construction

Atkar supplies a diverse range of building products. For its comprehesive catalogue, Envelope unified the presentation of more than 500 products with a library of precise technical drawings. Andrew Curtis’ consistently executed product photography is the perfect reference to faithfully reproduce each product in electronic vector format.

A brand with two voices…

Throughout a decade of collaboration, Envelope successfully positioned Atkar as an industry leader with architectural and construction audiences. We helped Atkar find its voice in both sectors, while staying true to its own standard-setting philosophy. How could we help you speak to a new audience?

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