Overview
The One Color Award celebrates brands that embrace the power of reduction. The competition was established around a core belief: one color is enough to build a meaningful, recognizable, and emotionally resonant brand. In a world saturated with gradients, palettes, and visual noise, this award honors the craft of restraint—where clarity, identity, and memory are distilled into a single hue.
Our task was to design the official trophy system—an object that embodies the philosophy of minimalism, purity, and discipline. The form needed to feel iconic without relying on ornament, meaningful without narrative excess, and visually striking without depending on color.
Creative Concept
The trophy is shaped as a sculptural numeral “1”, symbolizing One Color, One Clear Expression, One Distinct Identity
The geometry is deliberately faceted and angular—reflecting the tension and thought behind choosing just one color for a brand. Every plane catches light differently, demonstrating how even within a single tone, depth and variation emerge through form, texture, and reflection.
The trophy comes in three finishes: Black Steel, Gold, Silver.
Each finish reinforces the idea that the essence lives in the form, not in a palette of many colors.
Each finish reinforces the idea that the essence lives in the form, not in a palette of many colors.
Conclusion
The One Color Award trophy is the physical manifestation of a philosophy: identity is not about how much you add, but how clearly you define what matters.
A single color can be a world—if the design is intentional.
