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Estonian design agency AKU creates versatile design identity for new banking service Pocopay

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Date
25 February 2016

Estonian design agency AKU has designed a versatile brand identity for new banking app Pocopay. Aiming to revolutionise the way users handle their day-to-day finances, Pocopay’s fluid product, branding and communication design looks to reflect the business’ innovative approach.

Responding to the constantly evolving ways people access and manage their money, AKU has developed a mobile-first visual identity, website and app. The modular and aesthetically simplistic design elements draw focus to the concept’s user experience and bring calm and clarity to banking, an area commonly synonymous with overwhelming jargon.

Having integrated animation from motion design specialists Tolm and mobile UX-UI from Mobi Lab, AKU’s work for Pocopay is an example of how a considered and comprehensive approach to design for banking and finance, an area that so often sees products developed from an archaic perspective, can transform the efficiency of our everyday tasks.

A deep blue flag ripples against a black background. A large, white infinity symbol is printed across the centre.
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AKU: Pocopay

A purple infinity symbol centred on a plain black background.
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AKU: Pocopay

A purple and black graphic featuring a purple infinity symbol on a black background. To the right, the words “BUSD” and “Paxpay” appear in a subtle, tonal purple.
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AKU: Pocopay

Two versions of a purple app icon featuring a white infinity symbol. The left icon has a red notification badge with the number “8” and is set against a technical grid. The right icon is framed by circular and linear alignment guides.
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AKU: Pocopay

A split screen shows the Pocopay app icon on two different mobile interfaces. On the left, the purple icon with a white infinity symbol sits alongside Mail and Safari. On the right, the same icon appears on a red and orange abstract background.
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AKU: Pocopay

A branding mockup for “pocopay” featuring a white letterhead, a purple envelope, and a white business card. The logo appears in the top corner of each item in a simple purple typeface.
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AKU: Pocopay

A hand reaches up to touch a purple, organic-shaped button that reads “Pay”. A small, circular black-and-white portrait of a person floats just above the button.
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AKU: Pocopay

A 3D render of a smartphone displaying a payment app. A purple organic shape in the centre shows the amount “€860.80”, surrounded by circular portraits of three people.
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AKU: Pocopay

A laptop displays a website for a banking service called “pocopay”. The page features a light green background with the headline “Welcome to easy banking” and a large purple circle containing the word “Save”. A hand reaches into the frame to press a smaller purple button.
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AKU: Pocopay

A laptop screen displays a website for a payment service called “pocopay”. A hand reaches into the frame to drag a profile picture of a person across the page.
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AKU: Pocopay

A laptop displays a website for a service called “Poocopay”. The dark landing page reads “Your money is safe with us” above three purple icons and columns of text.
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AKU: Pocopay

Two abstract graphic compositions featuring bold colours and circular shapes. The left image shows purple circles over light blue and green panels, while the right image features a large, fluid purple form against red and blue backgrounds. Both include a small “poopay” logo.
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AKU: Pocopay

Two graphic compositions for “poopay”. The left shows purple wavy shapes over a white background and a split pink and green panel. The right features orange circles scattered across purple and grey backgrounds.
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AKU: Pocopay

Two graphic posters for “poopay”. The first features overlapping purple, orange and red organic shapes over a green base. The second shows a series of red and pink rectangles descending in a stepped pattern over a light blue base.
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AKU: Pocopay

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Milly Burroughs

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Milly Burroughs (@millyburroughs2.0) is a Berlin-based writer and editor specialising in art, design and architecture. Her work can be read in magazines such as AnOther, Dazed, TON, Lux, Elephant, Hypebeast and many more, as well as contributing to books on architecture and design from publishers Gestalten and DK. She is It’s Nice That’s Berlin correspondent.

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