A person reaches for apples on a fruit shelf.

Corporate design for Highdream, manufacturer of automatic weighing and dosing systems

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Since 2004, Highdream has offered its customers comprehensive solutions – from product development and manufacturing through to customer service. The computer-controlled multihead weighers, metal detectors, checkweighers and dosing scales can be integrated seamlessly into existing weighing and packaging systems. They ensure precise weighing, exact bag filling, efficient packaging as well as reliable weight control and metal detection.

Type that carries weight

Highdream's visual language begins with typography. Its reduced, matter-of-fact formal language is reminiscent of industrial systems – clearly structured, functional and without decorative detours. Through repeated use, a pattern emerges that recalls objects being continuously placed on a scale. This repetition becomes a design element: it creates rhythm, order and a sense of control. Different font weights within the system symbolically stand for the variable weight of fruit and vegetables – a visual metaphor that can be read intuitively. In this way, typography is not just a carrier of information, but an expression of system and technical precision.

Details of the typography are presented in a video.
Three posters / covers with the visual language stand in front of a wall.
An Instagram post on an iPhone.

System in detail

In the analogue world too, every medium carries Highdream's identity. The business stationery follows a clear design line: restrained, technical and high-quality. The folder – rectangular, geometrically precise – reflects the order of the system in its form. Covers pick up the typographic system and ballpoint pens the tactile quality of the products.

The pictorial mark – derived from the pointer of a scale – is reduced to its geometric essence in the logo and thus becomes a concise brand symbol.

Image of the folder with covering letter and a business card.
Illustration of the complimentary card with a ballpoint pen, a note pad and a notebook.
Front and back of the business cards.
Slightly unrolled packing tape with the white logo on a blue background.
Video sequence of the logo being built up.

Digital interface, analogue clarity

Clear lines, neutral colour fields and a technical typeface create a user interface that not only fits the brand world visually, but is also intuitive to use. Form always follows function: no unnecessary gimmicks, but a design focused on efficiency and precision.

Image of controls and a contact form.

Packaging that carries brand values

The packaging, too, was rethought from scratch – functional, well thought out and with strong recognition value. From the shipping box and precisely fitting inlays and filling material to the product box, every detail is matched to product type, volume and brand presence. The result is a packaging concept that not only protects but also conveys – the products as well as the brand's standards.

Packaging with large-format typography and a piece of salmon.
Infographic showing several layers of packaging around the product.

Quality in focus

The brochures are more than just information media – they are sales tools. Developed for trade fairs and client meetings, they put the product uncompromisingly at the centre. Large, calm detail shots show the precision of the workmanship, while clearly structured tables present the technical data in an understandable and accessible way.

Opened brochure with a turned page.
Overview of several brochure inside pages.

Room for precision

At the heart of the trade fair presence was to be a large-scale application of the typographic language – a visual weight that works even from a distance. Hanging scales were to be cleverly showcased to create closeness to the application. Small giveaways such as typographically designed beer mats provided charming accents, conveying the new brand identity with a wink – subtle, but memorable.

Detail shot of the logo on the trade fair wall.
Rendering of the trade fair stand concept.
Beer mat, visitor pass and a person holding a bag.
Ceiling baffle with the Highdream and HDM logo.
Back of a T-shirt with the Highdream and HDM logo.
For all general topics and enquiries, please feel free to contact Christian Malling.

We look forward to a no-obligation initial conversation with you

Christian Malling
Senior Project Manager