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        "msgid": "designer-81st-indonesian-independence-day-logo-inspired-by-founding-fathers-perspective-1784130874",
        "date": "2026-07-15 22:18:09",
        "title": "Designer: 81st Indonesian Independence Day Logo Inspired by Founding Fathers' Perspective",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Politics",
        "summary": "The designer of the 81st Indonesian Independence Day logo, Fajar Novario, has revealed the creative process was inspired by the founding fathers' vision of unity in diversity. The design intentionally avoids overly specific meanings to allow for broad cultural interpretation, with the intersecting figure eight symbolising collectivity and mutual cooperation. Fajar's concept, titled 'Collective, Synergy, Growth', won a public vote with 44.73 percent of the ballots.",
        "content": "<p>The winner of the 81st Republic of Indonesia Independence Day logo\ndesign, Fajar Novario, has revealed that the design process was inspired\nby the perspective of the nation\u2019s founders in interpreting Indonesia\u2019s\ndiversity. \u2018We took the view of the founding fathers. We positioned\nourselves as the founding fathers of Indonesia in the past, when they\nformulated Pancasila,\u2019 Fajar said when contacted on Wednesday. Fajar\nexplained that he and his team initially tried to incorporate dozens of\nsymbols and visuals deemed representative of the theme \u2018Sovereign, Just,\nand Prosperous\u2019. \u2018We received quite harsh criticism from the\nassociation, because it was too ambitious and too much of a stretch, so\nto speak,\u2019 Fajar said. He then restarted the creative process and tried\nto adopt the perspective of the nation\u2019s founders when they formulated\nthe state ideology. Fajar subsequently drew inspiration from reading the\nthoughts of the founding fathers regarding shared destiny, unity, and\nlove for the homeland. \u2018We tried to make these three relevant to the\ncurrent design style and theme. From those three instruments, they\nformulated Pancasila,\u2019 said the graduate of the Visual Communication\nDesign department at Padang State University. However, this approach was\nnot manifested directly in the logo\u2019s visual form, but rather became a\nway of thinking in searching for a symbol capable of representing\nIndonesia\u2019s diversity. He ultimately chose to present a simple, firm\nvisual form that is open to various public interpretations. Fajar\nexplained that the intersecting figure eight in the logo symbolises\ncollectivity, mutual cooperation, and synergy between layers of society.\nMeanwhile, the connection between the figures eight and one illustrates\ngrowth towards a common goal. Fajar said he deliberately did not create\na logo with an overly specific meaning so that people from various\ncultural backgrounds could interpret it according to their own\nexperiences. \u2018Whatever the public interprets, the point is that it\nunites us,\u2019 he said. He added that the logo was also designed with\nreadability and ease of application in mind so it can be widely used\nacross various media. \u2018We made it as easy as possible for the public to\naccept, easy to see, and easy to apply,\u2019 he said. Fajar, originally from\nPadang, West Sumatra, who is also the co-founder of Auman Design Bureau\nand the initiator of Padang Desain Area, was selected as the winner of\nthe 81st Indonesian Independence Day logo after going through a series\nof selection stages, from portfolio curation and interviews to intensive\nmentoring and a public vote. Fajar\u2019s design received 44.73 percent of\nthe total 68,569 votes cast during the five-day voting period. Through\nhis logo design, Fajar promoted the concept of \u2018Collective, Synergy,\nGrowth\u2019. His design beat four other logo options, including a design by\nDavid Wirawan from Surakarta, Central Java, with the concept \u20188 Hopes, 1\nGoal\u2019, and a design by Kanda Putra from Denpasar, Bali, which promoted\nthe concept of \u2018Connected Humanity\u2019. Also shortlisted were a design by\nRizkiawan from Malang, East Java, which promoted the concept of\n\u2018Empowered, Equal, Synergised Together\u2019, and a design by Tiffany Djohan\nfrom Batam, Riau Islands, which promoted the concept of \u2018Democracy and\nIndependence\u2019.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/designer-81st-indonesian-independence-day-logo-inspired-by-founding-fathers-perspective-1784130874",
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