{"id":63423,"date":"2026-05-12T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/designcompass.org\/?post_type=archive&#038;p=63423"},"modified":"2026-05-12T07:54:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T22:54:24","slug":"kolbi","status":"publish","type":"archive","link":"https:\/\/designcompass.org\/en\/archive\/kolbi\/","title":{"rendered":"K\u00f6lbi, a young and lively frog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Costa Rican telecommunications brand K\u00f6lbi has revamped its brand image for the first time in 15 years. K\u00f6lbi is a telecommunications service brand introduced by ICE in 2009. Since then, it has established itself as a familiar brand to Costa Ricans, and through this rebranding, it has transformed into a younger and more dynamic image.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The core of this project lies not in discarding existing brand assets, but in refining them into a more user-friendly form. A new brand-exclusive typeface, K\u00f6lbi Sans, has been developed. Based on Hans Thiessen&#039;s Rethink Sans, this font has been adjusted to suit the character of K\u00f6lbi. Befitting a telecommunications brand, it is characterized by a design that ensures readability and a stable appearance across various digital touchpoints.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The most noticeable change is the brand character, the frog. The small frog that has symbolized K\u00f6lbi has been redesigned with a simpler and friendlier face. While the previous version was closer to a static icon, the new version has expanded into a character with smiling, winking, and surprised expressions. Produced in both 2D and 3D versions, it can be utilized more actively in digital content and motion graphics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"1080\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1920 \/ 1080;\" width=\"1920\" autoplay controls loop muted src=\"https:\/\/designcompass.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/kolbi-12.mp4\" playsinline><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"379\" src=\"https:\/\/designcompass.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/kolbi-11-1024x379.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-63425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/designcompass.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/kolbi-11-1024x379.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/designcompass.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/kolbi-11-300x111.jpg 300w, https:\/\/designcompass.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/kolbi-11-768x284.jpg 768w, https:\/\/designcompass.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/kolbi-11-1536x568.jpg 1536w, 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