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Dilmun
Journeys

Three directions, all built from the one asset the current logo throws away — the name itself. Dilmun is Bahrain's own ancient civilisation. No other travel agency in the Kingdom is using that language.

Where the current mark falls down

Nothing personal about the designer — these are structural problems, and they cost money every time the logo gets used.

The plane and swoosh

The single most-used device in travel branding. It makes the agency look like every other agency instead of like itself.

Three lines of text

Name, legal suffix and tagline stacked together. At WhatsApp profile size or on a stamp, none of it reads.

W.L.L inside the mark

A legal suffix belongs on the invoice, not in the logo. It dates the mark and adds nothing.

The D and J collide

The J's tail cuts through the D. The monogram reads as a shape, not as initials.

Foundations, kept

Navy and gold was the right instinct — it reads premium across the GCC. We're keeping the palette and rebuilding everything above it.

Dilmun Navy
Seal Gold
Bronze
Limestone
Display — Marcellus
DILMUN
Support — Jost
JOURNEYS · TRAVEL & TOURS

Marcellus is cut from Roman inscriptional capitals — carved letterforms, which is exactly what a 4,000-year-old trading civilisation should sound like.

01

The Seal

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Dilmun's traders sealed their cargo with small round stamp seals — the artifact Bahrain is known for archaeologically. The mark is that seal: a route carved across a disc, with the three grooves that appear on the back of every genuine one.

Primary lockup
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Scale test
72 px
40 px
24 px — favicon
Why it worksA circle is the most forgiving shape there is — profile pictures, stamps, embroidery, app icons, car decals. It never needs redrawing.
OwnableThe three grooves are a real detail from real Dilmun seals. No competitor can copy it without copying the story.
Watch forCircular marks need a strong wordmark beside them, so the type has to stay disciplined.
02

Tree of Life

Bahrain's Shajarat-al-Hayat — a single tree surviving alone in the desert, the country's most recognised landmark after the fort. Drawn as branches that also read as routes leaving a single point.

Primary lockup
DILMUN
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Reversed
DILMUN
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Why it worksInstantly Bahraini. For inbound tourists and corporate clients in the Kingdom it lands before a word is read.
OwnableThe branches ending in points turn a landmark into a route map — growth and travel in one drawing.
Watch forFine lines. Below about 32 px a thicker variant is needed, so this direction ships with two weights.
03

Horizon

The Dilmun burial mounds — the low rounded silhouette that defines Bahrain's inland landscape — with a single arc leaving the frame. Departure, without a single aeroplane.

Primary lockup
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Reversed
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Why it worksThe most modern of the three. Sits comfortably on a website header, a boarding-pass style voucher, or an Instagram grid.
OwnableMounds and an arc, nothing else. It is quiet enough that the name has to carry the brand — which is the point.
Watch forWide horizontal shape. Needs a separate stacked version for square formats.