Kolad

Why this icon White-water rafting on the Kundalika, fed by the morning's dam release. Source: en.wikipedia.org

Zostel

The story

Rafting the Kundalika: a raft of paddlers in helmets and life jackets punches through a white standing wave, the traveller at the bow with the paddle raised, under the forested Sahyadri.

Why this picture

Kolad, in the Konkan below the Sahyadri, rafts the Kundalika: water released from the hydro dams upstream each morning makes a 14 km run of grade II–III rapids. Rafters wear helmets and life jackets and paddle together with a guide steering at the back; paddy fields line the banks, mango and teak stand on the forested hills under the escarpment, and kingfishers watch the river from its rocks.

The sky wears Khovar, from Hazaribagh, Jharkhand.

The motion

The paddles stroke; the river's lines run, row against row; spray bursts off the wave; birds cross the whole sky; a kingfisher on a rock bobs; a cloud drifts; the sun's rays turn. A 16-second loop.

Colour

Sky #9CDCF9

Lagoon #34C2D7

Ocean #0072BC

Kolad takes Lagoon #34C2D7, one of the three Waters colours — with its icon in Steel Grey on it.

Another moment in Kolad

A second scene: another true moment at Kolad, drawn in the graphic vocabulary with the animals and city symbols that belong there. Wide for screens, tall for a phone held upright.

The story

A May evening in a mango orchard on the Kundalika's bank: ripe Alphonso mangoes hang from a bough close by, a traveller stands on the bank with a mango in hand, a Malabar giant squirrel lies along a low limb of an orchard tree, and the riverside camp's tents stand by the calm river, a campfire lit, as the sun sets behind the Sahyadri.

Why this moment

Mango orchards line the Kundalika valley at Kolad, its chief fruit: this is Konkan Alphonso (hapus) country, and the fruit ripens in April and May. Zostel Kolad pitches tents by the river for riverside camping and stargazing, and the river runs calm in the evening once the morning's release has passed. The Indian giant squirrel lives in the valley's forests (Phansad).

The sky wears Gond scales, from Madhya Pradesh.

The motion

Birds fly home across the whole sky; the river's rows run; the setting sun's fan of rays breathes; the orchard trees and the near bough sway. A 16-second loop.

In the picture

Its files

wide: wide second scene, SVG wide second scene, Animated SVG wide second scene, PNG
tall: tall second scene, SVG tall second scene, Animated SVG tall second scene, PNG

Also in the kit's zip, in its own folder.

Kolad in symbols

Beside its icon, the things that are Kolad, drawn in the Brand Manual's city language: a monument in the city grey with its openings cut, the things of the place in flat landscape colours. Each comes in colour and in the city grey. Every place's symbols

Tamhini Ghat's fallsOf the place
Tamhini Ghat above the Kundalika valley: in the monsoon its stepped basalt escarpment turns green and streams pour off ledge after ledge in impromptu falls, under low dark cloud.
SVG Grey SVG PNG
MangoOf the place
Mango orchards line the Kundalika valley, its chief fruit; this is Konkan Alphonso country, the hapus that ripens golden with a blush of red across its top.
SVG Grey SVG PNG

Also drawn for Kolad 3

Detailed icons from the library that name Kolad among their places: one drawing, on the page of every place it belongs to. Every detailed icon

Say hello to Kolad's Zobus

Zobu in Kolad's own dress, on the palette. Hover or tap one and it waves. Each comes still and alive — idle, hello and hop — for stickers, stories and the app.

Every destination's Zobus →

Female
Still Idle Hello Hop Face Wave
Male
Still Idle Hello Hop Face Wave

Their faces, poses and moves 13

Kolad's Zobus from the rig: a face for a profile picture, a pose for a story, a move as a still; each opens its file. Every Zobu in motion

Faces 10

Show all 10

Poses 3

The animals of Kolad

Animals and birds the research behind Kolad's picture names, drawn in the Brand Manual's animal style, in colour and in the city grey. All the animals of India

White-throated kingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
SVG Grey SVG PNG
Malabar giant squirrelRatufa indica
SVG Grey SVG PNG

The kit

Everything Kolad needs: its profile, its cover, wide and tall, its icon, tile, display picture and lockup, its loop and the symbol becoming it, its second scene, its city symbols and its Zobus — every file ready to download.

44 files in one zip, the cover, its second scene, its symbols and its Zobus included

Profile

Kolad’s page as a story, 1080 × 1920: its cover, its tile, its name, its line and its verbs — for stories, status and a phone’s lock screen.

SVGOther formats

Cover, wide

1600 × 900, for screens: a page’s top, a slide, a share card. The still is the loop’s first frame. The animated SVG loops in 16 s; where it shouldn’t move, use the still.

SVG Animated SVG PNG

Cover, tall

900 × 1600, composed for a phone held upright: stories, reels, a lock screen. The animated SVG loops in 16 s; where it shouldn’t move, use the still.

SVG Animated SVG PNG

Tile

The icon in one colour on Kolad’s own — for a grid, a story, a sticker.

SVG PNG