These appreciation tokens, crafted by RPI’s OCEC team, draw directly from RPI’s refreshed branding - taking the Bar and evolving its lines into circular forms that bring our values, identity, and culture of recognition together.
Each token represents one of RPI's 8 core values and can be used when giving a peer to peer recognition in the Awardco platform.
About the design!
Community
Overlapping circles represent Venn diagrams, where diverse perspectives, shared goals, and collaborative ideas intersect. This pattern celebrates the power of coming together as a welcoming, inclusive community.
Creativity
This pattern is a visual metaphor for the confluence of distinct disciplines and influences forming an energetic spectrum that sparks creativity.
Curiosity
Curiosity knows no bounds. This series of concentric rings radiate outward in all directions, symbolizing boundless exploration and discovery.
Distinctiveness
There is no place quite like RPI which is why we chose this design that spells our institution’s name in binary.
Excellence
The ruler bar represents our measure of excellence. This ruler-inspired pattern symbolizes how we measure ourselves against high standards.
Fortitude
Triangles form the foundation of trusses and other structural systems. Simple yet strong, they represent the resilience, persistence, and grit that carry us through challenges.
Impact
Inspired by engineering scales that have a far-reaching effect, these layered rings of patterns illustrate how something can begin as a small idea and develop into something transformative.
Partnership
Drawing from quantum computing visualization this pattern of interlocking lines, represents collaboration with colleagues, partners, and students.
