My Brands

• Balam Technologies logo is inspired by the Mayan Ruins of Tikal and the mighty jaguar. The Mayan name of the jaguar is Balam. Mayans were scientists, astronomers, mathematicians, architects, and artists. They invented the zero before the westerners and used a vigesimal system base on the twenties. Mayans used the fingers and the toes to count, whereas the westerners only used the fingers, hence the decimal system.
• Kakaw Ventures logo is inspired by the Huipil’s colors, a typical blouse used by the Mayan women in Guatemala. Kakaw means Cocoa in their language; this fruit was used as money in the ancient world. Cocoa is the Mayans’gift to the world, and the Huipil is a wonderful piece of art. The women weave the fabric by hand, including patterns depicting important facts of their lives. This craft is passed on from mothers to daughters, and nowadays, this skill is getting lost due to modernization.
• Millennium logo is inspired by the Guatemalan’s national bird, the Quetzal. The Quetzal is green with a red breast and a long feathered tail. The Mayan nobility and priests used the feathers as precious garments in the ancient world. The hexagons represent the pieces that need to be together to get a good software product. An old legend speaks about the Quetzal descending on the dead body of Tecun Human, a national Mayan hero who fought against the Spaniards and was slain along a river. Since then, a bloodstain stands on the breast of this beautiful bird, which dies in captivity depicting Mayan people’s souls under the Spanish Conquistadores’ rule and today’s inequalities and poverty.

Logos’ designs by Gabriela Sao, a graphic artist, expert in everything visual