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Most skincare brands look like every other skincare brand.
Nuvéra needed a visual identity that felt natural and premium without leaning on the same tired minimalism, so we built a full brand identity system for a luxury skincare label.
Botanical crown logomark in forest green on a warm peach base, distinct enough to work at any size
4-color palette: forest green, warm taupe, dusty sage, and blush peach all pulled from natural earth tones
Product bottle mockup styled with raw stone and rock textures to ground the brand in nature.
3D stone-carved logo render with moss background for editorial and campaign use
Instagram post template with oversized serif typography and tagline: "Unveiling the Next Level of Skincare"
Looks credible on a shelf. Works on a phone screen. Holds up in a campaign.
Built for indie skincare founders, beauty startups, and cosmetic brands entering the premium or natural beauty market.
If your beauty brand needs an identity that actually looks the part, this is the kind of work we do.
Let's build something better.
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3 days of work. 1 minute of storytelling.
I just completed this spec ad for the Runway Big Pitch Challenge.
The goal was simple:
Create something that feels real, grounded, and memorable - without relying on heavy VFX.
Challenges:
• First time using Runway
• Finding the right product
• Building a story around a subtle moment
• Keeping performances natural
• Making AI feel cinematic, not artificial
Workflow:
ChatGPT - prompting
Flora AI - image generation
Runway - video generation
Photoshop - refinement
Premiere Pro - final edit
When everything feels unstable, some things shouldn’t fail.
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María Castañó Ceramica
Brand Identity System — Case Study
Services: Brand strategy · Visual identity · Brand book
Year: 2026
Category: Branding
The brief
María Castañó makes ceramic objects by hand — pieces that carry weight, texture, and the memory of the process that created them. Her work had found an audience, but her visual presence didn't reflect the intention behind the objects. There was a gap between the depth of her practice and how she was showing up: no consistent identity, no language to describe what made her work different from other ceramics studios.
She needed a brand that could hold that depth without flattening it.
The challenge
The ceramics market is crowded with a particular aesthetic — neutral tones, rustic textures, artisanal warmth. The risk was building a brand that looked like everything else in the category: beautiful, but generic.
María's work is not generic. Each piece is born from a personal decision. She doesn't replicate styles or follow trends — her process is a commitment, and the objects carry that responsibility. The brand needed to communicate exactly that: not craft as aesthetic, but craft as ethics.
The second challenge was tone. María doesn't sell urgency or impact. Her language is slow, material, honest. The brand had to speak that way too — no excess, no decoration that doesn't earn its place.
The approach
I started with the brand DNA: identifying the pillars that would protect the project's core objective regardless of where it showed up. Three emerged clearly:
Autoría consciente — Every piece is authored, not manufactured. The maker's presence is not incidental, it's the point.
Materialidad — The material is not a neutral medium. Clay has weight, memory, limits, and possibilities. The brand needed to respect that specificity.
Intimidad compartida — The relationship between maker and user is private and ongoing. These aren't decorative objects; they integrate into daily life with discretion and purpose.
From those pillars, the positioning took shape: Dar lugar a lo que merece permanecer — making space for what deserves to last.
The identity
The visual system was built around restraint. A color palette anchored in warm earth neutrals with a CMYK base (45 / 37 / 43 / 4) that reads as neither cold nor saturated — materials, not moods. Typography that favors weight and negative space over decorative detail.
The tone of voice follows the same logic: calm, attentive, unhurried. Language that doesn't chase immediate impact or excess words. It prefers clarity, a measured pace, and leaves room for the person to find their own reading.
Taglines developed for use across social, web, and product contexts:
Belleza que se habita
Lo sencillo permanece
Donde la materia guarda memoria
Formas que construyen hogar
Tiempo, forma y sentido — donde el objeto encuentra calma
Each one works independently. None of them shout.
The deliverable
A complete brand book covering identity DNA, brand pillars, positioning statement, tone and style guidelines, color system, and storytelling framework — built to function as a living document María can hand to collaborators, photographers, or stockists without losing control of how her brand is represented.
The result
A brand that finally matches the objects it represents. María now has the language and the visual system to communicate not just what she makes, but why it matters — and who it's for.
Interested in a brand identity system for your practice?
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