The Beauty Between Them

A deformed couple facing each other Wenceslaus Hollar, after Leonardo da Vinci, 1645 Etching, second state of two The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object 17.50.18-209.

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/360761

Wenceslaus Hollar's 1645 etching, after Leonardo da Vinci, depicts two figures facing one another with deliberately exaggerated facial features. The work explores a striking encounter through distortion, expression, and close observation.

The Beauty Between Them asks a simple question: What if beauty exists in the eyes of the person looking at you?

Inspired by Hollar's A deformed couple facing each other, I kept the figures' distinctive features rather than correcting or beautifying them. Instead, I transformed the world around their encounter. Their shared gaze becomes the source of warmth, tenderness, and beauty, as though the way they see each other changes reality itself.

I wanted the work to challenge the idea that beauty is an objective quality, and instead explore it as something created through recognition, affection, and perception.

Love in air😇😇

Design Direction Poll

Two color treatments for the Moss logo same geometric icon, same bold wordmark, same stacked lockup. One decision changes the entire brand temperature.

🖤 Version 01 All black. The icon and wordmark read as one unified mark no hierarchy between symbol and type. It's serious, versatile, and disappears into any context. Works on light backgrounds, merch, docs, favicons. This version says infrastructure the kind of brand that doesn't need color to be recognized.

🟣 Version 02 Purple icon, black wordmark. The color separates the symbol from the type the icon becomes a standalone asset with its own identity. It's more ownable, more digital-native, and more memorable at a glance. This version says product the kind of brand that wants to be spotted in a feed.

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