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Wave Nine is a surf-inspired lifestyle brand — apparel, accessories, and goods. The brand is built on a real ocean concept: the ninth wave in every set carries the most energy. Surfers wait for it. We built a brand around that idea. The target market is surfers, beach culture, and anyone who lives with that mindset.
The brand needs to look like it belongs next to Quiksilver and Billabong on a surf shop rack. Late 80s energy, built to last 20 years 🔥🏂
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The visual direction combines a restrained palette, confident typography and metallic packaging details to create something that feels clean and elevated, while still carrying enough personality to be recognisable.
Rather than treating the logo, packaging and supporting graphics as separate pieces, the identity was designed as one system. Repetition, scale and typography become part of the brand language, allowing it to stay consistent across both product and communication.
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MARKS & FORMS — 2026
A curated collection of logos and marks exploring identity through form, concept, and visual precision.
MARKS & FORMS returns with its 2026 edition, continuing an ongoing exploration of logo design, visual identity, and the many ways a simple mark can communicate an idea.
This volume brings together a new selection of logos developed throughout the year, ranging from commissioned identities to independent explorations. Each mark represents a different approach to form, typography, symbolism, and reduction, while sharing a common pursuit: creating identities that are distinctive, intentional, and built to last.
Rather than following a single visual style, MARKS & FORMS celebrates the diversity of logo design. Monograms, custom lettering, abstract symbols, geometric constructions, and expressive marks coexist within the same collection, revealing how different visual languages can emerge from the same fundamental discipline.
Every logo begins with an idea. Through refinement, proportion, balance, and thoughtful reduction, that idea becomes a recognizable form. The process is not about adding more, but about discovering what is essential and giving it enough strength to stand on its own.
The 2026 edition reflects another chapter in that process — a growing archive of marks shaped by different challenges, industries, concepts, and creative directions. Together, they document an evolving approach to identity design and a continued commitment to creating work with clarity, character, and purpose.
MARKS & FORMS is an ongoing study of the relationship between form and meaning. Each edition captures a moment in that journey, preserving selected marks not simply as finished logos, but as records of experimentation, refinement, and creative growth.
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2026© - Enmanuel Jimenez V. — Jv® Studio. All rights reserved.
Turning it into a yearly edition instead of a one-off drop is smart, it gives people a reason to come back each year. Looking across the marks in this volume, is there a theme or constraint that ties this year's batch together, or were they picked more on individual merit?
