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When inspiration meets identity. 🖤
From Marilyn Monroe’s iconic pose to the visual language of Qemiss what started as an inspiration evolved into a symbol, a brand, and ultimately, a culture.
A salute to timeless confidence, bold expression, and the art of turning inspiration into identity.
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Another rejected concept for Forecast AI — a budgeting app that predicts your future spending habits rather than just tracking your past ones.
This brand concept was based around a crystal ball leaning into the more magical and mysterious side of predictability and AI.
Rejected concepts are always the more interesting share, they show the road not taken. The crystal ball angle for predictability is such a clever metaphor. What actually got this one cut, too whimsical for a fintech client, or did the chosen direction just test better?