Day 4 of 60-days-collecting-awesome-motion-design-references
I am gathering cool references for my own work as a Motion Designer, and this one caught my eye today.
I love the way that this one mixes typography, video, photos, and shapes. It does a great job with the mixed media style, and the transitions flow super nicely. The VO and sound design are also great; it guides you through the video and keeps you focused on it.
This was done by the team at Fern for Mezo.
Nocturne is a self-initiated fragrance house I built from the ground up, treated with the same process I'd bring to any client: strategy first, then design.
The brief was familiar: a fragrance inspired by the city after dark. Most fragrance branding solves that with common approaches such as moonlight, mystery, or gold foil details. I wanted to solve it with something more specific: what does after dark actually look like in an urban environment? Concrete, streetlight, wet pavement, the quiet stretch between one train and the next.
That question shaped everything downstream. An archetype chosen deliberately against category convention, Creator and Explorer rather than the more expected Lover or Magician. A material-first approach to the bottle and packaging. Sandblasted glass, a textured concrete-like cap, no gold, no ornament. And a running checklist I held every decision against throughout the project.
The case study covers the strategy behind Nocturne, not just the finished system: positioning, personality, the reasoning behind each material and typography choice, and how those decisions translated into the bottle, packaging, and campaign work.
I'd love to hear what you think, especially if you enjoy seeing the thinking behind a visual identity as much as the final result.
Everyone wants their brand to look "premium" but almost nobody can define what that actually means.
In crowded industries like digital marketing, premium is the absence of noise. Every unnecessary element is removed until what's left earns trust on sight and can be immediately recognized.
Designing Nyxora meant understanding that trade-off and building for legacy.
The identity needed to feel current enough to compete with the top agencies out there, but grounded enough that a client would hand over a real budget without hesitation.
The result is an identity built on purpose, one designed to earn trust before it earns attention.
Case study: https://rb.gy/hy6hs1