🎨 A character design project created for my school, developing a mascot that could represent the identity and personality of the institution in a fun and recognizable way.
✨ The project focused on character design, visual identity and creating a versatile mascot suitable for different applications and communication materials.
Carrying the books, camera and pencil on its shell gives the turtle a whole story in one glance. Did you test a one-colour version for small uses like a stamp or favicon? I'm curious how much of the shell detail survives there.
This is Mikuna. From WhatsApp chaos to a confirmed lesson.
Small language studios shouldn't have to manage every student through WhatsApp.
Mikuna started from a simple problem: a student wants to book a lesson, but the process quickly becomes a chain of messages about language, goals, tutors, availability, payment, changes and confirmations.
So I designed a system where the student handles the coordination themselves, while the tutor gets a ready-to-teach agenda.
The student can:
→ Choose a language and learning goal
→ Find the right tutor
→ Pick an available time
→ Purchase credits
→ Book the lesson
→ See their upcoming lessons and remaining credits
The tutor gets:
→ An organized agenda
→ Upcoming and past lessons
→ Relevant student context
→ One-click access to the lesson
Behind the interface, the system also handles tutor availability, booking conflicts, credits, payments and cancellation rules.
The idea was simple:
From managing conversations to managing lessons.
Mikuna was built for the Contra × Lovable Challenge, starting from an existing brand identity created at SUR Studio and reimagining it as a complete appointment-based product.