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what is the difference between creative director, art director, creative startegist, branding strategist?
Roughly: strategists decide what the brand should say and why, directors decide how it looks and sounds saying it. Art director owns the craft of one execution, creative director owns the idea across all of them; brand strategist sits at positioning level, creative strategist...
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More visuals from the rejected brand direction I shared earlier.
Really good to see this direction resonating with so many of you. It was one of our favourite explorations to build, from the narrative behind it to the visual world that brought it to life.
Great work doesn’t always make the final cut, and sometimes the reason has little to do with the quality of the direction.
Curious why this one was rejected? I’ve shared the story in the first comment✨
Nazariya Living is a premium carpet and home décor brand shaped by craftsmanship, culture and the stories objects carry into our homes.
This direction brought that idea to life through a seal-inspired logo, archival textures, unexpected colours and editorial typography, creating...
Brand identity design for Adventum Fitness, a fitness and personal development brand built around physical performance, mental fitness, and personal growth.
The challenge was to create a visual identity that could bring strength, movement, discipline, and personal development together without falling into the usual fitness branding clichés.
The identity was developed as a cohesive visual system across logo design, typography, color, graphic elements, and supporting brand assets, giving Adventum a distinctive and consistent presence across digital and marketing applications.
Full case study available on my Contra profile.
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RAVENSCAR RACING — Independent Motorsport Brand Concept
A visual identity exploration built around performance, precision, and a cleaner future.
The concept develops a complete visual world for a modern racing brand, from the race car and driver identity to team environment, digital presence, merchandise and supporting brand assets.
The goal was to create a distinctive, cohesive motorsport identity that combines racing energy with a contemporary, performance-driven visual language.
Concept by Elza Schwibinger Concepts
Mainz, Germany
I turn ideas into identities.
The system feels cohesive from the car graphics through the digital touchpoints—the red accents and tight black palette carry performance without becoming noisy. The supporting asset spread also makes the identity feel genuinely usable, not just a logo exercise.