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Opern.news - Logo Design

Aleksandar Coric

Logo Designer

Graphic Designer

Vocalist

Brand Designer

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe After Effects

Client: opern.news

Year: 2022

Scope: Logo Design

Industry: Media & Publishing

Designing a logo for Opern.news came with an interesting challenge:

How do you create a contemporary identity for a platform built around an art form with

centuries of history?

Based in Vienna, Austria, OPERN∙NEWS is a German language non-profit media outlet whose mission is to provide high-quality professional journalism while offering support services that brings awareness to the positive image of the opera art form’s impact on the greater global community.

Opera carries a strong visual and cultural heritage: grand theaters, classical architecture, tradition and ceremony. Opern.news, on the other hand, is a modern digital medium focused on news, communication and what is happening in the opera world today.

I wanted the logo to exist somewhere between those two worlds.

The starting point came from the architecture of the theater itself. Looking at opera houses and classical amphitheaters from above, I became interested in the relationship between the stage and the rows of seats surrounding it. By simplifying that structure, a very recognizable geometric form started to emerge.

But there was another reading hidden in the same shape. The repeated lines also resemble broadcast waves, a simple reference to news, communication and the distribution of information. That overlap became the central idea of the identity.

A symbol rooted in the architecture and tradition of opera, but expressed through a visual language that belongs to the present.

For me, the project was ultimately about finding that balance: respecting the history behind the subject without creating something that feels historical.

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Posted Oct 16, 2026

Designing a logo for Opern.news came with an interesting challenge: how do you create a contemporary identity for a platform built around an art form with centuries of history? Opera carries a strong visual and cultural heritage: grand theaters, classical architecture, tradition and ceremony. Opern.news, on the other hand, is a modern digital medium focused on news, communication and what is happening in the opera world today. I wanted the logo to exist somewhere between those two worlds. The starting point came from the architecture of the theater itself. Looking at opera houses and classical amphitheaters from above, I became interested in the relationship between the stage and the rows of seats surrounding it. By simplifying that structure, a very recognizable geometric form started to emerge. But there was another reading hidden in the same shape. The repeated lines also resemble broadcast waves, a simple reference to news, communication, and the distribution of information.

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