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Mohamed Bakuly

Selected work

FLARE

Brand identity and art direction for FLARE — a visual system built to hold a distinct presence.

Role
Brand designer
Services
Brand identity · Art direction
FLARE visual placeholder — project photography forthcoming

The challenge

Context

FLARE needed an identity with heat and control — a brand that could be recognised without becoming loud for its own sake.

My role

Contribution

Brand designer.

How I approached it

Approach

Art direction led the system: a clear visual attitude first, then the applications that would test whether that attitude could hold.

Building the visual system

Design

The identity was built as a set of decisions — type, colour, composition — that could move across brand surfaces without being reinvented each time.

FLARE visual placeholder — project photography forthcoming

From screen to reality

Execution

Applications were used to prove the system: the brand had to work in use, not only as a mark on a page.

What I learned

Reflection

Art direction is the difference between a logo and a brand people can feel.

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