(01) Independent creative studio

Brand · Art Direction · Digital · Motion

Lisbon / Berlin — Est. 2016

We make

Model in a red outfit against a clear blue sky

Brands hard

(an independent studio for brand identity, art direction and digital experiences)

(an independent studio for brand identity, art direction and digital experiences)

Figure in a wide-sleeved black jacket

to ignore.

NOFORM is an independent art-direction and design studio. We build brand identities, campaigns and digital experiences for people who would rather be remembered than liked.

NOFORM is an independent art-direction and design studio. We build brand identities, campaigns and digital experiences for people who would rather be remembered than liked.

● Booking projects for Q1 2027

Explore selected work

  • Brand Identity

    Brand Identity

    Brand Identity

  • Art Direction

    Art Direction

    Art Direction

  • Digital Experiences

    Digital Experiences

    Digital Experiences

  • Campaign & Motion

    Campaign & Motion

    Campaign & Motion

  • Packaging

    Packaging

    Packaging

  • Type Systems

    Type Systems

    Type Systems

(02) — Selected work

Selected
work ’24–’26

A handful of recent projects across identity, art direction, digital and motion. Every one of them started with a poster and an uncomfortable question.

06 projects — 4 disciplines — 0 templates

01

Bottled silence.

A Nordic spring water rebuilt around one idea: the quiet before the first sip. A reductive identity, a wordmark carved from the bottle’s own curve, and packaging that lets the water do the talking.

Halden Springs

Identity & Packaging

Clear glass bottle with red lid

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Brand Identity

2026

Halden

02

02

Made slow, shot slower.

Made slow, shot slower.

Art direction and campaign photography for a collective of eleven ceramicists. We turned the studio’s patience into a visual language — long shadows, raw linen and objects allowed to breathe.

Art direction and campaign photography for a collective of eleven ceramicists. We turned the studio’s patience into a visual language — long shadows, raw linen and objects allowed to breathe.

Kiln Assembly

Campaign & Photography

Two white vases with red flowers in them

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02

Art Direction

2025

Kiln Assembly

Group of people in front of stage

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03

Campaign & Motion

2025

Low Tide

Person in colorful outfit holding glasses to mouth

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04

Art Direction

2025

Maison Vaire

Landscape photography of gray concrete building

05

Fieldwork

Concrete, but make it scroll.

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Three brown and white bottles

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06

Brand Identity

2024

Plume

06

Soft science.

Identity and packaging for a clinical skincare start-up that refused to look clinical. Warm minerals, tactile stock and a typographic voice that explains instead of shouts.

Plume Skin

Identity & Packaging

Want the long version? Every project, every year.

Want the long version? Every project, every year.

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(03) — Manifesto

Read it slowly. Then read it loud.

We don’t do safe. We build brands with a pulse — one sharp idea, art-directed to the last pixel and made to be remembered.

We don’t do safe. We build brands with a pulse — one sharp idea, art-directed to the last pixel and made to be remembered.

We don’t do safe. We build brands with a pulse — one sharp idea, art-directed to the last pixel and made to be remembered.

10

Years independent

120+

Brands launched

14

Industry awards

02

Studios — Lisbon & Berlin

Twelve designers, art directors and motion people. No account managers, no hand-offs — the people you meet are the people who make the work.

Twelve designers, art directors and motion people. No account managers, no hand-offs — the people you meet are the people who make the work.

Meet the studio

(04) — Services

What we
do best

Four disciplines, one studio. Most projects use two or three at once — that’s where it gets interesting. Hover a row to peek inside.

Four disciplines, one studio. Most projects use two or three at once — that’s where it gets interesting. Hover a row to peek inside.

01

Brand Identity

Names, marks and systems with a point of view. We build identities that hold their shape from a business card to a billboard.

Strategy · Naming · Logo systems · Guidelines

Brand identity system flat lay — business cards, notebook, stickers and tee

01

Brand Identity

Names, marks and systems with a point of view. We build identities that hold their shape from a business card to a billboard.

Strategy · Naming · Logo systems · Guidelines

02

Art Direction

Campaigns, shoots and visual worlds. We cast, light and compose images that feel authored, not assembled.

Campaigns · Photography · Casting · Set design

Art-directed photo studio set with a magenta backdrop and softbox lighting

02

Art Direction

Campaigns, shoots and visual worlds. We cast, light and compose images that feel authored, not assembled.

Campaigns · Photography · Casting · Set design

03

Digital Experiences

Websites and products that move with intent. Editorial layouts, honest interactions and performance you can feel.

Websites · Product design · Prototyping · Framer

Designer reviewing website layouts on a desktop screen

03

Digital Experiences

Websites and products that move with intent. Editorial layouts, honest interactions and performance you can feel.

Websites · Product design · Prototyping · Framer

04

Campaign & Motion

Launches, loops and moving identities. Motion systems designed to work across screens, stages and fog machines.

Launch campaigns · Motion systems · Social · OOH

City billboards at night with motion-blurred light trails

04

Campaign & Motion

Launches, loops and moving identities. Motion systems designed to work across screens, stages and fog machines.

Launch campaigns · Motion systems · Social · OOH

(05) — Process

From first question
to last pixel

Four steps, no mystery. Every project moves through the same staircase — the timeline flexes, the order never does.

Four steps, no mystery. Every project moves through the same staircase — the timeline flexes, the order never does.

01

Discover

We dig before we draw. Interviews, audits and a lot of uncomfortable questions until we find the one true thing worth saying.

Week 1–2

02

Concept

Three directions, pinned to the wall as posters. We argue, cut and sharpen until one idea is impossible to ignore.

Week 3–4

03

Design

The chosen idea becomes a system — type, colour, image, motion and voice — tested in the real world, not just on slides.

Week 5–9

04

Deliver

Files, guidelines, launch assets and a handover your team can actually use. Then we stick around for the launch.

Week 10+

(06) — Journal

Studio
notes

Read all notes

Process

A series of graphic posters with text and geometric patterns on a wall

Every brand we make starts as a poster

5 min read

Studio Notes

White printer paper

A field guide to ugly first drafts

4 min read

Typography

Closeup photo of cutout decors

Type we can’t stop using this season

6 min read

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