Musicators brand identity and user interface

The :|Musicators webapp is about using the existing digital devices in music teaching. Music teachers can create different exercises online to develop their students’ skills. I was asked to be the visual director and designer of the venture. Since it is mostly used in elementary and secondary schools, I chose classroom board green and chalk white as primary colours. The clear typeface adds a touch of modernity, forming a bridge between old and new techniques. Go and try to solve some musical puzzles, it's fun! 

Learn more at www.musicators.com

Poster design

For a lecture on transnational cultural studies I used a promotional photo of Baby Corney and added some vibration effect to resemble the resonance of entertertainment in different cities. Even the head of the department complimented the design and it was used again next semester in a different color mutation. 

The Wirth Institute for Austrian and Central European Studies (University of Alberta) had an idea to create a board game which would serve both as an educational tool and also a smart, pretty board game for everyone. After seeing my portfolio they commissioned me to design and develop it with them. Sadly, the project was later abandoned due to financial reasons. But we had a lot of fun! And even more sketches.

As for Varázsénekek, an evening with ancient magic chants, I tried to emphasise it's scientific background and to avoid esoteric stereotypes. Therefore, I designed a XVIIth century fake book cover mixed with known Latin and old Hungarian phrases. 

For the lecture on modernism I decided to play only with the text and simple shapes, just like avantgarde artists did. One can spot from afar the red dot and the exclamation mark, which contains the course description. Its unusual layout (for a university course) stays with the viewer for a long time.

Adventures! mobile application

The Kodály Academy of Music Singapore, the Musicators team and the National Arts Council of Singapore developed a mobile game for Singaporean students to learn and practice music. My idea was to introduce music literacy through a journey in the sky. As Art Director I spent lots of hours, designing and reviewing lots of details, shades, hues, UI and UX questions. The app is now in beta testing, we'll see what happens next!

National Library logo

The client brief:
‘The Hungarian National Library is Hungary’s largest library. As a repository of knowledge, it is an institution that preserves and transmits the traditional (paper-based) and modern (electronic) Hungarian cultural heritage. Our identity shall suggest that the Library respects tradition by being a modern, competitive library and research centre.’

My concept:
A unique symbol that merges the simplicity of the British Library, the multi-layered meaning of Bibliothèque nationale de France, and the national character of the Polish Biblioteka Narodowa.

It shall be elegant, but flexible and adaptive because it will appear in many different forms and contexts. My design combines two stylized book spines in national colours supported by the library’s name. Its keywords are stability, constancy, balance, and harmony. In its original form it suggests elegance, tranquillity and security; however, it can be easily dynamised using as a repeated shape.

Associations:
The logo is referencing traditional bookbinding in the late 18th century - as well as the founder, Ferenc Széchényi’s original book collection from the era. Its brick shape suggests different interpretations: protecting our national and written treasures which are the bricks of our culture. Building, as a metaphor could stand for the interdependence of sciences and the step-by-step process of gathering and extending our knowledge. As well as a reference to the role of the library in creating a Hungarian national identity.

Sadly, the competition was cancelled and the results (if there were any) are unknown.

Folklore Archives Webinars

I was commissioned to create an online identity for a Norway-based international research and digitising project. Logo, identity, posters and video editing. I was told to cut loose, so I kept clean texts, simple transitions but made the colours pop. They were so satisfied with my work that one of the organising institutions also commissioned a new logo. They had a very clear idea of a handwritten word 'Samla' - so I did it.

The new Vietnamese Petőfi book

The Embassy of Hungary in Hanoi commissioned me to design the new edition of Sándor Petőfi's selected poems. Fully representative, sparing on subtleties. So I chose the silhouette of his (some would say iconic) statue. If my high school Hungarian teacher could see me now...