I am so proud to reveal the branding for Kvarken Film Hub, an Interreg Aurora funded project, that focuses on uniting the film industries across the Kvarken strait and beyond.
Kvarken Film Hub is one of the more wide-reaching branding projects I’ve done, both in my own creative challenge, and how large the scope of it all was. And the challenge? To design a visual identity that captures the energy of the joint co-operative nature of the project. This project isn’t just about a logo; it’s about building a digital and physical representation where creators, producers, and talent can thrive together.
As always, when I start working on a project, I try to gather keywords and associations I get from the name and its purpose. So it goes like “Water.. Map.. Nordic.. Ocean.. Waves..” and so on. And from this I started doodling on symbols and trying out different combinations with letters, icons, doodles and everything I can use. So here we landed on a very ‘deep’ icon, with lots of subliminal messaging, and I love those. In the icon we have the waves from the sea, they can also be seen as the Kvarken moraines for instance. Furthermore, if looking at a map, the Ostrobothnia and Västerbotten regions form a ‘K’ beside each other. Most importantly the waves in the icon form a letter ‘K’ for Kvarken.
The people behind Kvarken Film Hub are some incredible creative people that have done amazing work to promote living film in the region. And I am sure this project will come to very good use for creators in the industry. The importance of a culture, where people create and thrive in film, can not be understated and is now needed more than ever.
*Kvarken Film Hub is an Interreg Aurora funded project with main partner Novia and co-partners Film i Västerbotten, Region Västerbotten , Kvarkenrådet and the Regional Council of Lapland.