Lava

Works with Rules

Their own site is set in Untitled Sans

Cases

• ArtEZ School For The Arts
• Identity Expansion for ArtEZ School for the Arts
• Exploration, Brochures, Education

• Beijing Design Week
• Mobile Design Experiment for Beijing Design Week
• Mobile, Vehicle

• Beijing Design Week
• Area-Based Identity for Beijing Design Week
• Area, Shape, Edition, Conference

• Black Pencil
• Brand Identity and Motion Design for Black Pencil
• Music

• Cinemien
• Visual Identity for an Arthouse Film Distributor
• Cinema, Hand

Key people

Designers and creative leads attributed to Lava in press coverage.

News & interviews

• The Edit: five projects including Lava’s vibrantly ‘smeared’ identity for Dutch festival Smeerboel

  The Brand Identity · Apr 10, 2024

  The Brand Identity’s April 2024 edition of 'The Edit' spotlights five global design projects, including Lava’s dynamic identity for Dutch festival Smeerboel, Studio VEH’s gemstone-inspired rebrand for Lena Schleweis, and Universal Favourite’s fintech rebrand for x15ventures. It also features LG2’s vibrant festival identity for Les Francos de Montréal and Riptype Foundry’s new typeface, Office Regular. The roundup highlights trends in interactive tools, geometric typography, and expressive colour systems.

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• Industry and organics: Lava’s wind-swept brand for Nudus reflects its partnership with nature

  The Brand Identity · Oct 6, 2023

  Lava created a generative, wind-inspired brand identity for Amsterdam-based architecture firm Nudus. The identity uses a responsive wordmark and a color palette derived from the firm’s natural surroundings, reflecting its partnership with nature. The project combines digital innovation with organic inspiration, anchored by Blaze Type’s Rules typeface.

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Clients