Art by Weight

Visual Identity · 2019 Brand Identity · Editorial Design · Art Direction · Graphic Research

An identity for a disruptive art gallery that treats artworks as mass-consumer products. The visual concept came from watching the meat industry: thermal labels and scale tickets to strip art of its exclusivity and present it in a visceral way.

Visual Identity: Art by Weight
The Creative Challenge

Demystifying Art

Stripping away the pretentious aesthetics of conventional galleries to adopt a raw, direct language.

Conceptual Unity

Finding a common element that would unite the name ‘La Carnicería’ with the real buying experience.

Thermal Label System
Editorial Packaging Concept
The Breakthrough

The Object Epiphany

The solution came from watching scale labels in a supermarket: an honest, functional visual system everyone recognises.

Visual Translation

Adapting monospaced type, barcodes and receipt grids to structure the gallery’s entire communication.

Art Direction: Disruptive Gallery
Results

Everyday Aesthetics

A brand that stands out for its simplicity and coherence. By using visual codes already present in the consumer’s mind, the identity feels authentic and reinforces the gallery’s disruptive positioning.

Directo Concept
Industrial Aesthetics
Brand Applications

DataStream

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