Art Director — Visual Communication & Brand Design

Concept first.
System always.

Form follows argument.

Practice

Brand identity, visual communication and art direction — from strategic concept through final execution across screen, space and brand touchpoints. Emmy and Cannes Lions award-winning broadcast background. Currently completing a Master's in Art Direction at LABASAD.

BasedBorås, Sweden
EducationLABASAD — Oct 2026
LanguagesES · EN · SV
StatusOpen to opportunities
Brand Identity & Systems08
Art Direction & Campaigns03
Editorial & Packaging02
Motion & Broadcast02
Brand & Identity — Selected Work 07 Projects
01 Arla Photography Direction 2026 +
ProjectPhotographic Treatment
ScopeArt Direction · Photography Direction · Cultural Identity
Year2026
ReferenceLars Tunbjörk (1962–2015)

A brand interpretation succeeds when it moves beyond what the brand sells to reveal what the brand means—the emotional and cultural space it occupies in collective memory.

Strategic Photography Direction

An authorial photographic interpretation of Arla—Sweden's most recognizable dairy brand and a cultural fixture woven into Nordic daily life. Rather than extending conventional product communication, the work asks: how might Swedish photographer Lars Tunbjörk reframe this institution? The project channels his sensibility—intimate, observational, and deeply rooted in Nordic identity—to explore what Arla means when seen through the lens of cultural belonging and domestic ritual.

The work abandons marketing logic in favor of narrative depth. Photography becomes a tool for interpreting identity: childhood memories, the material textures of Swedish domesticity, the unspoken rituals that anchor a culture. Each image operates as a conceptual study rather than a promotional asset, positioning the brand not as a product but as a symbol of continuity, trust, and the everyday practices that define a place and a people.

02 Camper Visual Metaphor / Brand Identity 2026 +
ProjectThinking with the Eyes
ScopeVisual Metaphor · Brand Personality · Lateral Thinking
Year2026
BrandCamper — Peu Form · Twins · Caramba

Visual metaphor works when form becomes argument. The person imagined by a shoe is not drawn—it is constructed through the spatial and chromatic choices that define how that shoe perceives the world.

Lateral Thinking Study

An exploration of brand personality through visual metaphor and lateral thinking. The exercise: stepping into the imagination of a brand object — a shoe — to imagine the kind of person it would create. Rather than rendering realistic portraiture, the work projects brand values through color, form, and composition. Each element becomes a signal: spatial relationships suggest personality, chromatic choices reveal sensibility, and abstract forms communicate the intangible qualities that define the brand's essence.

The methodology moves deliberately away from literalism. Where traditional brand work describes through representation, this project suggests through abstraction. The shoe becomes a character, and its imagined person emerges not from realistic detail but from the lateral relationships between visual elements—how they speak to courage, creativity, accessibility, and movement.

03 Nintendo Brand Strategy Research 2026 +
ProjectNext-Generation Formats
ScopeStrategic Positioning · Persona Development · Brand Research
Year2026
ApproachCultural Analysis · Emotional Mapping · Cross-generational Insight

Nintendo redefines what "better" means in entertainment. Not faster processors. Not hyperrealistic graphics. Better means accessible to everyone, memorable across lifetimes, and coherent in vision across decades.

Brand Research Study

Nintendo redefines what "better" means in entertainment. Not faster processors. Not hyperrealistic graphics. Better means accessible to everyone, memorable across lifetimes, and coherent in vision across decades.

A solution that emerges from a fundamental insight: children thrive when playing with friends in environments where they feel safe. Through interviews and behavioral research, we discovered that the home — a space of comfort and security — becomes the ideal threshold for exploration and shared adventure.

The concept: augmented reality glasses that transform living rooms into shared worlds. Friends appear as avatars in the same augmented space, enabling cooperative play and discovery without leaving the safety of home. The technology becomes invisible; what remains is the pure joy of playing together.

Rather than competing on processing power or graphical fidelity, this solution prioritizes emotional safety, social connection, and the freedom to experiment without judgment. It makes Nintendo's philosophy tangible: play as a shared, joyful human act.

04 Batalla Naval Typography & Identity 2026 +
ProjectTypographic Conceptualization
ScopeTypography Design · Visual Identity · Cultural Narrative
Year2026
OriginBatalla Naval de Vallecas — Madrid, 1982

Typography can argue. When each letterform carries historical resonance and spatial intention, the alphabet becomes political speech—not what is said, but how the saying itself is an act of collective imagination.

Typographic Study

A typographic identity for Madrid's Batalla Naval de Vallecas — a 40-year festival rooted in countercultural memory and collective political expression. The festival operates on three simultaneous registers: playful water chaos, utopian demand (reclaiming Vallecas as an imaginary port to the sea), and collective voice, channeled through the annual refrain "Mójate por..." ("Get wet for...").

The typographic solution draws on the visual language of maritime piracy and the Golden Age of 17th- and 18th-century navigation, while rejecting pastiche. The letterforms remain contemporary and legible, but each carries the narrative weight of oceanic history. Every design decision — letter anatomy, weight distribution, spacing, formal relationships — references the festival's imaginary geography and populist roots.

05 Mars Frequency Records Brand Identity System 2025 — Present +
ClientMars Frequency Records
DisciplineVisual Identity · Brand Guidelines · Editorial & Packaging Design
Year2025 — Ongoing
DeliverablesLogo System · Colour & Type · Vinyl Packaging · OBI Strips · Brand Manual

Sci-fi aesthetics. Space exploration. Japanese visual culture. A system that travels from digital to vinyl without losing its gravity.

Complete visual identity for an independent electronic music label — built from strategic concept through to full brand manual. The system covers logo design, colour architecture, typographic hierarchy and a graphic language drawn from sci-fi, space exploration and Japanese visual culture.

Physical applications include vinyl record covers, OBI strips and record labels, ensuring visual coherence from digital social touchpoints to physical product. A professional brand guidelines document codifies every application rule.

06 Fast Records Brand Identity & Communication 2024 — Present +
ClientFast Records
DisciplineVisual Identity · Social Media · Merchandise Design
Year2024 — Ongoing
StatusLive — Active Use

Underground electronic music. Analogue references. The graphic tension of an independent label that knows exactly what it is.

Ongoing visual identity for an underground electronic music collective. The system covers graphic identity, social media templates, merchandise design and a brand app concept — all rooted in the aesthetic of independent record culture and analogue formats.

A consistent visual language built to grow with the label — from Instagram formats to physical merchandise, the system holds its character at every scale.

07 Sorry Machines Brand Strategy & Art Direction 2025 +
ContextLABASAD — Applied Case Study
DisciplineBrand Strategy · Creative Direction · Visual Conceptualisation
Year2025
ScopeBriefing · Contrabriefing · Brand Territory · Creative Concept

Barcelona creativity and AI festival. The full Art Director workflow from brief diagnosis to creative direction — applied to a real client.

Brand Strategy Analysis

Complete brand strategy for a Barcelona-based creativity and AI festival. The project covers the full strategic workflow of an art director responding to a real client brief: briefing analysis, counter-brief development, competitive landscape mapping, consumer insight, brand territory definition, brand purpose, and creative conceptualization.

An applied case study that demonstrates how strategic thinking and visual execution are inseparable in effective art direction.

Broadcast & Motion — Selected Productions 02 Projects
01 PokerGO Platform Visual Identity · Motion System 2018 — 2024 +
ClientPokerGO — Poker Central
DisciplineVisual Identity · Motion Graphics · Streaming Platform Design
Period2018 — 2024
ToolsVentuz · Cinema 4D · Adobe Creative Suite · Blackmagic

A streaming platform visual identity built to hold across dozens of formats, sponsors and live show configurations simultaneously.

Complete visual identity system for the PokerGO streaming platform — from on-screen lower thirds and full-screen graphics to show opens and sponsor integration. The system had to scale across multiple simultaneous live productions without losing coherence.

Collaborated with producers, directors and technical crews across high-pressure live events, leading creative decisions from concept through to air. Maintained direct working relationships with major North American sports media clients.

02 World Series of Poker · CBS Sports / ESPN Broadcast Art Direction 2010 — 2024 +
ClientFinal Table Productions · Real Time Graphics
NetworksCBS Sports · ESPN · PokerGO
DisciplineArt Direction · Motion Graphics · Live Broadcast · Set Design
RecognitionEmmy Award-Winning Production · Cannes Lions

Live television. Millions of viewers. Decisions in real time. Visual systems that cannot fail.

Art directed and designed complete on-air visual identities for the World Series of Poker across CBS Sports and ESPN — including motion graphics, data-driven overlays, LED environments and physical set design. Productions reached millions of viewers live.

Developed real-time graphic systems integrating live tournament data, RFID technology and dynamic overlays. Designed immersive broadcast environments — LED video walls, virtual studios, interactive multi-monitor setups — creating coherent visual worlds across screen and physical space.

About

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Practice

Good design doesn't begin with a tool — it begins with a clear creative vision. I'm an Art Director and Visual Communication designer with a background in broadcast and a specialisation in brand identity, creative campaigns and visual storytelling.

My work spans the full creative arc: from concept and art direction to final execution across screen, space and brand touchpoints. I integrate AI-assisted creative workflows naturally into my process — using generative and production tools to accelerate ideation and elevate the quality of final outputs.

My broadcast background — including Emmy and Cannes Lions award-winning productions for ESPN, FOX Sports and CBS — has shaped a discipline few Art Directors bring to the table: the ability to design entire visual ecosystems under pressure and lead creative decisions across a team in real time.

Education

Master's in Art Direction for Communication — LABASAD, Barcelona. In progress, graduating October 2026.

Tools & Methods

Adobe Creative Suite · Ventuz · Cinema 4D · Unreal · Blackmagic Suite · AI-assisted workflows (Midjourney, Firefly, Stable Diffusion) · Brand strategy · Typographic systems

Contact

davisanchezdemingo@gmail.com

+46 0720 12 60 89

linkedin.com/davidsancheztv

CAPABILITY_01Brand Identity
CAPABILITY_02Art Direction
CAPABILITY_03Motion & Broadcast
CAPABILITY_04Brand Strategy

Let's work
together.

Available for art director roles, brand identity projects, and creative collaborations. Open to full-time, part-time, and freelance opportunities.

Response Time

24H — 48H

Current Status

Open to opportunities

Location

Borás, Sweden — Remote OK

Email
davisanchezdemingo@gmail.com

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