Elio Varga
Creative Director
Born & Raised
Lisbon, PT
Born & Raised
Lisbon, PT
Based in Lisbon, creative director Elio Varga builds brand identities that feel quiet at first and stay for years. With an eye for craft and a taste for light, he gives labels, studios and cultural houses a voice that holds in print, on screen and in motion.
Based in Lisbon, creative director Elio Varga builds brand identities that feel quiet at first and stay for years. With an eye for craft and a taste for light, he gives labels, studios and cultural houses a voice that holds in print, on screen and in motion.
Based in Lisbon, creative director Elio Varga builds brand identities that feel quiet at first and stay for years. With an eye for craft and a taste for light, he gives labels, studios and cultural houses a voice that holds in print, on screen and in motion.
(Skills)
Strategy
Positioning and naming that give a brand one clear thing to say, built from research with the people who will buy it.
(01)
Strategy
Positioning and naming that give a brand one clear thing to say, built from research with the people who will buy it.
(01)
Identity
Marks, type and colour systems drawn to work as hard on a shopping bag as on a phone.
(02)
Identity
Marks, type and colour systems drawn to work as hard on a shopping bag as on a phone.
(02)
Art direction
Campaigns and shoots led from the first mood board to the last retouch, with photographers chosen for the brief.
(03)
Art direction
Campaigns and shoots led from the first mood board to the last retouch, with photographers chosen for the brief.
(03)
Digital
Websites and launch films where the motion carries the brand, designed with the engineers who build them.
(04)
Digital
Websites and launch films where the motion carries the brand, designed with the engineers who build them.
(04)
(Experience)
2023 to now
Studio Halden
Creative Director
Lisbon
2023 to now
Studio Halden
Creative Director
Lisbon
2019 to 2023
Northfold
Design Lead
Copenhagen
2019 to 2023
Northfold
Design Lead
Copenhagen
2016 to 2019
Atelier Moss
Senior Designer
Paris
2016 to 2019
Atelier Moss
Senior Designer
Paris
2014 to 2016
Independent
Designer
Lisbon
2014 to 2016
Independent
Designer
Lisbon
Work
(06)
Work
(06)
Work
(06)
Awards
Awards
Awards
(Recognition)
2024
Northern Light Awards
Gold, Brand Identity
Echoes
2024
Northern Light Awards
Gold, Brand Identity
Echoes
2024
Index Design Annual
Selected work
Solar Bloom
2024
Index Design Annual
Selected work
Solar Bloom
2023
Forma Prize
Packaging, shortlist
Orange Hour
2023
Forma Prize
Packaging, shortlist
Orange Hour
2022
Lisbon Type Biennale
Best in show
Drift
2022
Lisbon Type Biennale
Best in show
Drift
2021
Northern Light Awards
Silver, Campaign
Afterglow
2021
Northern Light Awards
Silver, Campaign
Afterglow
(Journal)
