POMUS

Brand identity and custom typography for the creative production studio Pomus. The identity is revolving around variable typography and energetic layouts inspired by movie card titles. 

Branding, Custom Logotype, Custom Typeface, Motion, Website

PARKER

Brand identity and 3D visuals for the financial products for e-commerce founders.

Branding, Logotype, 3D Visuals, Graphics

Done at Metalab

TERRAIN

Typeface design and font development for retail. Terrain takes hints from Goudy Old Style at lighter weights and adds somewhat Cooper Black flavor gradually until it gets the bold look. 

10 Styles

Available for licensing at Element Type

DISSRUP

Branding and digital platform design for the NFT marketplace Dissrup, executed in the founding designer role.

Branding, Custom Logotype, Website, Digital Product, Graphics

VAGON

Branding and creative direction for cloud computer service Vagon. Designed especially in creative professionals in mind.

Creative Direction, Branding, Custom Logotype, 3D Visuals, Website, Graphics

FASHION SYSTEM

Art direction and editorial design system for fashion business magazine Fashion System.

Art direction, Editorial, Custom Monogram

SHADES

Motion design for news curation app Shades.

Motion

Done at Metalab

NODE

Typeface design and font development for retail. Conceptualized as Microgramma on steroids, what began as an analogue medium, slowly embraced and optimised in the digital space, is now enhanced by its digital environment.

2 Styles

Available for licensing at Element Type

METAVEST

Branding and 3D motion for blockchain finance app Metavest. I teamed up with Metavest internal design and product teams to create a visual system that reflects the innovative nature of the company and the mobile product.

Creative Direction, Branding, 3D Visuals, Website, Graphics

KOZA 2020

Campaign for 28th edition of the longest running fashion design award.

Typography, Graphics, Motion

GONZZZALO

Website design and development for visual artist Gonzalo Miranda. Awwwards Honorable Mention.

Website, Art Direction

PERGUSA

Packaging and branding for medical cosmetics brand Pergusa. A series of patterns to divide five different product lines throughout the packaging. 

Branding, Packaging, Art Direction, Photography Set Design

INTERN

Typeface design and font development for retail. Intern is a linear geometric sans serif family, a curious combination of simple shapes with a raw character. Co-designed with İbrahim Kaçtıoğlu.

30 Styles

Available for licensing at Element Type

SEPTEMBER

Branding for fashion communication agency September.

Branding, Graphics, Website

FIDELLE

Branding for jewelry brand Fidelle. Built around a simple premise: "Jewelry for life’s every moment. Inspired by the everyday woman."

Branding, Packaging, Art Direction

HOST GROTESK

Typeface design and font development for retail. Host Grotesk, an innovative uniwidth sans-serif typeface tailored for modern user interfaces, ensures uniform letter width and spacing across its five weights and corresponding italics, aiming seamless adaptability without compromising layout consistency.

10 Styles

Available for download at Element Type

GRAMIE

Branding, campaign and 3D visuals for musical artists platform Gramie. 

Branding, 3D Visuals, Graphics

TROIA FESTIVAL

Poster design for 54th edition of Troia International Culture and Arts Festival.

Graphics

CONTEMPORARY ISTANBUL

Identity for leading contemporary arts fair in Europe and Asia, Contemporary Istanbul.

Identity, Campaign, Editorial, Motion, Spatial

Done at Monroe

ROLANTI

Typeface design and font development for retail. Rolanti is a display typeface family designed for impact and technical feel.

5 Styles

Available for licensing at Element Type

DEVELOPMENT

A short film about labor.

Direction, Animation, Character Design, Post Production

Doğukan Karapınar is a designer working at the intersections of creative disciplines, with an emphasis on conceptual thinking and meticulous application. With a background in graphic and type design, he blends design fundamentals into the digital medium and emerging technologies.

He aims to reintroduce the utmost attention to detail drawn from the craftsmanship of early modernism into contemporary design products, whether they are interfaces, typography, motion, or still imagery.

His discovery of design was initiated by customizing plastic toys and modding video games. This resulted in a creative method rooted in play and experimentation. He continues to develop side projects to tinker with ideas, have fun with new tricks and look around in culture.

LINKS

Sömestr Studio
Element Type

Services

Creative Direction, Graphic Design, Type Design, Visual Identity/Branding, 3D Visuals, Motion, Website Design and Development

CONTACT

Contact information for freelance and collaboration inquiries:

hi@doughkan.com