Luigi Pagliaro is a junior Brand & Motion Designerrecently graduated from NABA, in Rome.

Ducklub

Brand & Motion

Ducklub came in with an already recognizable identity, and the brief was clear from the start: evolve the brand without distorting it. The goal wasn't to reinvent from scratch, but to strengthen and update the existing visual language while keeping its recognizability intact.

The core of the work was translating Ducklub's defining values into imagery: the night party dimension, the intimate and authentic energy of the house party, and sharing as the thread that holds the community together, a story of nightlife as a space for connection and belonging, not mere consumption.

A large part of the direction was defined by subtraction, pinning down exactly what Ducklub doesn't want to be: no soft-clubbing aesthetics, no commercial or reggaeton drift. The result had to stay true to a more refined, underground idea of clubbing, rooted in house culture and shared experience.

The project took shape as three complete brand identity proposals, all presented to the client. Each one pushes the same value system in a different visual direction, giving Ducklub three points along the same spectrum to choose from.

Project: Ducklub

Type: Brand & Motion

Branding & Motion: Luigi Pagliaro

Ducklub 1st proposal
Duck 2nd proposal
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