UAL Fundraising campaign

A campaign system where creative education doesn’t respond to the future, it builds it.

UAL Fundraising campaign

University of the Arts London is one of the world’s leading creative universities, preparing to launch its first-ever fundraising campaign.

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Overview

An identity to engage major donors at a new scale, showing what is at the core of UAL’s creative practice without losing institutional credibility.

The idea

The tension between precision and the unexpected.

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The creative process
Colour blocking

A rising colour block responds to contribution. It is responsive, precise and predictable. The closer the campaign gets to its goal, the higher the bar climbs, making collective impact legible in real time.

04 symbol
Glass

The shapeshifter. It breaks the grid, bringing the unexpected and exploring paradoxes. It refracts and integrates everything it touches: student work, images, text. The students shape the glass; the glass pushes the bar up.

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Kinetic typography

Typography increases or decreases in size, moves right or left. It is placed in different areas of the composition, following a flexible grid.

Colour palette

3 colours: off-white, black and neon lime. Neon lime was initially chosen for its link to trends in the luxury fashion industry; it is attention-grabbing, bold and vibrant.

Photography

Imagery spotlights student work. It is aspirational, transformational, active and provocative. Used in full colour or black and white.

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