Branding by Stereo

CANJA Audio Culture / TBWA\Chiat\Day LA + Design by Disruption (DXD)
CREARCHIVE Score
29.5
CANJA Audio CultureBranding by Stereo2025
BrandCANJA Audio Culture
AgencyTBWA\Chiat\Day LA + Design by Disruption (DXD)
Award ShowClio Music
CategoryDesign
Year2025
CountriesUnited States, Brazil
Description

Branding by Stereo” is a complete visual identity system built through design thinking — but instead of following traditional branding rules, we let sound dictate the brand’s behavior. At its core, this project reimagines how a brand identity can exist: not as a static logo or fixed guidelines, but as a living, reactive design system shaped by external inputs (in this case, music). Every visual element — typography, motion, composition — adapts based on sound properties like bass, treble, and tempo. This pushes branding into a new, behavior-driven space. It’s not just aesthetic—it’s systematic, modular, and deeply tied to communication through design.

Awards
  • • Clio Music — Design Craft / Graphic Design — Gold
  • • Clio Music — Design - Rebrand — Finalist
Credits
cityLos Angeles
MusicFilipe Lopes (Canja Audio)
PartnerMarcio Bueno (Fuze Image), Daniel Klock (Fuze Image)
entrantTBWA\CHIAT\DAY
DesignerLuciano Smythe (TBWA\Chiat\Day Los Angeles)
ProducerDaniella Tomio (TBWA\Chiat\Day Los Angeles)
IllustratorEduardo Rosa (Rosa Studios)
Music/SoundCanja Audio Culture
Sr. DesignerVictor Rosa (TBWA\Chiat\Day Los Angeles), Felipe Canalli (TBWA\Chiat\Day Los Angeles)
Agency NetworkTBWA
Design CompanyDesign by Disruption (DXD)
Account ManagerNessa Mafra (Canja Audio)
Design DirectorThiago Matsunaga (TBWA\CHIAT\DAY Los Angeles), Alechandre Tauchman (TBWA\Chiat\Day Los Angeles)
Holding CompanyOmnicom
Motion DesignerPedro Gebara (Fuze Image)
Music DirectionEduardo Karas (Canja Audio), Filipe Resende (Canja Audio)
Project ManagerAna Flor (Canja Audio)
Audio ProductionErica Silva (Canja Audio), Fabi Lugli (Canja Audio), Suellen Alves (Canja Audio)
Music SupervisorBruno Vieira (Canja Audio)
Design SupervisorGabriel Menezes (TBWA\Chiat\Day Los Angeles)
Production StudioFuze Image
Advertising AgencyTBWA\Chiat\Day Los Angeles
Production CompanyRosa Studios
Design Business LeadMonica Gelbecke (TBWA\CHIAT\DAY Los Angeles)
Group Design DirectorLindsei Barros (TBWA\Chiat\Day Los Angeles)
Global Chief Design OfficerBruno Regalo (TBWA Worldwide)
Associate Design Production DirectorAlessandra Horn (TBWA\Chiat\Day Los Angeles)
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