CLOSENEXT not exist
(2024)
Visual Identity
Photos by Paul Düstersiek, Luca Finkl, Marvin Krullmann
Typeface by Jacob Wise, Wise Type
3D Animation by Bureau Bizarre Visual Identity for not exist association, a DJ collective based in Bielefeld. The group promotes youth culture, subculture, and music through events, exhibitions, workshops, and a music label. Inspired by the myth “Bielefeld doesn’t exist,” the name reflects the collective’s playful, critical, and experimental spirit.

The design includes a refined color concept, a new typeface, and a custom logo that interprets the collective’s name both visually and conceptually. The word not forms the outer frame, while exist appears only as a masked, transparent space within, present and readable, yet not materially existent.

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