Nothing To Lose
Company
Distrinando S.A.
Kappa Argentina
Services
Creative Direction
Key Visuals
Brand and Visual Identity
Retail Aplication
E-Commerce
Adds
Merch
Photo Retouching
Brief
Kappa is an international brand with a long history but diverse adaptations around the world. The challenge was to create a brand identity with a strong presence but limited resources, integrating global materials with local production.
Visual Identity System
The development of Kappa Argentina's identity started from a constraint: with limited budget for photographic production, the visual construction had to be sustained by design itself. The work began with research into the brand's historical archive and its behavior across different markets, in order to identify which resources could build a local identity without losing its sense of belonging to Kappa as a global brand.
From that process came a defining decision: the square as a constitutive element — generating textures, masks, and a marked grid that brings a minimalist, modern character —, Helvetica (the brand's typeface) adjusted to create different moods, and red 255 as a constant alongside black and white. On this simple foundation, specific campaigns were developed, along with key visuals for agencies, animations, and executions across retail, e-commerce, and merchandising.
The result is a system limited in its resources but flexible in its application, able to move across both branding pieces and performance-driven formats, sustaining brand coherence in both registers.
CREDITS
Creative Direction
Martin Staric
Strategy & Copy
Magali Devoto
Project Manager
María Sol Nadjian
Senior Marketing Manager
Pablo Carnelli
Account Director
Magali Devoto
Content Manager
Magali Devoto
Design
Martin Staric
Designers
Martin Staric, Olivia Lareu
Motion Design
Martin Staric
Photo Retoucher
Martin Staric
Paid Media Manager
Maria Sol Nadjian
Retail implementation by Almacén and Visual Ilusion