Norwegian BioArt Arena

Visual identity and illustration for art
Sketches showing a back cover in black and pink with organic shapes, a cover with an image of an open book with many seeds sprouting, a title "thinking through matter" in a black background and the logo for Norwegian Bioart Arena.

Sketches for a poster and brochure for Norwegian BioArt Arena (NOBA). The image in the middle is from the visual artist Marta de Menezes – In the beginning there was the Word (↪︎ source here). The image on the right is from the artist Hege Tapio – Human oil, a live performance with NOBA (↪︎ source here).

Norwegian BioArt Arena combines art, research-based knowledge, critical thinking and new technology with the aim of stimulating increased awareness of our living environment, biology, and sustainability. NOBA is the first permanent arena for BioArt in Norway. BioArt combines science and art with a focus on sustainable development, the environment, and life sciences.

I had the privilege of designing NOBA's visual identity and applying it to various platforms, such as social media, posters, and flyers. I also created subidentities for NOBA's symposiums and art exhibitions.

Logo for NOBA in black.

Visual identity

The visual identity I created for NOBA is inspired by the idea of change and transformation. These are both characteristics of BioArt works, often using living material, organisms, and natural processes.

It has an organic feel and reflects the deep connection between art and nature. The visual identity shows the interaction, the intertwining between scientific and artistic communities.

Sketches for posters for NOBA, with bright colours and organic shapes.

Sketches of posters with and without photos

Sketches for posters for NOBA, with bright colours and organic, abstract shapes.

Sketches of posters

Sketches for NOBA's website and SoMe.

Sketches of the homepage and social media

Sketches for tote bags for NOBA.

Sketches of tote bags

SoMe promoting a bioartist and NOBA, with a green background and organic shapes in white and green being the name of the artist in white.

Social Media implementation promoting bio-artists

SoMe promoting a bioartist and NOBA, with a green background and organic shapes in pink and green being the name of the artist in white.
SoMe promoting a bioartist and NOBA, with an orange background and organic shapes in orange and green being the name of the artist in white.

Food Phreaks!

An exhibition at NOBA

Logo for Food Phreaks! in red with letters that look like shaking and inclining to the right.
Posts and banner for SoMe promoting Food Phreaks!

Posts and banners for SoMe promoting Food Phreaks!

Poster for Food Phreaks! exhibition and exhibition view with a young women listening and seeing a video with headphones. Many books are on display in a light purple room and table.

Poster and exhibition view.

A photograph of the exhibition entrance, with the logo on a grey way, and an interior space in light purple and red, with a table with sides in waves.

Exhibition view. Photographs by ↪︎Joe Urrutia

I carried out my work for NOBA while employed at Vitenparken Campus Ås. I collaborated with Annike Flo (project leader) when designing the visual identity of NOBA. For the exhibition Food Phreaks!, I  collaborated, amongst others, with artists from the Center for Genomic Gastronomy and Elina Gobeti, marketing consultant at Vitenparken Campus Ås.

Learn more about NOBA ↪︎ noba.art

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