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[03]Clothing · Concept· 2022

WaveWear

A speculative apparel identity built around climate responsive clothing: garments that adapt to temperature through biomaterials and adaptive microfibres. WaveWear understands the climate.

WaveWear looping motion study
Client
WaveWear concept
Industry
Speculative apparel
Year
2022
Services
Concept · Identity · Art direction
Role
Concept and Brand Design

[01]Overview

About the project.

An identity for apparel that reacts to temperature — speculative, but grounded in a clear visual logic.

A self-directed concept from 2022, built end to end over roughly a month. WaveWear imagines garments that adapt to temperature through biomaterials and adaptive microfibres, so the identity had to make an invisible material property feel real.

I built everything around one wave motif, taken from the microfibre structure itself and then reused as pattern, packaging print, icon system and campaign field. I designed the mark and the pattern system, the pouch-and-hangtag packaging, the stationery, and an OOH campaign that argues the material case in biological linework rather than product photography.

01Temperature reactive garment
02Phototropic biofiber concept
03Product, packaging and campaign system
01 / Material behaviour

A fabric system that responds.

This is a speculative textile concept, shown through product, material and brand language.

Fabric state
  • Closed structure
  • More coverage
  • Heat retention
Cold Hot
02 / Product world

Designed as something wearable.

WaveWear black shirt worn by a model
Black technical variant
WaveWear folded seafoam shirt with aqua wave tag
Seafoam — the main direction
WaveWear black shirt flat catalogue view
Catalogue view — logo placement
WaveWear folded seafoam shirt with WaveWear tag and knit texture
Folded detail — tag and knit
03 / Identity system

A mark with motion.

02

Colour palette

Deep Ocean#005377Logo, headlines, campaign typography
Vitalidad Marina#2A9D8FAccent, icons, active system elements
Brisa Marina#ACE2E1Garment tone, soft backgrounds
Arena Cálida#E9D8A6Warm neutral, packaging, subtle contrast
Neutro Puro#EEEEEEBackgrounds, spacing, clean surfaces

Deep Ocean anchors it; seafoam and light open it up.

03

Typography

Aa Display type · headlines Body type and hierarchy

Clarity and softness, without going clinical.

04

Product labels and icons

BreathableAdaptiveWashableMade in EuropeMaterial focused

Icons turn the material story into quick cues.

04 / Packaging & print

The pattern does the heavy lifting.

The black WaveWear shirt folded inside a translucent frosted pouch, the wordmark and tagline printed above a seafoam cell pattern that fills the lower half
Pouch — packaging and storage bag
A soft seafoam fabric pouch printed edge to edge with the cell pattern, a small woven label at the lower right carrying the wordmark and three care icons
Woven label — care icons
WaveWear hangtag front and back: the logo on the seafoam cell pattern, and an icon set for day-to-night wear, machine washable, made in Europe, thermal regulation, biodegradable materials and breathable fabric
Six claims, two seconds
WaveWear envelope printed edge to edge in the seafoam cell pattern with the return address in deep teal
The pattern, full bleed
WaveWear stationery suite: brandbook cover, letterhead, envelope, compliment card and business cards, all carrying the seafoam cell pattern
One pattern, one blue, everywhere
05 / Art direction

A world for the brand.

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