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CANKAT OGUZ
SENIOR ART DIRECTOR
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COGUZ: MADE BY CANKAT. LOOKS LIKE A STUDIO.
RUN BY ONE. DISGUISED AS MANY.

WORKS

DESIGN WITHOUT EMOTIONAL DAMAGE IS JUST DECORATION.

A selected collection of works; from branding designs to music videos, websites to wedding invitations… Maybe it was sketched on a napkin during a late-night-techno brainstorm or thought up while sipping coffee at the local coffee shop.

PIXIU AGENCY

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Re-Branding of a new era.

Re-branding of Pixiu, a creative advertising agency. “We made the complex so simple, then explained why it took so long.”

BRANDING, IDENTITY READ CASE STORY

CORNETTO VALENTINES

Love may melt
but Cornetto stay cool!

A collaboration between Dinahmoe and Pixiu Agency and with dinahmic.ai; I created some shorts for Valentine’s Day for Cornetto – turned out the most successful Valentine’s Day campaign of the brand so far.

GENERATIVE AI – VIDEO VIEW

DINAHMIC.AI

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This is the APE you’ve
been looking for.

Branding Design, Platform UI, UX Design for dinamhic.ai The custom AI solutions for the creative industry.

And some readings about “Why do AI company logos look like b*ttholes?”

BRANDING – USER INTERFACE – UX

ICE CREAM EXTREME

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The most extreme brand
that I’ve ever designed.

I promised myself I would never try to impress vegan people again. But the idea was worth breaking that one; creating deviant hand-crafted ice-creams for millennials, hipsters, rebels, contrarians, trolls, and people with broken hearts.

Discover Ice Cream Extreme; the most extreme brand that I’ve ever designed.

BRANDING – WEB – CREATIVE DIRECTION READ CASE STORY

GREYMATTER

Control the narrative.

Branding design for Greymatter; an influencer marketing agency.

BRANDING, IDENTITY VIEW PROJECT

KAIDAN (RENGOKU LEGENDS)

A fantasy world where Cosmic Horror meets sengoku period Japan…

Kaidan Universe is where Cosmic Horror meets Sengoku-period Japan, a mesmerizing fantasy world created by Connor Sheehan and Drasko V.

Creative & Art Direction, Branding Design, Website and other interactive works…

BRANDING – CREATIVE DIRECTION – INTERACTIVE – WEB READ CASE STORY

BOHEMIAN RHAPSOD.AI

…at one point, I found myself singing “Mama mia, let me go” during a team meeting.

An interactive choir of 16 AI-generated “Freddie Mercury”, animated with voice-to-video in celebration of Bohemian Rhapsody’s innovative legacy. Because why not?

INTERACTIVE – GENERATIVE AI – WEB – DESIGN – ART DIRECTION READ CASE STORY

TONECRAFT

Transforming silence into unappreciated effort…

Design of Tonecraft; an innovative music creation game developed by Dinahmoe, where players can build soundscapes, much like constructing a musical composition with some Minecraft blocks.

INTERACTIVE – GAME VIEW PROJECT

FORMULA 1 ISTANBUL GP

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Designing the Trophy;
Injected speed, style, and a dash of Turkish flair…

As a die-hard F1 fan myself (no), I injected speed, style, and a dash of Turkish flair into every detail, ensuring that fans and racers alike had a blast.

Behind the scenes of designing the trophy and swag for the Istanbul Grand Prix…

TROPHY – MERCHANDISE – DESIGN READ CASE STORY

THE NEW PLINK!

Worst Beetles cover ever…

Re-design and branding for the new Plink; the famous multiplayer music experience by Dinahmoe, still played by a great fan crowd and declared as a part of internet history.

INTERACTIVE – GAME DESIGN – WEB – DESIGN – ART DIRECTION – BRANDING, IDENTITY VIEW PROJECT

DINAHMOE

We build digital things…

As the Senior Art Director at Dinahmoe, we’ve tackled countless challenges with Johan. Late-night brainstorming sessions fueled by too much coffee and a few impromptu dance-offs to shake off the creative blocks resulted in a new branding, a new design system, a fresh website, and some touches here and there.

BRANDING, IDENTITY – WEB – CREATIVE DIRECTION READ CASE STORY

CANKATOGUZ.COM V1

Once, I burned my art diploma
in an art gallery in front of the art professors.
…and they called it performance art.

cankatoguz.com represents my second take to the concept of personal websites after the first (and now ancient) version of coguz.com. All designed and developed by me; it’s a personal stance aganist the websites without a soul; earned me my first individual FWA award; with tears and memories in every pixel.

DESIGN – WEB – DEVELOPMENT – PERSONAL READ CASE STORY

SYNTHETICA

An immersive interactive exploration of identity’s complexity.

An immersive interactive exploration of identity’s complexity. Based on the interactive audio + touch art installation by Drasko V. and Function Store.

INTERACTIVE – DESIGN – WEB – INSTALLATION VIEW PROJECT

BOOKTIMO.COM

“Aren’t we all on a quest to find our true identity?”

Design of “The Lonely Creative” – the interactive keynote speech by Finland’s Speaker Of The Year Honorary Award winner Timo Kiuru.

INTERACTIVE – WEB VIEW PROJECT

LOCCA VALUE

Prove yourself to yourself.

Branding design & system for Locca Value; a handcrafted shoe brand…

BRANDING, IDENTITY – CREATIVE DIRECTION VIEW PROJECT

JOHAN BELIN

If something feels complicated…

Designing the personal website and the carpet of Johan Belin. Creative Director & Strategist and founder of Dinahmoe; the real digital pioneer.

WEB – ART DIRECTION – DESIGN

FULLY LOADED

The future is actually pretty awesome.

The world’s first AI generated mini-series. (Probably) Branding, Title Designs, Trailer and some more stuff…

BRANDING, IDENTITY – ART DIRECTION – WEB – DESIGN – PRODUCTION
VIEW PROJECT

WONDERFUL WORLD BY GREGG

I see trees of green, red roses too…

“Wonderful World by Gregg” is a music video for Gregg, the main character of Fully Loaded.

VIDEO – ANIMATION – DESIGNVIEW PROJECT

WE UNIVERSE

The new path to mindfulness.

WE; the new path to mindfullness, family of apps that are built on three pillars; musical, personal and connected… Branding, motion designs, mobile app concepts and more…

BRANDING, IDENTITY – CREATIVE DIRECTION – MOBILE – DESIGN – WEB – ANIMATION
READ CASE STORY

SWEDISH IDOL

The Interactive VIP Backstage
for the Swedish IDOL.

A scalable streaming media platform design, the interactive backstage for IDOL Sweden.

INTERACTIVE – DESIGN

500K

The largest hand-drawn
piece of art on the planet.

500K… Branding design, web and interactive production of one of the largest collections of digital art on the planet. It’s made of 500,000 individual drawings created over 20 years by hundreds of thousands of internet users.

BRANDING, IDENTITY – WEB – INTERACTIVE – PRODUCTION READ CASE STORY

HERE

What are you HERE for?

HERE is a social responsibility project by Ethan & Tim Kring – branding design, web design and some motion works.

BRANDING, IDENTITY

KUVOKA

A logo that dropped harder than the bass at 4 a.m.

A mark for Kuvoka, post-modern electronic music producer/performer known with his dynamic sound and driving performances.

BRANDING, IDENTITY READ CASE STORY

SANTA THE WISHMAKER

Have you been naughty or nice?

Santa the Wishmaker, my long-time favorite. To celebrate the new year with Dinahmoe; design and interactive production – and even copywriting…

INTERACTIVE – WEB – DESIGN – CREATIVE DIRECTION

PERDUE DJ

The most amazing fried chicken DJ mixer you’ve ever seen.

The Perdue Fried Chicken DJ is an interactive musical app created in celebration of National Fried Chicken Day. Design, illustrations, animations and some code-based animation. No chickens were harmed while doing this, not sure about the celebrations.

INTERACTIVE – WEB – DESIGNVIEW PROJECT

THE WHEEL OF MISFORTUNE

Can it get worse?

Have you ever told a joke and no one laughed? Even tried to explain the joke and ended up more depressed?
Discover “The Wheel of Misfortune” -where we tried to joke on the world’s end.

INTERACTIVE – WEB – DESIGN – CREATIVE DIRECTION – INTERACTIVE PRODUCTION
READ CASE STORY

BARNAS BY

Branding a Child-Centric Urban Experience…

Branding design & interactive production for Barnas By – a children’s city in Kristiansand Norway.

BRANDING, IDENTITY – ART DIRECTION – INTERACTIVEVIEW PROJECT

ART OF TIME

Witness the time unfold.

Branding and interactive works for Art of Time; a continuously living art piece by using real-time and historic Santa Monica data, original art and music…

BRANDING, IDENTITY – ART DIRECTION – WEBVIEW PROJECT

ZYRONE DYNAMICS

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Spread your wings…

Branding design for Zyrone Dynamics; a company in the UAV and defence industry.

BRANDING, IDENTITY

ZEPP – LULLABY GENERATOR

Your personal lullaby.

The Lullaby Generator; for an enhanced night’s rest, that creates lullabies based on your sleep patterns. Design, animations, personalized videos and stuff…

WEB – INTERACTIVE – DESIGN – ART DIRECTION

HOLLYWOOD BOWL

First 100 years NFTs.

An NFT collection for Hollywood Bowl, First 100 years…

WEB – DESIGN – BLOCKCHAIN – ART DIRECTION

THINGFISH

Hlebing embitious brands.

Thingfish is a sub-brand of Dinahmoe, branding concept – my work in a different name for different markets.

BRANDING, IDENTITY – WEB

PULSECRAFT

Pure electronic fire.

Logo design for an electronic music label.

BRANDING, IDENTITY

WINGBOOT

An Identity for Visual Journeys…

Wingboot; a company creates game-like journeys that translates the actual feeling of the brands into digital adventures. Identity design & system and various design needs…

BRANDING, IDENTITY – WEB – ART DIRECTION

UBIQUE STUDIO

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Dedicated to creating one billion touchpoints…

Identity of Ubique; a creative studio by Christopher Sandberg, dedicated to originating and managing premium IP with the capacity to reach a billion touchpoints, establishing long-lasting global phenomena.

BRANDING, IDENTITY

RENGOKU LEGENDS – CUSTOMIZED MINTING

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A customized NFT experience.

Design of the customized NFT minting experience of Rengoku Legends (Kaidan) – broke a new ground in the NFT space by allowing users to personalize their assets.

INTERACTIVE – BLOCKCHAIN – ART DIRECTION – DESIGN

VISIONS OF KAIDAN

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The digital art gallery of Rengoku Legends.

Design and Art Direction of the Visions of Kaidan. A collection of amazing art and sound which brings artists’ perceptions of the Rengoku Legends to life.

INTERACTIVE – WEB – BLOCKCHAIN – ART DIRECTION – DESIGN

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