HYPE&HYPER Magazine covers, typography, illustration
HYPE&HYPER Magazine from 2021 to 2023, NO.1. to NO.7. issue Art Direction: kissmiklos (Miklós Kiss) Logo Design: kissmiklos (Miklós Kiss) Layout Design & Graphic Design: kissmiklos (Miklós Kiss) & Júlia Bethlen Typography: kissmiklos (Miklós Kiss) Cover design & illustration: kissmiklos (Miklós Kiss) Type…
Type Beast 2.0
I love typography. I love letters. I love to make ligatures and find connections between letters. These are not logos, but sometimes they can be. Sometimes this kind of typography is not readable. Sometimes they look like abstract artworks. Sometimes they look like choreography. I love to watch them move, I love their…
I love typography
Cukovy rebranding
CUKOVY is a fashion brand established in 2014. The brand asked me for a rebranding design. I dreamed of a strong, clean, but playful, unique identity. I put a hint of humor into the whole look, for example with the care instruction presented with emojis. Web:: cukovy.com
Chloé typeface
This font is also the result of my play with letters. I made a Las Vegas custom type when I was on an American trip. I back to this type again and again for a long time and I liked the letters so much so I developed them into a full font. I called it Chloé after my cat. She is elegant, playful but sometimes behaves un…
Veronesi typeface
Veronesi Typeface I designed an Easter typo with unique, self made letters. I fell in love with the letters and I started creating the full typeface. Veronesi inspired by Roman Trajan letters, and inscriptions carved into old stones, tombs and mon- uments. This typeface is perfect for headlines, titles, logos, typos a…
Bossette
Bossette is a new Los Angeles based youthful and feminime, affordable and accessible beauty brand. Bossette's target market is 18-30 year old females. The client’s request was for me to design a logo that, when seen by Millennials and Generation Z girls, would immediately get their attention in social media. I cre…
Masqué typeface
Masqué Typeface This typeface is inspired by the marvelous and historical Didot font. Masqué is a hairline typeface, so works best in bigger sizes, useful for headlines, titles, or shorter texts. You find many alternates to several letters. Designed by kissmiklos, 2020 Language Support: Basic Latin West-European Centr…
Harper's Bazaar rebranding concept
Harper's Bazaar is an American monthly women's fashion magazine, based in New York City, first published on November 2, 1867. When I was studying at the Academy of Fine Arts, I found some very old Harper’s Bazaars in the library. I really liked flipping through them. Sitting in a hotel room in 2019, I started…
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Human Nature rebranding
HUMAN NATURE is a bi-coastal PR and marketing agency with offices in New York, Sacramento and Los Angeles. They harness the power of creativity and innovative thinking to transform today’s cannabis, CBD and plant medicine brands into tomorrow’s icons of industry. They needed a new logo which is distinct, memorable, ti…
LUUX
LUUX is a Swiss company founded by two women, which helps to build luxury brands, mainly focusing on perfumes. The double U means VALERIA & VIRGINIA (U = V in latin). 'LUX' means 'light' in latin, that's why I designed a sun symbol as the part of the logo. I wanted to make a shiny and warm feel…
Type Beast
Type Beast I love typography. I love letters. I love to make ligatures and find connections between letters. These are not logos, but sometimes they can be. Sometimes this kind of typography is not readable. Sometimes they look like abstract artworks. Sometimes they look like choreography. I love to watch them move, I…
Kaposvar City Branding
I started to work on the branding project of Kaposvár in 2016. Kaposvár is a city in the southwestern part of Hungary with a population of 64 thousand. The most difficult task was to determine what city branding really means. This was the most challenging part. What I definitely knew was, that I did not just want to c…
Cat bar and dance club
CAT is a bar and dance club downtown Budapest. Firstly, we collected lots of funny memes, colourful illustrations, cool gifs, sketches and other pics about cats. After sorting and rethinking the pictures I redesigned and redrew the selected images. The design objective was to create an eclectic, appealing and cool int…
New York Magazine rebranding concept
New York Magazine is an American biweekly magazine concerned with life, culture, politics, and style generally, and with a particular emphasis on New York City. Founded by Milton Glaser and Clay Felker in 1968 as a competitor to The New Yorker. Milton Glaser is one of the greatest American graphic designers. He design…
Just Decoration serie, prints
Just Decoration series, prints. These works are characteristically conceptual reflections on the subject matter of art and the perception of art.The “Just Decoration“ series comprises a range of artworks that share the same underlying concept. It is an artistic approach that points out the transformation of an art pie…
Pléz
Pléz Pléz is a Budapest based café and sandwich shop chain. Pléz creates handmade freshly prepared food (like sandwich, salad, wrap) and organic drinks (like coffee, juice, smoothie). Design: kissmiklos Product photography: Eszter Sarah
Guggenheim Museums and Foundation rebranding
Abbott Miller’s firm designed the Guggenheim identity in 1997 based on the Wright-inspired lettering sign on the building’s façade. Miller collaborated with Jonathan Hoefler, who created the typeface from the sign and named the new font family Verlag. Miller’s new logotype for Guggenheim was almost entirely based on V…
Daily Mail redesign concept
Why Are Tabloids Such a Mess? Why does the New York Times or the Guardian look so much more sophisticated than the Daily Mail? Is there such a big difference in the taste of the audience? Or does tabloid have to be scattered and ugly? I made an experiment and took one of the most well known tabloid of the world and re…
Sexy numbers
I collected some typographic numbers from my instagram profile. If you interested in my other works join me on INSTAGRAM ------› @kissmiklos
Roastopus Coffee Roastery
Identity, packaging design and web design for a new Coffee Roaster in Hungary. Roastopus is a funny but elegant fictional creature, who is a coffee specialist. Art direction and design: kissmiklos Product photos: Eszter Sarah
Wine Cellars of Tamás Günzer identity
Identity and packaging design for Wine Cellars of Tamás Günzer, Villány. Art direction and design: kissmiklos Photo: Eszter Sarah
Our wedding identity
Our wedding identity design is based on some famous classical painting manipulation. The faces on these iconic paintings were changed to our own ones. We made postcards like souvenirs in the museumshop and made the invitation cards for our family and friends as an exhibition invite. We printed the painting on canvas u…
Budapest Central European Fashion Week identity
About the project The Hungarian Fashion and Design Agency is a firm which helps Hungarian designers to be qualified for exhibitions, programs and events all over the world. One of the most important events of HFDA is the Budapest Central European Fashion Week. Both logos are based on the coat of arms of Budapest, the…
Alchemy Bar
Identity, graphic design and web design: kissmiklos Photography: Eszter Sarah Interior design: Gáspár Bonta Alchemy web: www.alchemyvalletta.com Location: 93-94 Strait Street, Valletta, Malta Alchemy bar is located on the Strait Street, Valletta, in the capital of Malta. Valletta’s Strait Street is easily the most fam…
Gard'Ann patisserie
The confectionery is located in the centre of Kaposvár, a country town in Hungary. The place is well-known to the locals, because in 1928 the local shop of the Stühmer Chocolate Factory started its operation in here. The interior equipment and furnishing of Stühmer Café (designed by Ferenc Kende) are remarkable and ke…
Pastor Winery Selection 2018
Pastor winery's bottles have a very minimalistic approach, this detail comes from our everyday lives, clothing labels. This little piece of label makes the wine bottles to stand out from the sea of other wine bottles in shops. We have been using this design since 2012, when I created the Pastor identity. PASTOR WI…
Kishusom
Identity for a new street food restaurant in Budapest Kishusom is pretty little fast food restaurant in downtown Budapest. The menu is mainly composed of different kinds of sausages and hot dogs. They gave the recipe of the traditional hot dog a twist and prepared their own special one. Kishusom means ‘a little meat o…
Pastor Winery's wines 2017
Wine labels for Pastor winery’s Merlot Reserved, Bistro Cuvée, Kadarka, Blaufränkisch and Birtok Cuvée. Pastor winery's bottles have a very minimalistic approach, this detail comes from our everyday lives, clothing labels. This little piece of label makes the wine bottles to stand out from the sea of other wine bo…
Erzsébet Alehouse
Erzsébet Alehouse is located in Noszlopy Gáspár street in Kaposvár. The street was originally named after the Hungarian queen assassinated in 1898, Erzsébet (Hungarian translation of Elizabeth). Once the iconic Erzsébet Restaurant occupied the property. When designing the place the owners and I both considered traditi…
Local's Lore
Philosophy The most enchanting journeys throughout one’s lifetime are those that reveal the unexpected: and so begins the metamorphosis from lost to local. Here is a glimpse into an everyday beauty that is found in places that are treasured by locals, but often overlooked or forgotten by tourists. It is the beauty of…
Kincsem Kastély Winery
About the winery Kincsem is a famous historical vineyard in Tokaj wine region. You can find a castle on the top of this hill. It was actually a mansion, but the founder used it as a winehouse. Nowdays Kincsem Castle Winery is a small craft winery. In 3 hectare of vineyards produced a few thousand bottles of wines ever…
Logotypes 2015-2016
Pastor winery's red wines 2016
Wine labels for Pastor winery’s Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Medito Cuvée. Pastor winery's bottles have a very minimalistic approach, this detail comes from our everyday lives, clothing labels. This little piece of label makes the wine bottles to stand out from the sea of other wine bottles in shops. We…
Juiceline
Juiceline is a cold pressed juice brand and bar. Firstly I focused on the juice bottles and the juices colors. The logo points out the broad range of the juices available. It consists of a variable number of Juiceline bottles on a shelf and a simple logotype of the brand. This minimalistic design highlights the natura…
Pastor winery's wines 2016
PHOTO: Bálint Jaksa WEBSITE: pastor.hu Wine labels for Pastor winery’s Kadarka, Blaufränkisch and Bikavér. Pastor winery's bottles have a very minimalistic approach, this detail comes from our everyday lives, clothing labels. This little piece of label makes the wine bottles to stand out from the sea of other wine…
Logotypes 2014-2015
Casca, Chocolate bar and café
Graphic design: kissmiklos Interior design: kissmiklos Art direction: kissmiklos Photo: Lackó Szögi Location Casca (means 'shell' in Portuguese) is an artisan chocolate bar and café. These special flavored and spiced chocolate bonbons and products are made by a Hungarian manufacturer. Their coffee is made by o…
C10, the first 'architect' beer
Photo: Bálint Jaksa Professional partner: Élesztő Sörműhely Professional partner: Hübris Concrete beer coasters: VPI Betonmanufaktúra Produced by: Guri sörfőzde C10, the first 'architect' beer C10, the first 'architect' beer KÉK - Contemporary Architecture Centre - is celebrating its 10th anniversary t…
Heineken limited edition
Photo: Bálint Jaksa Heineken made an exclusive tender, and invited 5 designers to design a unique, limited edition bottle for 5 popular clubs in Budapest. These bottles were presented as part of the Heineken Cities campaign at the Budapest Design Week. I worked on a bottle for Trafiq club.
YONO
Client: YONO Graphic design: kissmiklos Art direction: kissmiklos Photo: Bálint Jaksa YONO is a spirit, which based on a traditional Hungarian Palinka, but this one has its own unique formula. Fermented from fruits that are grown in Hungary, mixed with a secret recipe, YONO was born. YONO is a child of award winning d…
The House of the Postmaster
Client: The House of the Postmaster Graphic design: kissmiklos Interior design: kissmiklos Art direction: kissmiklos Photo: Bálint Jaksa Web Development, Programming: Atom & Partners Location Brief: Creating a rentable apartment. Concept: The client got inherited this apartment from her grandmother's brother i…
Pastor 2012 Red wines
Client: Pastor Wineyard Photo: Bálint Jaksa Web design: kissmiklos Web Development, Programming: Atom & Partners Tibor Juhasz is the owner and winemaker at Pastor winery. His wines are fruity and fresh and often compete in national wine contests. Therefore my aim was to give his wines a fresh and unique, but fashi…
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Dekoratio Branding & Design Studio
Client: Dekoratio Branding & Design Studio Graphic design: kissmiklos Interior design: kissmiklos Art direction: kissmiklos Photo: Bálint Jaksa Gif Animation: Kevin Harald Campean Location With my partner studio, the DekoRatio Branding and Design Studio we wanted to create an experience that inspires ambitious com…
Design Terminal
Photo: Bálint Jaksa Design Terminal is the agency for creative industries in Budapest, Hungary. They promote the development of the creative industries. So I wanted to design a futuristic identity for them. But had a special situation, because the Design Terminal’s building built in 1948-49 a late Bauhaus construction…
Liquivée
Photo: Bálint Jaksa A company hired me to create a packaging design for a new type of beauty vitamins. Their brief was quite different to my idea - they wanted to create a more typical, medicine looking packaging. However, I thought that these vitamins should belong to women's make-up bags, they should look femini…
Buda pálinka
Photo: Bálint Jaksa This is only a concept so far. I was asked to create a branding and packaging design for a pálinka (it is a hungarian spirit) to be distributed in England. I wanted to create something that has a serious look but have a bit of humour in it. Usually the back of packaging designs are quite simple. My…
Bernadett Baji's wine label CV
Photo: Bálint Jaksa At first blink this looks like an average wine label. If you read through the text you will see that this is somebody's CV. For my friend, Bernadett Baji, who wanted to apply for a marketing job at a Hungarian wine distributor company, Bortársaság, I have designed something special. We came up…
Viktoria Minya / 1st Hungarian perfume line
Client: Viktoria Minya Photo: István Várfi Photo: Daniel Herendi Viktoria Minya created the first Hungarian perfume line. She wanted a unique, elegant and strong identity for the first Hungarian perfume brand, matching the spirit of her luxurious and original creation that is an ode to the golden age of perfumery. “Wo…
Emmaroz
Client: Emmaroz Photo: Bálint Jaksa Web Development, Programming: Atom&Partners Location Women's tailor and store Concept: My inspiration for the interior design was feminity, purity and an original salon atmosphere. Entering through the door the customer is greeted by an imposing space, its centre is a monume…
Logotypes 2013-2014
Heineken animation & bottle design for trafiq
Heineken animation for the Trafiq Bar & Club To the Trafiq interior I created my design on a way that we could hide the ads of sponsors among the decoration elements. The ads always keep the style of Trafiq, they assimilate into the graphic design of the club. I was asked by Heineken to design an animation that we…
Logotypes 2012-13
Hundia
Co-Designer: Gáspár Bonta "For the last thirty years, both Mr. Bethlenfalvy and Mr. Bonta spent a great deal of time discovering the multi-leveled cultural and historical connections between Hungary and the Republic of India. They managed to establish a mutual intrest from both sides through all these years of wo…
Nadja Mayer
Corporate design for Nadja Mayer. She is a German copywriter, author, creative director and name developer. She wanted a stunning, cool and surprising identity – elegant and modern at the same time. The difficulty was to find something that fitted to all her different professions without mentioning one of them. So it…
Heineken Bottle 2013
Heineken and ACG made an exclusive tender, and invited 8 designers to design a unique bottle concept. My concept: ...remixourfuturemixourfuturemixourfutu... Constant reconstruction. Redesign. Constant desire for renewal. Innovation. That’s how I could summarize the aspirations of Heineken. What I “stuffed into the bot…
Essence
Photo: Simonas Berukstis Identity and brochure design for a chauffeur company in London. Tradition and innovation, seemingly contradictory. I wanted to get back to the origins of the chauffeurs. Instantly words started to come to my mind: old labels, name plates, cylinders, chariots, 17th, 18th, 19th century. The char…
Salon1
Client: Salon1 Photo: Sören Münzer Photo: Fanni Kovács Location "A store that you can caress. The founders decided to make use of the little space they had, and established a 12 m2 showroom. The parlour was modeled on the Salon in Paris, that is why it is named Salon1. The only difference is that we framed design…
Logotypes 2011-12
Márton
Identity & package design for Márton Kovács. Márton asked me to create an attractive label design for a few selected red wines. First of all I wanted to design a logotype which is organic (like the grapes), and classical (like calligraphy and tradition), but also fresh, youthful, and memorable at the same time.
House Of Liza
Client: House Of Liza Photo: Jonhaton Griggs Location: 9 Pearson St, London E2 8JD, UK Established in 2010, House of Liza is a boutique that sells handpicked, exclusive pieces of vintage clothing from designers who were experimentative and pioneers in previous decades. Recently it introduced a brand new identity desig…
Németh
Client: Németh Lámpaernyő Photo: Tuszinger Károly Identity and webdesign for a small family owned lampshade company. Their lampshades are made of several materials (silk, paper, feather, bead, etc.) And are homemade with different techniques. For further information please don’t hesitate to contact them.
Heineken Bottle
Heineken and WAMP made an exclusive tender, and invited 5 designers to design a unique bottle concept. These 2 meter high models were presented at the WAMP design fair.
ANETT HAJDU
Client: Anett Hajdu Identity, packaging design and web design. Project: A young fashion designer woman's identity design and the 2011-12 Autumn-Winter Accessories Collection's packaging design. Anett Hajdu's Accessories Collection Concept: In the chaos caused by contemporary and eclectic fashion trends, it…
Budapest airport Terminal2 Signage
Final Graphics Contributor and Consultant: Attila Auth Signage, Building Graphics, Ads and Slogan Concept of the new Terminal2 at BudapestAirport.<br/><br/>Budapest Airport opens its new terminal, the SkyCourt in 2011. The SkyCourt combines the two old terminals, 2A and 2B into one whole by not only an arc…