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Hard Voltage, event visuals

Event credentials and merchandise for the Finnish electronic music event collective I used to co-run: wristband and lanyard systems for the collective’s event nights (Hard Voltage, DQUG, Bass Train, Infinity, Genesis) at 200 to 2,000+ visitors, t-shirts and fan merch. Normal and VIP tiers per event, runs of 400 to 1,200 pieces and the manufacturer proofs that got them printed right.

I co-ran the collective, then stepped back to a pair of hands on event days, selling merch and arranging whatever needed arranging. Since moving to Spain I sadly haven’t been able to take part at all, but picking it back up is high on the list for when I move home.

Honest attribution: the wristband, lanyard and merch designs are mine, and so are the logo alterations on them. The event marks themselves are not, since the Hard Voltage isotype and logotype came with the collective and LeKurb’s logo belongs to the partner act. The lightning-T inside the Hard Voltage logotype is my alteration, as is its use across the credentials and the first merch run. A different discipline from the case studies, but the same eye.

The credential wall

Hard Voltage wristband: the collective’s white logo over an electric blue lightning background
Hard Voltage · the collective’s own wristband. The lightning-T in the logotype is mine.
Hard Voltage VIP wristband: black VIP lettering and logo on silver glitter stock
Hard Voltage · VIP tier on glitter stock, so that the tiers can be told apart at a glance.
Infinity wristband: white infinity logotype, a white date and cyan venue text over a purple space background
Infinity, Tampere 2023 · headline-event wristband · a 1,200-piece run.
Bass Train wristband: white blocky logotype and route text on green
Bass Train · Helsinki to Tampere and back, December 2023 · a 400-piece run.
DQUG Part III wristband: yellow stencil lettering on black
DQUG Part III · event wristband in the night’s stencil-and-yellow language.
DQUG x LeKurb wristband: the DQUG event mark and LeKurb’s logo in white over a red brick wall
DQUG × LeKurb · collab credential for a shared night, both marks on one band.
Hard Voltage Events lanyard artwork: repeating white logotype on black
Hard Voltage Events · the collective’s lanyard artwork.
Manufacturer’s print proof sheet for the lanyard run: artwork repeated with hardware codes and sublimation printing notes
The unglamorous part I enjoy is the manufacturer’s proof for an 810-piece lanyard run, hardware codes and all. It took a second version of the proof before the artwork was right.

Merch

T-shirt design mockup: black shirt with a small chest logotype on the front and the large collective mark across the back
The t-shirt run: small logotype at the chest, the full mark across the back.
Photo of the printed shirt’s back: the white mark and lightning-T logotype on black fabric
The printed shirt from the first merch run.
Black folding hand fan printed with the white collective mark and logotype
A hand fan for the dance floor, one of two layout variants sent to the manufacturer.

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