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Visual identity · USP Faculty of Law

200 years of democracy, in one brand kit.

The USP Faculty of Law is Brazil’s oldest academic institution and has been home to the country’s democracy for two centuries. For its bicentennial, I created a visual kit to honour that legacy: logo, icons, key visuals, swag, out-of-home and social graphics.

ClientUniversidade de São Paulo
When2025
ContextPro bono
My roleBrand identity designer
IllustratorPhotoshopFigmaNotionNano Banana
USP Law 200 billboard with a portrait of Luís Gama
The brief
01

Honouring the past.

As the bicentennial approached, the institution’s visual presence needed to match the scale of the moment.

The challenge was a brand kit that didn’t feel stuck in the past, but used it to show new students the weight of the Faculty’s legacy.

since 1827
Visual concept page: the 200 mark and its references in the Faculty’s architecture
The concept, drawn from the building itself.
Three logo versions: horizontal, crest and compact
Three logo versions.
USP Law 200 palette: red, sand, maroon and brown
The palette.
The system
02

One mark, every format.

Logos and illustrations sit inside a box, with a version for every format. Step through the kit.

USP Law 200 main logo in redUSP Law 200 crest with Scientia Vinces, a book, a sword and scalesCompact one-line version of the logoThe crest in red, maroon, gold and blackIllustrations of the Faculty building and a stained-glass frameMain logo

The main logo: the 200 drawn in lines, with the full name of the bicentennial.

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The voice
03

A voice that puts history first.

Graphics, illustrations and icons highlight the Faculty’s architectural heritage, its archival photography and its lineage of influential alumni.

The system is modular, so the legacy translates across everything from large-scale out-of-home to social media and print.

Billboard about the Diretas Já movement
Out-of-home: Diretas Já.
USP Law 200 Instagram profile on a phone
Instagram.
Red USP Law 200 tote bag
Tote bag.
The result
04

A long-term commitment to democracy.

Flexibility kept it consistent: every logo and illustration lives in a box, with versions for every format.

The result is a cohesive identity that reminds the public that, while the building is 200 years old, the Faculty’s commitment to democracy is as current as ever.

USP Law 200 stationery with a wax seal
Stationery.
USP Law 200 thermal cups
Thermal cups.
USP Law 200 t-shirts on a ladder
T-shirts.
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