GRAPHIC DESIGNER - VISUAL ARTIST - VIDEO EDITOR
A clothes swap and DJ night, built from scratch.
Bell & Viv, King’s Cross · October 2026
Co-organised with Tatty and Scout · All graphics and video by me
Why
There are enough clothes to go around, but few accessible places to swap outside your own friend group
A lot of community life has moved online, and we wanted to get people meeting in person
Spaces to hang out, dance and have fun matter
We wanted to raise awareness of fast fashion’s impact and have those conversations face to face
There are enough clothes to go around, but few accessible places to swap outside your own friend group
A lot of community life has moved online, and we wanted to get people meeting in person
Spaces to hang out, dance and have fun matter
We wanted to raise awareness of fast fashion’s impact and have those conversations face to face
Design
Signalled “clothes swap” without showing any clothes, using lace, fabric textures, stitching and buttons
A halftone background that reads both as textile and as club visuals, tying the swap to the DJ lineup
A girls’ night without defaulting to all-pink: neon olive, neautral and coral with heavy outlined type, so it looked bold, playful and somewhere we’d want to go
One visual system across the main poster, lineup poster, token guide, social assets and promo video
Signalled “clothes swap” without showing any clothes, using lace, fabric textures, stitching and buttons
A halftone background that reads both as textile and as club visuals, tying the swap to the DJ lineup
A girls’ night without defaulting to all-pink: neon olive, neautral and coral with heavy outlined type, so it looked bold, playful and somewhere we’d want to go
One visual system across the main poster, lineup poster, token guide, social assets and promo video
Organisation
Collected unused clothes from friends to build a starting stock, and sourced rails
Booked the venue and three DJs
Designed a four-tier token system: guests brought up to 15 items, which were valued and exchanged for tokens to spend on the rails, with extra tokens on sale on the night
Made the tokens from recycled bottle caps, spray-painted to match the colour-coded tiers
Promoted through Instagram, flyposting, word of mouth and Eventbrite
Set up the space and ran the event on the night
50 tickets sold
Collected unused clothes from friends to build a starting stock, and sourced rails
Booked the venue and three DJs
Designed a four-tier token system: guests brought up to 15 items, which were valued and exchanged for tokens to spend on the rails, with extra tokens on sale on the night
Made the tokens from recycled bottle caps, spray-painted to match the colour-coded tiers
Promoted through Instagram, flyposting, word of mouth and Eventbrite
Set up the space and ran the event on the night
50 tickets sold
Visual Identity & Creative Production
Concept
A cohesive visual identity built around the idea of “girls’ night out, all the time”
Pushing toward a more playful pop-girl direction while keeping her RnB coolness intact
A cohesive visual identity built around the idea of “girls’ night out, all the time”
Pushing toward a more playful pop-girl direction while keeping her RnB coolness intact
Design
A 90s/00s visual language from the same era as her musical influences
Digicam textures, bold pinks and purples, and retro typography
Every asset designed to feel like it lives in the same world, giving Essosa a clear, recognisable identity across platforms
A 90s/00s visual language from the same era as her musical influences
Digicam textures, bold pinks and purples, and retro typography
Every asset designed to feel like it lives in the same world, giving Essosa a clear, recognisable identity across platforms
Deliverables
Animated digital flyer
Text design for the music video
Lyric video
Social content, including filming, BTS and photo retouching
Video editing throughout
Animated digital flyer
Text design for the music video
Lyric video
Social content, including filming, BTS and photo retouching
Video editing throughout
Association of Autonomous Astronauts
A tribute to the AAA, exploring their creative and political legacy through an immersive group exhibition.
Research
Visited the Mayday Archives to study the AAA’s original flyers and zines
Used the archive as the starting point for my designs
Visited the Mayday Archives to study the AAA’s original flyers and zines
Used the archive as the starting point for my designs
Design
Up-cycled, screen-printed clothing
A zine, produced independently
An astronaut sculpture
Audio-reactive projections
Up-cycled, screen-printed clothing
A zine, produced independently
An astronaut sculpture
Audio-reactive projections
Exhibition
Shown alongside the rest of the group’s work and collective interviews
Created a shared space that ended in a rave-inspired installation, a nod to the AAA’s roots in rave culture
Shown alongside the rest of the group’s work and collective interviews
Created a shared space that ended in a rave-inspired installation, a nod to the AAA’s roots in rave culture
Live music and artist market fundraisers. All proceeds donated to refugee aid organizations supporting urgent crises.
Promotional Poster - Logo - Live Events - Event Projections - Up-cycled Merch Print Design
A research-led project exploring human relationships with nature and technology. Through a zine and video, it reflects on how ideas of what is “natural” are shaped by cultural perspectives, challenging assumptions around what is considered natural or unnatural.
A series of conceptual pieces focused on translating emotion into visuals. Using self-shot footage, each video is digitally manipulated in TouchDesigner and Premiere Pro to explore feelings such as calmness, pressure, overstimulation, and the relationship between nature and technology.
Illustration - Digital Design
Motion Graphic Event Flyers
Animated Logo Design
Designed projections to reflect the poetry and themes of the book, followed by projections responding to the DJ's music.
Readings by:
Karola Karlson, ‘Skittles Animals’
Katie Ebbitt - Poppy Cockburn - Frankie Faccion - Henry Woodland - Crispin Best
Linking decks to TouchDesigner to process pre-existing moving-image assets as real-time, audio-reactive visuals. Projection mapping the output across the performance space.
Created custom visuals for each of the eight performers.
Visuals to match event concept and technical production for space.
Visuals for live music and event space.
An immersive ASMR installation exploring shared guilty pleasures and the release of shame. Created with Nicole Alonso, the piece invited viewers into a mouth-like structure where anonymous confessions, presented through audio and visuals, fostered intimacy, connection, and collective acceptance.