brand identity for the ukrainian cultural heritage fund

brand identity for the ukrainian cultural heritage fund

industry

industry

culture, heritage

preservation

culture, heritage

preservation

services

services

brand identity, visual system,

guidelines, presentation template

brand identity, visual system,

guidelines, presentation template

location

location

Kyiv, Ukraine

Kyiv, Ukraine

contacts

contacts

description

description

the ukrainian cultural heritage fund restores what war and time erase — and raises the money to do it. it needed to look as serious as that mission.


the identity turns the work itself into the idea: black-and-white ruins, redrawn in gold.

the ukrainian cultural heritage fund restores what war and time erase — and raises the money to do it. it needed to look as serious as that mission.


the identity turns the work itself into the idea: black-and-white ruins, redrawn in gold.

UCHF logo over a black-and-white ruined building traced with gold lines
UCHF logo over a black-and-white ruined building traced with gold lines
UCHF logo over a black-and-white ruined building traced with gold lines

a serious mission with no face

a serious mission with no face

a serious mission with

no face

the fund approaches partners and donors to fund restoration — but had no identity to stand behind. a body asking for trust has to look trustworthy.


it also had to work everywhere: print and screen, ukrainian and english, from a guideline book to a partnership deck.

the fund approaches partners and donors to fund restoration — but had no identity to stand behind. a body asking for trust has to look trustworthy.


it also had to work everywhere: print and screen, ukrainian and english, from a guideline book to a partnership deck.

UCHF logo lockups in English and Ukrainian
UCHF logo lockups in English and Ukrainian
Horizontal UCHF logo in English and Ukrainian
UCHF typefaces: Unbounded SemiBold and Bounded ExtraLight
UCHF color palette: gold gradient, light gray and near-black

finding the

one idea

finding the

one idea

several directions were explored before one held: gold lines that trace a building’s lost contour over its black-and-white ruin. past and future in a single frame.


from there — the wordmark, the type system, the palette. sketches to concepts to a final that reads the same in every language and format.


gold lines don’t decorate the ruin — they show what it could become again.

several directions were explored before one held: gold lines that trace a building’s lost contour over its black-and-white ruin. past and future in a single frame.


from there — the wordmark, the type system, the palette. sketches to concepts to a final that reads the same in every language and format.


gold lines don’t decorate the ruin — they show what it could become again.

Early UCHF concept: a building line drawing with blue fragments
Early UCHF concept: a church line drawing with the line Preserving history, restoring the future
Early UCHF concept: a city skyline cut out above the fund’s name
Early UCHF concept: a city skyline cut out above the fund’s name
UCHF partnership proposal cover with a ruin traced in gold
UCHF partnership proposal cover with an aerial view traced in gold

one system, loss and restoration

one system, loss and restoration

a bold wordmark — uchf — in three lockups (full, stacked, abbreviation), ukrainian and english. type set in unbounded semibold and bounded extralight.


gold gradient, light gray, near-black. the signature graphic runs through it all — delivered as a full guideline book and a partnership-proposal deck the team can actually use.

a bold wordmark — uchf — in three lockups (full, stacked, abbreviation), ukrainian and english. type set in unbounded semibold and bounded extralight.


gold gradient, light gray, near-black. the signature graphic runs through it all — delivered as a full guideline book and a partnership-proposal deck the team can actually use.

UCHF print materials with black-and-white ruins redrawn in gold
UCHF print materials with black-and-white ruins redrawn in gold
Black UCHF folder with a gold building line drawing, held in a hand
Laptop showing the UCHF partnership proposal deck

a face worth trusting.

a face worth trusting.

a face worth trusting.

four weeks from brief to handoff. the fund now approaches partners with one coherent identity — every touchpoint starting from the same system.

four weeks from brief to handoff. the fund now approaches partners with one coherent identity — every touchpoint starting from the same system.

four weeks from brief to handoff. the fund now approaches partners with one coherent identity — every touchpoint starting from the same system.

got a brand that gets lost? let’s pull it together.

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hello@desgn.me

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got a brand that gets lost? let’s pull it together.

email (click to copy)

hello@desgn.me

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telegram

phone / whatsapp

got a brand that gets lost? let’s pull it together.

email (click to copy)

hello@desgn.me

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telegram

phone / whatsapp

© 2018 — 2026.
artem kovalskyi.
all rights reserved

© 2018 — 2026.
artem kovalskyi.
all rights reserved

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