systems, spaces, and stray ideas.
abzu.design is an ongoing collection of work, projects, and other things by brandon viaes. A portfolio for visual identities, digital experiences, interaction, and whatever else ends up here.
ventures
personal projects and ongoing pursuits
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Ongoing Project
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odds and ends
philosophy
form, without a client
about
studio, approach, tools
A one-person practice moving between architecture, brand, and digital design, treating each discipline as a different scale of the same problem.
studio
Working alone and deliberately, across identity systems, motion, and whatever else the week calls for. No discipline is treated as more serious than the others.
approach
Structure first, always. Everything is measured, gridded, and built from a plan before it's built from anything else.
tools
Figma, Illustrator, Webflow, AutoCAD, Revit, Cinema 4D. Whatever the job actually calls for.