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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, fan merch. Normal and VIP tiers per event, runs of 400 to 1,200 pieces, and the manufacturer proofs that got them printed right.

Where I stand today: 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 haven’t been able to take part at all, and 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: 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, 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; the credential system separates tiers at a glance.
Infinity wristband: white infinity logotype and cyan date and 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: the manufacturer’s proof for an 810-piece lanyard run, hardware codes and all. Stamped “Versio 2”, because the first pass wasn’t right yet.

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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