KOSTELLE

Art Direction · Collage · Animation · Sound Design

From Venice-inspired moving images to exhibition artworks — visual storytelling for jewellery brand Kostelle.

THE BRIEF

Create an animation and three print collages for the Gondola collection, followed by three large-scale artworks bringing different collections together for a trade show in Madrid.

GONDOLA

Animation & Print Collages

FROM LETTER TO MOTION

The project began with a letter from the jeweller describing the Venice that inspired the collection. I translated those impressions into a moving collage, connecting the city’s architecture, reflections and gondola silhouettes with the forms of the jewellery.

“Everything seemed to float: the sounds, the light, the reflections on the water.”
From the jeweller’s letter

A gondola silhouette and jewellery against Venetian architecture — Still from the Gondola animation

A bridge, a gondola and a line in motion

THE VISUAL LANGUAGE

Steven Zaillian’s neo-noir series Ripley was a key visual influence. Its stark black-and-white imagery, dramatic shadows and sense of unease shaped the atmosphere of the collages. Together with the distinctive silhouette of a gondola, these elements formed a surreal world where the jewellery became part of the story.

This visual world extended into three collages for the brand’s printed materials.

Black-and-white street scene from Ripley — Visual reference — Ripley

Light and shadow in a Venetian passage from Ripley — Visual reference — Ripley

Jewellery framing a gondola on a Venetian canal — Gondola — print collage 01

Orange jewellery and a gondola silhouette above an outstretched hand — Gondola — print collage 02

A green ring suspended above a hand and flowing lines — Gondola — print collage 03

MADRID

Exhibition Artworks

THREE COLLECTIONS,
ONE STORY

For the Madrid trade show, the challenge was to bring Supreme, Maori and Gondola together in one coherent display while preserving each collection’s character.

I chose a woman as the connecting element, with each collection revealing a different side of her personality. Kostelle’s signature sky imagery provided a second link, framed differently in each artwork: a geometric rectangle for Supreme, an organic form for Maori and a gondola silhouette for Gondola.