Yaren Badinjki
Portfolio 2026KuwaitSenior Graphic Designer & Art Director

I build brands people recognise at a glance, and keep them consistent at speed.

7+ years across Kuwait and Istanbul. Full-time at FIZ since 2022, with identities for clients across the GCC and self-initiated brands where I push concept, type and craft further.Download CV ↓View work
Motion · Reels

Brands in motion.

Short films and campaign reels: identities brought to life, and FIZ campaigns made for the feed. Footage is AI-generated; the idea, script, direction and edit are mine. ← Back to work

Brand films

SurāHome fragrance · Brand film

LiwanHotel identity

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RivvoroRestaurant identity

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KernioPopcorn packaging

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FIZ campaigns

Eid Al AdhaFIZ · Seasonal

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Summer vibesFIZ · Campaign

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WarehouseFIZ · Behind the speed

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Selected work

  1. 01FIZFull-time · Campaigns
  2. 02ProPaintersClient · Identity system
  3. 03BessanClient · Logo & pattern
  4. 04SurāSelf-initiated · Identity
  5. 05LiwanSelf-initiated · Hospitality
  6. 06KernioSelf-initiated · Packaging
  7. 07SkildSelf-initiated · Identity
  8. 08RivvoroSelf-initiated · Restaurant
  9. 09Oven LovinClient · Packaging
  10. 10Cava CoffeeNaming · Identity
  11. 11Que CookieClient · Identity
  12. 12AbajeClient · Identity
01 — Full-time · Nov 2022 – now

FIZ

Four years shaping one visual language.FIZ is a fast grocery delivery app in Kuwait. I took its communication from crowded, text-heavy promotions to a clear, bold system across campaigns, in-app, email, social and motion, including a loyalty journey where every delivery unlocks the next level.

Every week in-app offer banners · Every weekend 1–2 campaign designs for email, WhatsApp and pop-ups · Major campaigns up to 10 key visuals and reminders, resized for every platform

02 — Client, Kuwait · Identity system

ProPainters

We project feelings.A premium painting and decorative-finishes studio. Working from its existing logo, I built the identity system around it: stationery, a bilingual catalogue and brochures, sample-box packaging, tape, the crew uniform and the social feed. Black, white and the mark doing the talking.

Social media · project stories, material explainers and team

ProPainters Instagram feed shown on two phones
03 — Client, Qatar · Logo & pattern

Bessan بيسان

Made to remember.A personalised gifts and mirrors brand. The brief was the logo and the pattern: a square Kufic mark that frames the name like a keepsake, and a line pattern built from it. The cards, wrap, boxes and bags are mockups showing how the system can live.

04 — Self-initiated · Naming, logotype, packaging

Surā سُرى

A journey by night.Surā is the Arabic word for travelling by night: quietly, unseen, arriving before anyone notices. It is also how scent moves through a home. A home fragrance brand for the Gulf, with a drawn wordmark whose ya becomes the motif, blind-embossed on every box. No ink, only light and touch.

05 — Self-initiated · Hotel identity

Liwan ليوان

From the lobby to the door handle.A hotel identity named after the liwan, the open hall where guests are received. Terracotta, stone and black, a hand-drawn Arabic wordmark and an eight-point star that carries from the key card to the lobby wall.

Liwan identity: logo concept, colour system, logo applications and pattern
Liwan stationery, door hangers, key cards and amenity label
06 — Self-initiated · Identity, character, packaging

Kernio

The head is the window.A popcorn brand built on one idea: the character's head is cut out of the pack, so the real popcorn inside completes the face. One character, five moods, a pattern for every flavour.

07 — Self-initiated · Identity, packaging, art direction

Skild

Desert-born skincare.Skincare for dry-climate skin. One curved S runs through bottles, cards and even the way serum and cream are shot, and every colour comes from a texture you can touch: clay, amber serum, bronze, date plum and limestone.

08 — Self-initiated · Restaurant identity

Rivvoro

Taste takes a turn.A contemporary creative-dining concept where every touchpoint feels considered, warm and expressive. The all-caps serif wordmark carries a custom flowing V that gives it its rhythm, set in burgundy, butter cream and a soft sky blue, from the shopfront to the wrapping paper.

09 — Client, Qatar · Packaging

Oven Lovin

Every opening feels like a gift.Two box families for a Qatar-based bakery, built within its existing identity: one ornamental, one fluid, with a bright interior that turns opening the box into the moment.

10 — Naming · Identity · Packaging

Cava Coffee

One simple idea, three ways.A coffee brand built from the name up. The wordmark and the symbol come from the same geometry and carry across every cup, bag and sleeve.

11 — Client · Identity, packaging, social

Que Cookie

A cookie that becomes the Q.A playful cookie brand built around one friendly character. Its face and mood carry from the logo to the stickers, the box and the shop sign, held together by just two colours: coral and mint.

12 — Client · Beauty salon identity

Abaje

A calm, premium salon experience.A refined serif wordmark, a soft plum and blush palette and organic shapes that carry through every touchpoint: signage, service menu, rewards card, bags and towels.

About

Seven years of turning briefs into brands, from Istanbul to Kuwait.

Arabic · Turkish · EnglishBased in KuwaitOpen to roles across the GCC

Self-initiated brands (Surā, Kernio, Skild, Liwan, Rivvoro) take an idea from naming to applications; their mockups and scenes are AI-assisted.

  • 2022 – now
    Senior Graphic Designer, FIZKuwait · full-time
  • 2019 – now
    Freelance Brand & Graphic DesignerKuwait & GCC
  • 2022
    Graphic Designer, RX GroupKuwait
  • 2019 – 2021
    Graphic Designer → PR, Loyalty NeoIstanbul
  • 2014 – 2018
    BSc Graphic Design, ASUJordan · first in class

Let's make something worth recognising.

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