STUDIO DANIEL NICHOLAS

Daniel Nicholas is a Brooklyn-based designer focused on building vibrant brand systems in culture, sport, and technology. With a background in art history, his practice takes a referential approach when creating unique modern solutions for his clients.

Daniel’s anthropological approach to design, allows for his work to break free from popular trends to capture the unique qualities of each client's story. This point of view allows for a restrained visual style, blending considered typography and contemporary photography into future proof visual solutions.

Daniel is currently designing brand systems and experiences for Google Developer Studio, and is available for select projects and collaborations. For all inquiries please email studiodanielnicholas@gmail.com.

Portfolio available upon request.
c.2024

Chrome Dev Summit

Working with the Google Chrome team to execute their yearly developer summit, we looked to add some humanity to the all virtual event. By highlighting a “WiP” aesthetic, we created a fun and engaging brand system.











CLIENT:
Chrome

CONTRIBUTION:
Creative Direction

TEAM:
Ocupop

Peter Van Straten
Misha Townsand

OUTPUT:
Brand system
Motion 
Social media



For the 2021 brand, we chose to highlight the playful energy embedded in the Google Chrome community.  By leaning into a paper-cut like collage,  we established a bright and lively brand mark.  This balanced with detailed linework allowed us to tell rich stories with the illustrations while maintaining a playful abstractness.

This illustration and animation style allowed us to inject a playful energy into assets and communticions thought the event.

Extending this style into the technical sessions, we were able to simply brand a diverse set of content for a cohesive final output.