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How Mother Design turned a séance into a new identity for Purple Garden
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Mother Design rebranded the psychic platform Purple Garden using unconventional, ritual-inspired techniques and AI to prioritize experimental spontaneity over industry clichés.
What: The studio used séances, chakra readings, and automatic drawing as a starting point for a visual system that includes custom typography, a warm purple palette, and motion inspired by cymatic patterns.
Why it matters: This project illustrates a shift toward using AI not just for efficiency, but as a catalyst for creative unpredictability within a structured branding process.
Decoder
- Cymatic patterns: Visual representations of sound waves manifesting as geometric patterns, used here as the inspiration for the brand's 'living' typography.
Original article
Mother Design began Purple Garden's rebrand with a séance, chakra reading, and automatic drawing workshop, using the resulting forms and feelings to build an identity around spirituality as “A Living Practice.” A whimsical wordmark, crystal-like guidance glyph, warm purple palette, tactile imagery, living typography inspired by cymatic patterns, and expressive motion create an immersive system without relying on familiar psychic-industry clichés. The process moved between physical experimentation, traditional design software, and AI tools, deliberately introducing unpredictability into both the creative process and the finished identity.
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