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Anna Gudvin · Heed Collective

Brand Director & Identity Architect

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Cover image for Discover COCO: Minimalist Packaging with Intentional Design
What if minimalism isn’t less — but more intentional? This is COCO — a finished packaging system built on restraint. Clean hierarchy, deliberate typography, purposeful whitespace,reduced elements. But the key shift is here: → material becomes the design. → The aluminum isn’t just a container it defines the color, the light, the presence. A few intentional decisions: 1. Removing everything that didn’t carry meaning 2. letting hierarchy guide instead of decorate 3. treating material as the primary visual layer For me, minimalism is not less design — it’s more attention to every detail.
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Curious: What’s missing in most brand systems, in your opinion? For me, the brand guidelines system we develop at Heed Collective (https://www.instagram.com/heedcollective_/) must be a living document — one that supports the brand in real decision-making, across teams, contexts, and moments of growth. Building structures that guide how a brand behaves, adapts, and scales across every touchpoint. What makes it work: — decision-making logic, not just rules — flexible systems, not static files — consistency with room to evolve We don’t launch brands — we build culture for humans, ethically. And one thing we always add: → Brand Culture Layer — translating strategy into how the brand speaks, acts, and shows up in the world.
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It all starts with strategy — and grows into a visual system. Our work for Specialty Coffee Cosmetics COCO began with clarity: defining positioning, tone, and the deeper narrative behind the brand. From there, the visual language emerged — not as decoration, but as a natural extension of meaning. Brand is not what you design first. It’s what you understand first. Then you build.
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Cover image for Dynamic Brand Identity for COCO Coffee Cosmetics
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Dynamic Brand Identity for COCO Coffee Cosmetics
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BTS: Editing My Personal Website on Readymag. I’m a Brand & Design Director — my language is aesthetics, colors, layouts, fonts, visuals. But definitely NOT CODE. So when I was choosing a platform for my personal website, I went for what feels closest to how my creative brain works. For me, that’s Readymag. My favorite thing about it? How easily I can edit and adjust layouts for web and desktop. It genuinely feels like working with a canvas, not a rigid website builder. I can move elements freely, experiment with spacing, shift rhythm, refine typography… It’s intuitive and lets me stay in design mode — not learning website development mode.
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Brand Identity for The Key
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Together with @Stacy · Heed Collective we worked on the Ażtunagle (ad production cretive agency) website, we wanted the portfolio to feel engaging without stealing the spotlight. That’s why we focused on rhythm, structure, and interactions that guide visitors naturally through the work — keeping the projects in focus while still giving the page its own character. #ShareYourWork (https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/shareyourwork/)
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ClicBeat Pitch Deck Redesign
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Heed Collective Website Design and Development
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Ażtunagle Creative Agency Website Design and Development
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With my client Mushroom Compadres, we doubled revenue within just two months of working together. We did it by creating brand ads with a real voice and a distinct brand feeling — not the usual “marketing rules.” For one of these campaigns, I wanted animated mushrooms, so here’s the Midjourney prompt I used: Prompt: Minimalist 2D looping animation of three cute cartoon mushrooms walking in place. Flat vector style, bold white silhouettes on black background, smooth leg-movement cycle, playful and whimsical characters with simple rounded shapes and expressive double eyes. Clean minimal design, seamless loop, consistent spacing, unified rhythm, high-contrast graphic look. Playful, psychedelic, slightly retro character design with double-oval eyes.
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Cover image for Brand Identity Phaseful
Brand Identity Phaseful
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Cover image for spaceOs - Proptech Saas
spaceOs - Proptech Saas
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Cover image for DW.A ZERO Brand Identity and Web Design
DW.A ZERO Brand Identity and Web Design
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Cover image for Kvit Drip - Specialty coffee drips
Kvit Drip - Specialty coffee drips
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Cover image for Brand Identity for Yogovo yoga studio
Brand Identity for Yogovo yoga studio
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Sharing a deck design for ChatAndBuild. AI solutions were in the spotlight this year — and at Heed Collective, we’ve been working with teams building in this space. Good data visualization always starts with understanding the data first — only then can the visuals truly support the story.
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Cover image for Presentation design for Equiem SaaS
Presentation design for Equiem SaaS
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Specialty Coffee Drips Packaging
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Cover image for Sustainable Clothing Brand Halvey
Sustainable Clothing Brand Halvey
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