Guided by the values expressed by the 10 Principles, Burning Man is a global ecosystem of artists, makers, and community organizers who co-create art, events, and local initiatives around the world. Most recognizably, tens of thousands of Burners gather annually to build Black Rock City, a participative temporary metropolis in the Nevada desert.

I worked to assist Burning Ball with a set of support items for 2015’s Burning Ball event in Vienna. The theme of the event centred around the concept of The Orient Express and Burning Ball usual Art Nouveau sensibility. With that in mind I utilised The Orient’s colour palette of blue and gold and used this throughout the collateral, peppering the designs with art nouveau motifs.

The poster, along with the rest of the collateral, had to keep some existing elements from Burning Ball but I was given the freedom to do pretty much what I wanted.

This was a volunteer position so I had to be economical with my time and used a lot of found assets which I would adapt.

Event

Badge

In addition to the poster I created a badge which would be given out to the legion of volunteers of Burning Ball 2016.

Further using the concept of the Orient Express and the luxury travel aesthetic I looked at creating an old time railway token featuring very ornate stylings that would fit in with the railway ethos.

The final element was the tyvek bracelet, used by events all over the world as a  very visual means of denoting  a paying customer, these were also employed at Burning Ball.

Very keen to create something that would not be merely just a colour I settled on the idea to incorporate the Orient Express theme and use the side of the train, represented by the colour, which was obviously consistent throughout, and add in some areas of white to denote the windows - making the band a very simple representation of the train itself.