05.12.24

🎉 Come One, Come All: On Building a Design Community 🎨

In our interview with The Brand Identity, we shared our journey of creating an open and inclusive design community.

We talked about how we placed fun at the heart of the creative process and built a community around it.

✨Discover our inspiring story of pushing the boundaries of creativity and collective spirit!

👉 Click here to read the interview.

19.11.24

🎮 Level Up! 🎮

We leveled up 5 times at the GMK Awards! At the 43rd GMK Awards, Turkey’s most prestigious and long-standing organization in graphic design, we brought home 1 Grand Prize and 4 Achievement Awards, making a total of 5 awards to proudly add to Ba’ndo’s shelf. Each award has been a power-up, helping us advance to the next level in the design world.

We’re proud of these achievements, made possible by the passion and creativity of our team. A huge thank you to our amazing clients for believing in us throughout this journey. Thank you GMK Jury, and thank you team! 💪✨

👾 Game on! 👾

🏆 Best Social Media Post & Design
🥈 Best Logo Design
🥈 Best Illustration
🥈 Best Motion Poster Design
🥈 Best Poster Design

09.11.24

Redefining Excellence: MAD Wins Big at Felis 2024! 🏆✨

MAD digital news platform has achieved a remarkable milestone by winning the top award in the “Branding Design” category under the Craft main category at Felis 2024. 🎉 Felis is recognized as one of Turkey’s most prestigious advertising and design awards, celebrating projects that push the boundaries of creativity. This award is a testament to Ba’ndo’s vision and creative approach resonating strongly within the industry.

A heartfelt thanks to all the jury members, our amazing clients, and most importantly, the incredible Ba’ndo team! 💛

20.10.24

The Jury Has the Floor! ⚖️👩‍⚖️👨‍⚖️

This year, our Chief Creative Officer, Emrah Doğru, is serving as a jury member at the Altın Örümcek Web Awards! 🎉 Now in its 22nd edition, these awards play a key role in enhancing the quality of digital projects in Turkey and recognizing the work that inspires the industry.

Evaluating some of the most creative and innovative projects in the digital world is always an exciting and rewarding process. 🚀 Best of luck to all the competing projects! 👏

09.10.24

Good Things Come in Fives: Ba’ndo at the 36th Kristal Elma!

We’re incredibly honored to be part of the 36th Kristal Elma journey! 🎉 Huge thanks to our amazing team, wonderful clients, and esteemed jury members!

👏 🏆 Identity Design - Kristal Elma
🥉 Motion Graphics Design - Bronze
🥉 Logo - Bronze
🥉 Illustration - Bronze (Nazan Erkmen Special Award)
🥉 UI & UX Design - Bronze

These awards are a testament to the power of our passion-driven work and pushing the boundaries of creativity! 🚀✨

04.09.24

✨ Print Magazine: Ba’ndo Crafts a Visually Striking Brand Identity for MAD 🚀

In an electrifying showcase of creativity, Ba’ndo has designed a vibrant brand system for MAD, celebrating the essence of the creative world. 🔥 The identity blends retro charm with modern elements, featuring bold typography and playful mascots that embody MAD’s dynamic spirit. 🌀 With interactive features like the Instagram story generator, the brand invites the community to engage and explore. Dive into this visual spectacle on Print Magazine! 📰✨

20.09.24

🥁 MAD's Global Achievement: Nominated in Two Categories at The Drum Awards!

MAD digital news platform has achieved significant success by being shortlisted in the “Brand Identity” and “Art Direction” categories of The Drum Awards Design main category. MAD, a learning and inspiration hub for creative minds, stands out not only with its innovative content but also with its strong visual language. 🎉 The Drum Awards is recognized as one of the most prestigious accolades in the global creative industry, celebrating projects that push the boundaries of creativity. Being shortlisted in this competition is a source of pride for us at Ba’ndo, as it affirms that our vision and creative approach are resonating on an international level.

19.09.24

It’s Nice That Features Ba’ndo’s MAD Project: A Bold and Dynamic Visual Identity 🎨💡

It’s Nice That has spotlighted the bold and dynamic brand identity created by Ba’ndo for MAD. Discover the sharp, daring, and flexible visual language of MAD, along with the creative process behind it, from one of the industry’s leading platforms here. 🚀✨

04.09.24

MAD Featured in Creative Review: Ba’ndo’s Creative Touch 🖌️🌟

Creative Review, a benchmark in the creative world, has featured the striking visual identity we designed for MAD at Ba’ndo. You can read about our design process and MAD’s visionary story from the perspective of one of the most prestigious platforms in the industry here.

01.08.24

🎨 Celebrating Craft Excellence: Emrah Doğru Joins Felis Awards Jury 🏆

Our Founder and Creative Director, Emrah Doğru, is honored to serve as a jury member in the craft category at this year’s Felis Awards! We’re proud to be among the best in the industry, celebrating creativity and design excellence. Wishing the best of luck to all the incredible projects!

16.07.24

Meeting of Mad Ideas with Wise Minds! 🗯️📰

MAD's Brand Identity just received a review from BrandNew ✍🏻 BrandNew is the design industry's catalyst for conversation, a platform for those who value insightful opinions. Armin Vit, one of the managers of BrandNew, has shared his honest and sincere thoughts on MAD branding. This is a must-read for anyone who values genuine opinions about design.

09.07.24

🌍📹 Disinformation and Deepfake Technology Shaping Climate Change Perception

Our Content Director Bahar Nihal Ersözlü explores how disinformation and deepfake technologies impact the perception of climate change. These technologies accelerate misinformation, complicating public access to accurate information. Deepfake videos can distort scientific facts and mislead the public, negatively affecting climate change measures and policies. Read the full article here.

20.05.24

Ba’ndo: The Art of Creating Brands with Curiosity, Passion, and Talent

Ad Just Brand conducted an interview with our Creative Director, Emrah Doğru, discussing the agency’s unique culture, significant milestones, a broad range of projects, and future plans. Follow the link to read the full article.

14.04.24

🌟🌟 Exciting News! 🌟🌟

Our Creative Director, Emrah Doğru, has joined the jury of one of Turkey’s most prestigious competitions, the Brandverse Awards, which celebrates creativity and innovation! 🎉 Organized in collaboration with Marketing Türkiye and BoomSonar, this competition evaluates advertising and marketing efforts through an innovative model. 🏆

We’re already applauding all the entries in the competition and congratulate all jury members on this valuable role! 👏🎊

06.03.24

#BooksWeLove ❤️ We are thrilled to announce that after much dedication and hard work, “Ba’ndo Lab Design Manual II” is finally here!

This guide, enriched with our deep knowledge in graphic design and communication, is packed with innovative techniques and actionable advice. And now, we are excited to offer our valued followers a free digital copy of “Ba’ndo Lab Design Manual II”!

19.02.24

🌍The 13th Issue of 'Beyond Sustainability' Newsletter is Live! 🌱

The urgency to address our planet's environmental challenges grows with each passing day, underscoring the importance of awareness and collective action. 🚀 Through our LinkedIn newsletter 'Beyond Sustainability,' 📰 we compile the latest news, projects, and innovations in the field of sustainability communication, delivering them directly to you bi-weekly. This unique publication shines a light on sustainability efforts from around the globe, 🌏 sharing innovative solutions and success stories. 🌟 We invite everyone seeking inspiration for a sustainable future to become part of this vital conversation and follow our 'Beyond Sustainability' newsletter. ✨ Join us in our journey towards sustainability. 🌿

14.12.23

We're excited to share news of winning two prestigious awards.

We proudly announce that we are sharing the awards we won from the IMA '23 Awards for our achievements this year. 🥇🥇 One award is for the Brands of Tomorrow project, and another award is for the Energy-Efficient Activity Report project prepared for TSKB. We enjoy producing while having fun, and producing while having fun allows us to perceive the job in a new and unexplored dimension. First and foremost, congratulations to our team. As always, a big thank you to our incredible clients for their unwavering support. And finally, thank you to the esteemed jury members. It has truly been a fantastic week.

11.12.23

Ba'ndo Agency President and Creative Group Leader Emrah Doğru Convene at IMS'23 with 'Better Tomorrow Theme.'

Ba'ndo Agency President Emrah Doğru delivered a striking presentation at the Istanbul Marketing Summit (IMS) themed 'Better Tomorrow.' Emphasizing that the damage to the world is orchestrated by corporate and industrial mechanisms, Doğru highlighted the crucial importance of the younger generation's engagement in understanding and shaping our future. IMS'23 emerged as a significant platform for industry leaders to discuss essential visions for a sustainable future.

08.12.23

Ho ho ho, what a pleasure! 🤸🏻‍♂️🎉

We are delighted to announce that our works have been honored in three different categories at the 42nd GMK Awards, one of Turkey's most prestigious and important accolades this year. We would like to express our gratitude to our wonderful clients, all of our employees, and the esteemed members of the jury who made this success possible. As we approach the end of 2023, this early celebration is a source of great pride for us.

26.11.23

Sahika Ercumen 'Dünyayla1' 🌱🌍

QNB Finansbank is proud to collaborate with Şahika Ercümen - World Champion Free Diver, Athlete, and Environmental Activist - in our mission for a cleaner and more livable future. This project is part of our 'Dünyayla1' platform, aimed at strengthening sustainability communication. In our video, discover how Şahika Ercümen's passion and knowledge in environmental sustainability and nature conservation merge as she explores the deep blue waters. Under the 'Dünyayla1' umbrella, we are working together to build a cleaner and greener future. 🌍💚 #Dünyayla1 #Sustainability #ŞahikaErcümen #NatureConservation

17.10.23

Special playlist created by Ba’ndo Dedicated to Istanbul. 🎶🎉🎸📻

Ba’ndo Istanbul Sounds is a 34-track song selection composed of various music genres, focusing on Istanbul-based musicians. Throughout history, Istanbul, which has witnessed numerous rebirths and served as the center of colorful empires, has also been a focal point for artists and musicians. In fact, the city's rich cultural heritage, uniqueness, rhythm, and structure that brings together different layers of society have attracted artists from many cities around the world to Istanbul.

09.10.23

QNB Finansbank 'Dünyayla1' 🌱🌍👫

QNB Finansbank has officially announced its sustainability-focused campaign, 'Dünyayla1', through its official communication channels. This campaign is a holistic communication initiative that has been meticulously crafted after a lengthy production process and remarkable collaboration. The 'Dünyayla1' campaign carries a vision of making the future, especially for children, a greener, cleaner, and more livable world. It sets out with a mission to contribute to the journey of sustainability and aims to create societal awareness on this vital subject. You can watch the campaign video through the link.

20.07.23

We proudly announce our accompanied trophies from the Brandverse Awards for our achievements this year. 🥇🥈🥉

Two awards were given to the Alaaddin project, and one award was given to the Istanbul Marketing Summit project. You can find the links to these works in our profile.

Creating design systems and seeing them make everyone happy is more important than anything else. We always repeat the pattern we create. We have fun while producing, and producing while having fun allows us to perceive the job in a new and unexplored dimension. First of all, congratulations to our team.

A huge thank you to our incredible clients for their support. And finally, thank you to the esteemed jury members. It's truly been a happy week.

01.06.23

We are thrilled to start working with Akbank on reputation management.🤸🏻‍♂️🎉

As B'Future, our goal is to support Akbank's top-level executives in sustainable growth, maintaining a competitive advantage, and ensuring the long-term success of the brand. We aim to contribute to Akbank's credibility, reputation, and association with success through an effective reputation management strategy.

06.01.23

Wowww! Ba'ndo won 14 awards in total in 2022 😎😲🤸🏻‍♂️🎉

2022 has been a great year for us. We have done very good work for many of our wonderful brands. We would not have been able to achieve all this without the well-intentioned collaborations of the brands we work with. We received 14 awards from Turkey's most important award competitions. The awards we have received are proof that we do our job wholeheartedly. We are very excited for 2023. Hoping to meet in better works with new projects and new brands.

01.01.23

A big welcome to QNB Finansbank!

We are pleased to announce that QNB Finansbank has selected Ba’ndo as their agency for sustainability communication.

13.12.22

GMK Winners Announced. Wow! 😲🤸🏻‍♂️

We’re thrilled that three of our projects have been selected as winners at the 41st GMK Annual Design Competition! Bravo to all of our incredible clients and, of course, to our team! And thank you, judges. You can see all the honorees here. 🖇️

24.10.22

Comfortnoise Website Is Now Online!

Comfortnoise is a creative music & sound production studio working globally for big production companies like Netflix and many other award-winning projects like movies and advertisements —based in London and Istanbul. Our website design is bold, striking, and it highlights the variety of their work with a simplistic layout and a smooth flow that inspires the viewer. Check it out!

29.09.22

Let's Brick Together 🎉

All project works of Brickery are online. You can check it out on our website. Brickery is an online building block platform based in Germany. We created of Brickery brand system.

15.08.22

Kilim Denim's official website won the Altın Örümcek Web Award! 🏆🎉

Ba'ndo wins Bronze Award title in Beauty & Fashion category at the 20th Altın Örumcek Web Awards. Thanks to everyone for the hard work and cheers to all!

01.08.22

Haliç University Logo and Brand System Design

Haliç University is a foundation university that was established in the Historical Peninsula in Istanbul. Historical texture and rich tradition have diffused into its value system over time. Recently, Haliç University moved to its new and only campus in 5th Levent, bringing together all its faculties. Now, It has a brand new campus equipped with all the technological and social facilities. Haliç University contacted us for a new brand identity and a new start without losing its values. 🔗

20.06.22

HAVAŞ, your most reliable solution partner 🐱‍💻

Havaş contacted us to restructure the complicated layout of their website and make it more user-friendly. Beyond being user-friendly, the website needed to convey a simple definition of what a ground handling service provides for the customer. So, we developed an extensive brand system and strategy. We created the visual interpretation of the actual process of the 3 main services provided by the company, using the power of animated illustrations as our visual language. This enabled us to convey the message instantly to the viewer. With the new, refined menu and user-friendly layout, Havaş has one of the most contemporary brand systems among its competitors. 🔗

06.05.22

Alaaddin Agency web site is online 🐱‍💻

We designed a website for one of Turkey's most important local agencies, that fits perfectly with their brand identity. Alaaddin removes all the borders while telling the stories of the brands that they partner with. We undertook the entire coding and design process for the website. We used pure Javascript for the coding. We also removed the borders on the page layout to immerse the visitors into the magical world of Alaaddin. It is necessary to annotate that all video images were produced in 3D, inside the Ba'ndo territory. 🔗

16.12.21

2021 Istanbul Marketing Award Winner! 👏🎊

Good news to share today!👌 We were very excited about the idea of the world where everyone was equal. The brand system we designed based on this idea was awarded with one of the most prestigious awards in the advertising and communication world. At the Istanbul Marketing Awards 2021, we won the 'Gold' awards in two categories: Renewed Corporate Visual Identity Design and Social Gender Equality Projects Communication Studies, with the brand system we designed for the Orange Association with the slogan 'The Point Where Everyone Is Equal'. We would like to thank everyone who contributed and the jury members of the selection committee who brought us this award.

11.10.21

40th GMK Award Winner! Best Album Cover Design 👏🥁

To @tolerancebreak , who trusts our cooperation and offers opportunities to plan everyone whose musicality we can reflect for this extraordinary album inspired by the teaching of Tao, Thanks to @gmk_turkey and the members of the selection committee for their role in evaluating our success! Cheers!🍻

25.09.21

Ba’ndo Lab presents the second issue of HütHüt! 👀

Pleasure is; something temporary, something permanent, to produce, to consume, an escape, a chase… In a word, pleasure differs for everyone! , Ba’ndo Lab presents the second issue of HütHüt! ⚡ The topic of this issue is “pleasure.” If you want to look at pleasure from different angles, visit the link!

10.05.21

Something Neww!

‘Insights’ is online now! We will write about design, our experiences, and, the creative process with Ba’ndo enthusiasm.

Discover the Insights page in which you can find our ideas, essays, and interviews.

20.04.21

Haven't you watched 'Lab Meetings' yet?

Our first online session is on November 27 and Bando Lab's rookies are running the project! We invite young designers to Lab Meetings to talk, have fun, and meet common problems. If you want to watch this series on our youtube channel and want to join our community, click here!

Let's Start the Game.

11.03.21

You never know till you try: Ba’ndo Lab Rookie Camp

What better way there can be to learn the details of highly anticipated Ba’ndo Lab Rookie Camp rather than reading the words of a rookie copywriter? The camp is created with a desire of being an education cult. Answers of some most wondered questions can be found in the below article.

16.12.20

We've been Awarded!

Bando wins Sustainability Communication Award - Gold Award title in the İstanbul Marketing Awards 2020. Thank you everyone for your hard work and cheers to all!

13.11.20

Hello Felis Award. Welcome to Our Agency

Sertac Ozgumus Web Site Wins Felis 2020 for the -Achievement Award - Digi-+tal, UI UX Design / Website

29.10.20

HutHut new issue is on the way!

We are waiting for your designs for the second issue of Hüthüt. To participate in the open call, it is enough to send us your designs in the format of an illustrated article. Check it out.

30.09.20

Post-suprematist posters at your service

You can now download post-suprematist posters to your computer. Use it as you wish! Hang it on your wall or just make a wallpaper! Check it out.

04.09.20

Hadise.com is online!

The experiential website we prepared for Turkey's biggest pop star Hadise's new single 'Küçük Bir Yol' is online! Click for more.

10.08.20

Ba'ndo Lab Design Manual

This guidebook came to life out of necessity. The aim is to include all the rookies and experienced designers at Ba’ndo into the process of creating a new way of thinking and forming a unique design culture. ' Our only will is to increase the productivity level with a systematic thinking methodology and design language.

10.08.20

We are the Post-Suprematists

The early period works and manifesto of Post-Suprematism, which we created by the Suprematism movement led by the Russian Avant-garde artist Kazimir Malevich, are here. Stay in touch!

12.07.20

Talk on IMS 2019

You can find the 'Creating a Brand and 7 Deadly Sins' presentation of Ba'ndo agency's co-founder Emrah Doğru who was one of the speakers at 'Istanbul Marketing Summit' held on 9-10 December, 2019.

26.06.20

We've been Awarded!

Bando wins Microsite of the Year - Silver Award - title in the Altın Örümcek Web Awards 2020.

05.06.20

Bando Talks New Episode!

We are here with one of the most serious guests of our podcast series. We talked to Psychologist Özge Orbay about our problems and then the requests of people, and at no cost. Listen Now

04.06.20

Golden Typography

Golden Typeface add-on is for graphic designers, web designers, UI designers as well as for many other artists in the design industry. Bando Lab - Golden Typeface enables you to create your design system typographically.

26.06.20

Remote Work for Design Teams

Learn the best practices for running a remote design team, and discover how designers can help teams collaborate while working apart. This book was written by our team at InVision, a fully distributed remote workforce since 2011.

22.12.19

Hello Kristal Elma. Welcome to Our Agency

Sertac Ozgumus Web Site Wins Kristal Elma for the -Bronze Award - Digital, Social Media & Activation / Website