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Faaja

Drag your friends, freestyle your moves, and vibe like never before.

Year
2025
Services
Brand identity, App design, Social media
Client
Faaja
Faaja, cover

About

Faaja is more than just a social media app. It is a celebration of fun, creativity, and connection. Inspired by the Yoruba spirit of freestyling and pushing limits, Faaja is a platform where users can express themselves, drag their friends for laughs, and create spontaneous, unforgettable moments.

Mission

Our mission is to foster a space where everyone feels free to explore, connect, and share their unique vibe, redefining entertainment and creativity one trend at a time.

Rationale

The Faaja logo reflects the brand values of fun, spontaneity, and creativity, inspired by the Yoruba term faaja meaning to stretch till it breaks. The custom typography, with its elongated and irregular forms, symbolizes pushing boundaries and embracing improvisation. The bold, minimalist design ensures versatility across platforms, while the subtle stretch motif embodies flexibility and creativity.

The wordmark construction, showing the custom font stretched until it distorts into the final logo
Original font, stretched, stretched further, logo.
Typography specimen set in Poppins across six weightsThe colour palette in yellow, blue, green and dark navy with hex and CMYK values
Nine brand values in stretched banner shapes, including Spontaneity, Banter, Freedom and Energy
Nine values, each in a shape that is being pulled apart.
The brand pattern, a woven grid built from repeated stretched wordmarks
The wordmark, woven into a pattern.

The app

The product is where the stretch has to stop being decorative and start being usable. Feed, profile and chat all carry the pattern without fighting the content.

App screens showing the profile, feed and reaction interfaceFurther app screens showing the onboarding and messaging views
The Faaja app icon on an iPhone home screen among other apps
The icon, where it actually lives.

Out in the world

Drag your friends, freestyle your moves, and vibe like never before. The campaign runs the same three words everywhere: fun, banter, creativity.

Street flags and banners carrying the Faaja identityA roadside billboard with the app store badges
Two tote bags in the woven brand patternApparel in the brand pattern, shirts and a hoodie