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Die Free Studios · Case Study

I helped build Colina's entire brand world.

Here's how a website project turned into something much bigger.

@diefree.studio 01 / 08
C
( the client )

Colina is an event
production agency
built differently.

Founded by Tashia Roberts, they produce immersive, sensory-rich experiences for brands like Neutrogena, Dermalogica, and Onyx Collective.

They came to me for a website.
What they actually needed was a brand.

02 / 08
( the problem )

The work was
extraordinary.
The brand was
invisible.

No cohesive identity. A website Tashia herself said shouldn't be on the internet. And a vision for Colina — as a lifestyle brand, a collective, a cultural connector — that had no visual language to hold it.

03 / 08
( my role )

I don't design.
I direct.

I started with a deep discovery session to excavate the brand — the origin story, the process, the values, the vision. Then I delivered a full solutions presentation before a single logo was touched.

Strategy first. Always.

04 / 08
( what we built )

The full build.

  • 01 Brand strategy & personality framework
  • 02 Logo system & brand mark built around the "C"
  • 03 Color palette & typography system
  • 04 Photography direction for all 5 senses
  • 05 Brand guidelines document
  • 06 Squarespace website
05 / 08
( the thinking )

Colina's events
activate all five senses.
The brand needed
to do the same.

We built a photography direction system organized around what each event feels like:

TASTES LIKE FEELS LIKE SOUNDS LIKE LOOKS LIKE SMELLS LIKE

That's not web design.
That's creative direction.

06 / 08
( in their words )
"

"Asia really understood that Colina is layered, not one-dimensional. She pulled out the depth, the range, and the confidence behind what we do — and helped turn that into a clearer world people can actually step into and understand."

— Tashia Roberts

Founder, Colina Group

( the outcome )

A website launched.
A brand world built.

A team that could finally show up on social with confidence and consistency. This is the work I do — not just what it looks like, but what it means and how it moves.

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