About me
Hi! My name is Nas’tya VakhramovaI’m a communication designer specializing in branding, typography and art direction. I’m interested in work related to art, fashion and media. As an artist, I consider my personal goal to be creating emotional connections between people and building communities.I know how to turn an emotional image into a unique visual system and adapt it to various media.
— immersion and analysis
immersing oneself in the project’s context, analyzing it and the environment.
— concept
finding the project’s key metaphor so that it helps convey its essence and character, selecting visual solutions.
— implementation
mock‑upping and selecting materials for implementing the project on real media.
Systems of Tomorrow
Calendar
Context The calendar is used by people to plan the future; it has a systematic and understandable structure. Any forecasting and design of the future is a form of the illusion of control. Such forecasts never match reality, but it is precisely this discrepancy that gives them value.Concept A calendar inspired by the designer Wim Krauvel, who worked with strict grids. In the calendar, the system is deliberately disrupted. The concept is based on a swirling binding, which allows you to «predict» the next spreads and constantly make mistakes.September — October 2025 Tools: Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, FigmaResult:
For the project, I designed a modular font based on the Wim Crowell grid. The calendar spreads are also aligned with this grid, creating a unified system. Thus, the calendar reflects the concept while remaining practical to use.
Fragile Balance
Exhibition catalogue
Context The exhibition was held in Vilnius, at the Atletika Gallery, and was dedicated to the relationship between «I can» and «I cannot» — the clash between the fragile and the durable.Concept The catalogue concept is based on a delicate balance between text and image. The equilibrium is created and then destroyed, shifting in the horizontal and vertical planes. The idea of balance is supported by the composition. In the book’s design, the focus is on the abundance of textures.November — December 2025 Tools: Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, Figma
Result:
The catalogue brings together all the materials related to the exhibition: the curator’s text, the review, the works presented, and information about the authors of the works. The publication conveys the visual image of the exhibition and creates an additional level of understanding the concept, thereby helping to gain a deeper insight into the author’s intent.
The sewn‑in booklet with information about the authors of the works presented at the exhibition.
Melancholy Play: A Contemporary Farce
Printed edition of the play
Context Sarah Ruhl’s play «Melancholic Play: A Contemporary Farce» is lyrical, light, and absurd. The work combines references to classical drama with a certain irony towards it. Poetic elements play a crucial role in it: pauses, intonations, and simultaneous speech.Concept The printed edition is built around the mandorla symbol, which the author herself presents as key to the work; it symbolizes the union of two parts. Everything in the book is built around a duality converging in the middle: the play is divided into two equal parts and has a mirrored composition; the dialogues also come from two sides and collide in the middle.February — April 2026 Tools: Adobe InDesign, Figma
Almonds play a key role in the play, and the book itself is shaped like an almond.
Result:
I have carried out an artistic translation of the text from English into Russian. Thanks to the composition of the lines, the book is well perceived visually. The rhythm of the work, which plays an important role in it, is immediately recognizable to the reader — the pauses and line breaks in the layout help create a unique textual pattern that reflects the structure of the play.
