About

Hello, I'm Arda.

I'm a Graphic Design student at Haliç University, designing brand infrastructure work with the LimeGraf creative team. From Kağıthane, Istanbul; behind the screen — with the same goal in every project: be remembered at first sight.

Arda Karabulut — portrait

Approach

Average is a choice.
I don’t make it.

I don’t design to “look pretty” — I design to give brands direction. That’s why my logo carries a compass: every job needs a bearing, every brand needs a route. I stay away from template solutions, childish icons and generic visuals.

With the LimeGraf team I worked on large web systems like Karsen and Molwex; at my own desk I produced identity and campaign visuals for brands like RevaŞarj and PAXEND. My poster series are my playground — that’s where I train my typography and manipulation muscles.

01

The 3-second rule

If a design doesn’t communicate quality in the first three seconds, it isn’t finished. No “wow”, no ship.

02

Structure first, polish later

No effects before hierarchy, spacing and rhythm sit right. Clean skeleton, strong makeup.

03

Detail obsession

Pixel alignment, letter spacing, the tone of a shadow — nobody notices, everybody feels it.

04

The brand is the brand

I don’t dress brands in trends; I derive design from the brand’s character. Originality can’t be copied.

Toolbox

What I work with?

Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Typography & Composition UI Design Systems Mockup & Presentation Social Media Grid

Education & Team

Where I come from?

Haliç Üniversitesi

Graphic Design — active student

LimeGraf

Creative team — web systems & brand design

@arda.vibe

Personal work: poster series, covers, concepts

Let’s Work Together

Let’s turn your story into design.