HERT — Graphic Design & Marketing

Beyond the noise.
This is where rules end.

Product & Lifestyle · 2026

Objects of Intent

Three categories, one rule: nothing on the object that does not need to be on the object.

Self-initiated project

Objects of Intent — A three-part product world — timepiece, fragrance and leather goods — held together by one material logic.
Client
HERT Product Division
Year
2026
Location
Dubai, UAE
Sector
Product & Lifestyle
Services
Product Design · Brand Identity · Packaging · Art Direction · Campaign Photography

Context

From intention to precision

The product programme began as an internal exercise: could a single design position survive translation across three unrelated categories without becoming a style?

A watch, a fragrance and a set of leather goods were developed in parallel. Each had to be resolved on its own terms while sharing one governing rule — reduction until the object explains itself.

Watch design process board showing sketches, material studies and the final matte black model.
From sketch to form — technical drawings, case profiles and dial iterations for the Hert watch.

Process — from sketch to form

Matte black Hert watch on a concrete plinth beside a rough stone, hard daylight and a red wall plane behind.

Timepiece

One red second

The dial carries no numerals, no branding at six, no date window. Hour and minute hands are matte black on matte black, legible only through the shadow they cast.

The single seconds hand is Hert Red. It is the only element on the object that moves, and the only element that is coloured. The watch tells you almost nothing until you look, and then it tells you exactly one thing.

Fragrance bottle and outer carton on a concrete ledge in raking light.
Fragrance bottle with a red berry branch and rough stone, in deep shadow.
Some things are made. Some are crafted. We craft the ones that last.

Campaign line — Hert Leather Goods

Full-grain leather boot on a concrete step, campaign typography set to the left on black.

Leather goods

Built by hand, defined by time

The leather line is the least decorated part of the system. No visible hardware branding, no contrast stitching, no monogram. Identification is a blind-debossed mark placed where the wearer will find it and nobody else will.

Campaign art direction treats every product as a single object in an architectural space — one light source, one shadow, one red plane, no styling.

Campaign sequence

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Categories
Horology · Fragrance · Leather goods
Deliverables
Product design, identity, packaging, campaign art direction, photography direction
Materials
Sandblasted steel · Full-grain leather · Brushed brass · Concrete

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