Brand Strategist & Identity Designer

Where Design
Meets Strategy.

Design without strategy is decoration.
Strategy without design is invisible.
I work at the intersection.

I help high-value asset companies build brand identity systems that earn trust before the first meeting.

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7
Years of Design
6
Projects on Behance
1
Strategic Focus
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About

I didn't choose design.
Design chose me.

Basel Dalloul Basel Dalloul · Doha, Qatar

I started in this field looking for work. What I found was something that speaks to who I am — a craft that feels, at its best, like making the world a little more beautiful and a little more intentional.

Building a brand identity feels like raising a child. You're not just creating visuals — you're shaping a personality, a voice, a presence that will live in the world long after the project ends.

The move from graphic designer to brand strategist wasn't a career decision — it was an honest one. I think deeply about brands: not just how they look, but why they exist, who they speak to, and what they stand for.

That's the intersection I work in. Where design thinks.

I grew up in Gaza, and left after a war that took our home. What stays with you after that isn't bitterness — it's clarity. A deep, unshakeable sense of what matters and what doesn't. That's the lens I bring to every brand I build.

Ambitious enough to build something that lasts.
Creative enough to make it beautiful.
Human enough to care about the difference.

Selected
Work

5 Projects
Identity · Rebrand · Events
Qatar & Beyond

Aliwan Cupping
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01Brand Identity

Aliwan Cupping

Brand identity for a Qatari cupping therapy clinic. Logo inspired by the cupping vessel and the letter A — merging medical function with visual elegance across Arabic and English.

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Rozan
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02Brand Identity

Rozan

Bilingual identity built from Arabic letterforms. The mark weaves ر · و · ز · ا · ن into a single tulip silhouette — a name that reads as a flower, and a flower that reads as a name.

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iWings
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03Rebrand

iWings

Rebrand for a London-based digital agency. The chevron mark reads as both wings and upward motion — built on a strict geometric grid and carried by a cyan-to-navy system that scales from icon to full website.

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Halawat Aljebn
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04Brand Identity

Halawat Aljebn

Identity for a sweets and ice cream house. A softly modulated wordmark and a dome-and-drip icon turn the product itself into the mark — held together by warm cream, gold, and near-black.

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Shiny Space
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05Event Branding

Shiny Space

Event branding for a volunteer-run speaker series. A modular geometric pattern in primary colors runs across stage, banner, and social — one system, endless arrangements.

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Let's
Talk.

Have a project in mind? I'm always open to meaningful conversations — whether it's a brand challenge, a collaboration, or just a good question.

I typically respond within 48 hours.

Email — Primary
hello@baseldalloul.studio
Preferred contact method

Brand Identity · Qatar · 2024

Aliwan Cupping

Sector
Healthcare / Wellness
Market
Qatar
Deliverables
Logo · Identity System · Collateral
Overview

A Qatari brand specializing in cupping therapy. The challenge: build a visual identity that earns trust from health-conscious clients while feeling modern and approachable — in both Arabic and English markets.

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Brand Identity · Arabic & Latin

Rozan

Sector
Lifestyle / Retail
Market
Arabic-speaking markets
Deliverables
Logo · Bilingual Lockup · Pattern · Stationery
Overview

The brief was a name, not a category — which made the letterforms themselves the strategy. Five Arabic characters were redrawn as one continuous stroke system, resolving into a tulip. The result is a mark that carries meaning before it carries language, then extends into a full bilingual system across pattern, stationery, and collateral.

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Rebrand · Digital Agency · United Kingdom

iWings

Sector
Technology / Digital Agency
Market
United Kingdom
Deliverables
Logo · Grid Construction · Color System · Typography · Web Design
Overview

A digital agency whose visual presence hadn't kept pace with its offering. The rebrand rebuilds the mark from a geometric grid so it holds at any scale, replaces an ambiguous palette with a five-step cyan-to-navy ladder, and extends the chevron into a repeatable motif that structures everything from pattern to page layout.

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Brand Identity · Food & Beverage

Halawat Aljebn

Sector
Food & Beverage
Market
Gulf
Deliverables
Logo · Icon · Pattern · Signage
Overview

Traditional sweets sit in a crowded category where most brands lean on ornament. Here the product does the work: the icon abstracts the dessert's own silhouette — dome, drip, and base — while the wordmark's soft curves echo it. A restrained three-color palette keeps the brand appetizing at storefront scale without shouting.

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Event Branding · 2022

Shiny Space

Sector
Events / Community
Market
Regional
Deliverables
Event Identity · Stage & Banner · Social Templates
Overview

An event built on inspiring stories needed an identity with the same energy — and one that volunteers could apply themselves. The answer was a modular tile: four quarter-circle units in primary colors that recombine endlessly, so every speaker poster and banner feels part of one family without anyone needing a designer on call.

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