Maloca Green
[en]
Maloca Green is a cultural brand from Salvador centered on the power of Black, peripheral, and LGBTQIA+ expression. Through entertainment, media, and culture, the project positions Black peripheral music as a force of protagonism, circulation, and transformation, bringing “maloca” to the front line of the cultural industry with a language rooted in resistance, innovation, and visibility. Its identity draws from Black cultural codes, hip-hop, nightlife, and urban occupation, combining black and neon green, high-contrast compositions, and a typographic presence that feels both assertive and unmistakable. The logotype itself reclaims “maloca” as a sign of authorship and power, turning a term historically associated with the margins into a marker of cultural centrality and projection.
Structured as a monolithic brand, Maloca Green was designed to unfold across events, media, products, and extensions such as TV, Mag, Sets, Social, and Instituto, supporting its ambition to operate as a broader cultural platform rather than only an event label. Since 2021, I have led and directed the brand’s design and communication front, developing its identity system and expanding it across campaigns, digital content, events, merchandise, and new touchpoints over time.
[pt]
Maloca Green é uma marca da potência cultural preta, periférica e LGBTQIA+ de Salvador. Através do entretenimento, da mídia e da cultura, o projeto posiciona a música preta periférica como força de protagonismo, circulação e transformação, levando a maloca para a linha de frente da indústria cultural com uma linguagem ancorada em resistência, inovação e visibilidade. Sua identidade parte de códigos da cultura negra soteropolitana, do hip-hop, da nightlife e da ocupação urbana, articulando preto e verde neon, composições de alto contraste e uma presença tipográfica afirmativa e inconfundível. O próprio logotipo reapropria “maloca” como signo de autoria e poder, deslocando um termo historicamente associado à margem para um lugar de centralidade e projeção cultural.