Templo crafts warm, handcrafted brand identity for climate non-profit Casi

Templo has designed the brand identity for Casi (Climate Action Service International), a climate non-profit that drives sustainable practices in the visual arts. The identity deliberately avoids alarmism and data-heavy narratives, instead using a warm, handcrafted look inspired by the subversive simplicity of hobo hieroglyphics from the Great Depression. The logo features an animated standing figure that originated from a shadow cast by Templo co-founder Pali Palavathanan's daughter. The visual language includes deliberately imperfect graphic cut-outs, hand-animated using traditional onion-skinning techniques, balanced with a minimal typographic system using contemporary Grotesk. The identity aims to reflect the act of making art and to make sustainability approachable for the creative community.