Michael Junior Onafowokan
Ayra Starr - StarrGirl
Ayra Starr
CREATIVE DIRECTION, DESIGN & STRATEGY
StarrGirl needed more than a cover - it needed a world.
We built the identity from the cover out - one look and feel running from the album art through the campaign and onto the web.
Role:
Creative Direction, Design Direction & Strategy
Artist:
Ayra Starr
Discipline:
Album Design, Branding, Campaign, Digital / UI
CREATIVE DIRECTIONDESIGNDIGITAL / UI
StarrGirl needed more than a cover - it needed a world. “Wandering beyond the edge of her past, on the way to the starrs” became the throughline for the era. We set the creative and design direction and built a look and feel that could carry the music, the campaign and the digital experience as one identity: the gothic StarrGirl wordmark, the neon-and-black palette, and the cosmic edge running through every touchpoint.
No CGI - Hot Body throne carved from real ice
The album cover
We designed the album cover and built the branding out from it - type, colour, motifs and the rules that keep it consistent - so the era had one visual signature from the first piece of key art onward.
We extended the identity into the look and feel of the website, carrying the StarrGirl world into UI - the navigation, the hero, the MOBSTARRS fan space, pre-order and vinyl. Strategy sat alongside design throughout, so every choice served the rollout as much as the aesthetic.
A complete, coherent identity for the era - recognisable across cover, campaign, merch and web, and elastic enough to carry every single that followed.
Ayra Starr StarrGirl studio portraitAyra Starr StarrGirl studio portraitAyra Starr StarrGirl studio portrait
The shoot
StarrGirl where do we go billboardAyra Starr Tornado billboardStarrGirl billboard
Out of home
CASE STUDY / 2026LONDON - WORLDWIDE