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Figma Weave canvas behind the uniforms: the reference plate, the written brief, the quilting swatch and the generated outputs, wired together.
The board Move to look around

Argentine Winter
Olympics Uniforms

ClientSelf-initiated Year2026 RoleCreative direction · AI art direction

The challenge

01 — The question

A reimagining of Argentina's Winter Olympic uniforms through the lens of national identity.

After seeing how strongly many Winter Olympic teams expressed their culture through design, I was surprised that Argentina's uniforms felt comparatively generic. This self-initiated project began as a simple question: what if our uniforms truly reflected who we are? The result was a speculative design series exploring a more distinctive Argentine visual identity on the global stage.

Four-up turnaround of the kit: men's and women's looks, front and back, laid out flat.
The kit as a system — front and back, both looks

Concept & approach

02 — Designed as clothing first

Performance winterwear reinterpreted through symbols, silhouettes and colors rooted in Argentina's heritage.

I developed the series using Figma Weave and FLORA, blending contemporary sportswear design with references such as gaucho tailoring, the light blue and white of the national flag, and emblematic national iconography.

Rather than creating costumes or nostalgia pieces, the goal was to imagine premium Olympic uniforms that felt modern, functional, and proudly Argentine. Each look was approached as both fashion system and national storytelling device.

Athlete crouching in snow, mountain range behind, teammate standing further back. Two athletes on a snow ridge in the light blue and white kit. Two athletes in snow, one kneeling with a boot sole toward camera. Athlete standing on a snow mound with arms raised, peaks behind. Athlete lying back in the snow, boots toward camera. Athlete carving a snowboard turn through loose powder, hat and neckerchief on, peaks behind.

Gaucho tailoring, flag blue, national iconography. Read as sportswear, not costume.

Exploring how heritage can be translated into modern performance design.

Underneath

03 — Where the looks were decided
Figma Weave canvas showing uniform variants arranged on a board alongside the written direction.
The boardDirection written down, then variants pinned against it. The kit was resolved as clothing on this canvas before any of it was photographed into a mountain.
A second canvas of many generated uniform variants arranged in columns for comparison.
The rejectsEvery look that didn't make it, kept side by side. Choosing between these is the work. The frames above are what survived it.

Results

04 — What it proved

Design can strengthen identity when representation is intentional.

Beyond the visuals themselves, the series sparked conversations around how countries choose to present themselves internationally. It reinforced the idea that sports uniforms are more than apparel. They are symbols of culture, pride, and belonging.

For me, it was also a strong case study in using AI tools to rapidly prototype high-level fashion concepts while maintaining a clear creative point of view.

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