Graphic

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Designer: Siyu Xu Project: Visual Identity Tag: Graphic

Lord Qu

Lord Qu is a visual identity created for a snack brand in Quzhou, China. The identity presents traditional Chinese food culture in a modern way for younger consumers. A character based on Confucius forms the central symbol, and the hair knot of the character is shaped like a steamed bun. Linear cartoon drawings connect the character with historical motifs such as the flying dragon, the Confucius Temple and auspicious clouds. A pig nose symbol is applied to steamers, tableware, lamps and seat backs in the restaurant space.

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Designer: Mengyu Cao Project: Typography Tag: Graphic

Chinese Zodiac

The Chinese Zodiac typography includes 12 characters. Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, Pig. It combines Chinese calligraphy and Chinese traditional watercolor drawing. With design thinking, it breaks the original calligraphy forms and adds creative drawings to it harmoniously to show the meaning of each character within itself. Chinese characters always look like complicated drawings to people who don't know Chinese. The purpose of this project is to make the Chinese characters understandable to everyone to spread Chinese culture.

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Designer: Yoske Mitsui Project: Visual Identity Program Tag: Graphic

Public Health Beyond Borders

Public Health Beyond Borders is a visual identity program created for a group of students and faculty that addresses health needs in partnering communities. The mark uses five colors. Green and blue reflect a global outlook, while red, yellow and black refer to the University of Maryland origins of the founding chapter. A circle at the center represents unity and partnership. The wordmark is matched to the university primary typefaces. The logo is simple, scalable and modular, and it works in one color and at many sizes in print and digital media.

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Designer: Shenfan Lan Project: Graphic Packaging Tag: Graphic

Soda Grocery

Soda Grocery is a packaging design for souvenir food sold to visitors in Macau. The design language is drawn from firecracker packaging produced in Macau during the twentieth century. Images of four women taken from the historical packaging are redrawn as contemporary illustrations and printed in bold colors. Four food packages carry the illustrations, and each box measures 185 by 145 by 55 millimeters. The printed wrapping paper and inner labels are finished with embossing, ultraviolet coating, bronzing and die cutting. The design keeps regional character while meeting modern taste.

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Designer: Yiwen Tu Project: Branding Tag: Graphic

Jie Yi Couture

Jie Yi Couture is a brand identity created for a couture studio in Shanghai. The Chinese character Jie means to solve and to deconstruct, while Yi means one, unity and consistency. The logo is built with Chinese typography, and parts of the characters are replaced with symbols of a mannequin and scissors. Pattern-making sketches form the main visual element, and their lines, curves and notes create a detailed pattern. The identity is applied to packaging offered in several sizes. The design conveys craftsmanship and a semi-custom tailoring service.

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Designer: Anja Zambelli Colak Project: Branding Tag: Graphic

Benin

Benin is a brand identity created for a family-run coffee company with more than 30 years of experience. The identity supports the expansion of the coffee shop business into a franchise model. A smiling Cherub icon serves as the central symbol, referring to the Renaissance and to Italy, the homeland of premium coffee. Bright pink, blue, yellow and red tones and a texture of angelic clouds carry a cheerful mood. To-go cups and paper bags are printed on natural paper with CMYK offset, while metal tins preserve coffee quality.

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Designer: Chia-Liang Lin Xi-Ting Huang Sheng-Er Yu Project: Illustration Tag: Graphic

Money Talks

Money Talks is a series of illustrations that comments on corruption within officialdom. The series depicts hundreds of ghosts to represent hidden greed, unspoken rules and the pursuit of fame and fortune. Dark and hideous imagery is set against the positive public image of officials. Each print measures 297 by 420 millimetres and was produced with Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. The illustrations call for honest government, diligence and justice, while offering viewers an artistic experience.

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Designer: Fanny De Bray Project: Visual Identity Tag: Graphic

La pause parisienne

La Pause Parisienne is a visual identity created for a floating event space in Paris. The letters of the name are formed as tree leaves, and a serif typography with curved leaf shapes gives an elegant and gentle character. The letter U reads as a pause symbol and as an empty space within the word, framed by a crown of leaves. Greenery and plant images surround the logo to strengthen the presence of nature. The identity matches the floral decoration of the renovated 460 square metre venue, which hosts meetings and events by day and by night.

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Designer: Seung woo, Park Project: South Korea Illustration Tag: Graphic

2017Wbc

This is the poster for 2017 World Baseball Classic (WBC) project. His work details Republic of Korea attractions and national treasures, and features famous baseball players in the middle. An important point of this work is the fusion of athletes and natural elements so that various Republic of Korea charms can be produced in a single scene. It is a graphic design of a new expression method that combines style and computer graphics worked in a way using a brush, a traditional Republic of Korea painting technique.

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Designer: Xue Jiang Project: Design Exhibition Tag: Graphic

Rename

Rename is a design exhibition that questions the idea of standards and measurement. The exhibition uses a visual language taken from measuring tools. Illustration, collage and photography are combined, and four basic shapes from a triangle set are drawn and assembled into butterfly forms. A long roll of paper works like a tape measure, so visitors can choose or make a collage section that matches their own character and take it away in a file bag. Transparent PVC cloth and roll paper are used for the display.

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Designer: Ruis Vargas Project: Brand Identity Tag: Graphic

Umano

Umano is a brand identity created for a hotel bar in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The identity draws on cultural anthropophagy, a literary concept that joins humor with the free reinterpretation of outside influences. The project includes a logotype, business cards on 300 gram offset paper, a menu, a bag, surface design and posters printed on 75 gram offset paper and glued to interior walls. Graphics and architecture combine to form visual narratives that reinterpret city sights and local poems. The aim is to move away from the formal tone of traditional hotel bars.

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Designer: googoods Project: Visual Identity Tag: Graphic

Kong-Ke Museum

Kong-Ke Museum is a visual identity for an exhibition venue in Taichung, Taiwan, that also serves as a rest station for construction workers. The logo forms characters with short strokes, leaving them unfinished. The unfinished form refers to the transitional feeling of a construction site. The guidance system uses materials found on site, such as formwork, scrap wood, circular saw blades and plastic water pipes. Paint buckets filled with cement, water pipes, polycarbonate wave boards and gloves mark positions within the space. Posters are screen printed on cement bag packaging.

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