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The Zlin Region Brand and Visual Identity

Little Greta Brand and Visual Identity Graphic

The Zlin Region

The Zlin Region is a brand and visual identity created for a region in the Czech Republic. The identity is based on a square, and the four corners represent the four historical districts of the region. The square frames the design and also marks where change happens, as forms and letters break out beyond its edges. The colours are black, white, dark yellow and light yellow, and yellow refers to the traditional colour of Zlin. The identity expresses the creative and entrepreneurial spirit of the region and its people.

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It Is In Your Genes Dynamic Identity

Brand Bar Communications Dynamic Identity Graphic

It Is In Your Genes

This brand identity was created for a genotyping service, by which predisposition to possible genetic diseases can be detected. Just like the DNA structure, the design concept was also built upon a system of codes, namely specially designed Morse codes representing the letters of alphabet. Any word can be visualized this way, turning a static logo into a dynamic identity. The logo, which is the name of the Client written by the codes, takes the double-helical structure shape of the DNA. This is how the business of the Client is reflected both conceptually and visually in the identity.

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Tgl Brand Identity

Wei Sun Brand Identity Graphic

Tgl

Tgl is a research and education platform for children. It adopts efficient communication and interesting teaching methods. The logo uses the hummingbird as the carrier of brand memory. It uses simple and pure visual symbols to create a rich and interesting brand image, while creating a differentiated brand IP, which endows the brand with humanized attributes, enabling more interaction with children and establishing emotional connections. The overall use of rich color visual language conveys a lively, youthful and friendly tone.

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Wonderland Fruit Packaging Illustration

Chia-Liang Lin Xi-Ting Huang Sheng-Er Yu Packaging Illustration Graphic

Wonderland Fruit

Wonderland Fruit is a series of packaging illustrations created for fruit products. The illustrations use traditional Chinese art elements, such as attics, cranes and auspicious clouds, to suggest a wonderland atmosphere. The colour tone follows the colour of each fruit, so that the illustration and the product match in visual effect and style. Soft colours are used to join traditional and contemporary visual styles. The series was produced with Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, and each sheet measures 297 by 420 millimetres.

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Oil Street Art Space Visual Identity

Kimhung Choi Visual Identity Graphic

Oil Street Art Space

Oi is the visual identity of Oil Street Art Space, a public leisure and cultural venue in Hong Kong. The site occupies the former clubhouse of a yacht club and includes a Grade II historic red brick building with a tile roof and an outdoor area of over 3000 square meters. The name replaces the letter L with an exclamation mark, which calls for attention and points to the location. The logo shape shows the act of calling out loud. Green is the identity color, suggesting an oasis for the arts within the city. The identity is applied to environmental graphics and printed items.

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Designthinkers Conference Materials

Liying Wang Conference Materials Graphic

Designthinkers

The goal is to design sophisticated conference materials that align with the theme of the year. At times design seems to be a maze, as designers' journey along its tortuous pathways leads to wrong turns, dead ends, and unknown destinations. Liying Wang tries to utilize the maze as a symbol of the design process and its complexities while visualizing the design and creativity process to evoke similar emotions from the audience.

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New 1930 Cinema Visual Identity

Tangible Design Cinema Visual Identity Graphic

New 1930

It is expresses the tone and manner of the space in a consistent manner that elevate the efficiency of the brand's communication. It portrays the signage, wall graphic, and pictograms from the wainscoting motif that represents a nostalgic and classic space. Wainscoting is a frame which symbolizes the brand as the platform that brings enjoyable experiences. In addition, the motif is a modern reinterpretation that enables design to be flexible and be applied to various applications.

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Tea and Tea Branding

YongQing Liu Branding Graphic

Tea and Tea

Tea and Tea is a Chinese drink brand whose marketing strategy centers around Chinese tea latte. The logo consists of the lettering Tea and Tea and the Arabic numeral 2, which dominates the trademark and has a distinctive appearance due to the integration of a tea leaf. In combination with a clear, eye-catching color scheme and a straightforward stylistic idiom that informs, for instance, the packaging design and retail displays, Tea and Tea’s visual appearance achieves high brand recognition.

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Inner Peace Multifunctional Poster

Te-Sian Shih Multifunctional Poster Graphic

Inner Peace

This poster was designed for the musician Cho-Liang Lin and his Taipei Music Academy and Festival. Many people have suffered a lot during Covid-19, and many need to find inner peace and calm. Therefore, Te-Sian, Shih created an abstract peace dove as the main visual using lines. She used blue as the background color and lines to represent how music can heal the heart, allowing people to feel as if they are in a magnificent ocean when they listen to music.

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Abaliss Sans Typeface Specimen

Paul Robb Typeface Specimen Graphic

Abaliss Sans

Abaliss Sans is a contemporary typeface family based on the swiss style with strong stylistic geometric contrasts representing the shifting contemporary aesthetics. Its distinctive stance and wide-open counters allow the right visual consistency for branding and communications projects. Each weight includes more than 700 glyphs with stylistic letter and numeral sets and alternative glyphs and discretionary ligatures.

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Mono Pizza Brand Identity

Irina Kolosovska Brand Identity Graphic

Mono Pizza

Mono Pizza is a brand identity created for a pizzeria in the United Kingdom. The name joins the words Mona Lisa and pizza, linking fine art and cuisine. The logo merges the face of the Mona Lisa with the round shape of a pizza. The mark is drawn with the monoline technique and regular graphic shapes, so the calm gaze is suggested without fine detail. Only three colors are used, and the contrast between them completes a clear and minimal composition. The identity is applied to pizza packaging of 320 by 320 by 40 millimeters, printed with Pantone inks.

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Horyukaku Illustration

Aihara Nico Illustration Graphic

Horyukaku

Inspiration for the illustrations come from Japanese classic literature Nanso Satomi Hakkenden. Horyukaku is a popular scene in Kabuki. The theme of designs is harmony of traditional Japanese and European designs. Traditional Japanese motifs were drawn by incorporating the styles of Art Nouveau and Art Deco. First hand-drawn painting was made and then colored in Photoshop to get closer to the quality of a real vintage design. Even though people who see the design didn't live in that era, they can feel familiarity and nostalgia.

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