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Q Sky Brand Identity

Q Sky

Q Sky Pilates is a brand identity created for a Pilates studio. The letter Q is drawn as a bird flying freely in the sky, linking the studio name to a feeling of lightness, freedom and relaxation. The single letter works as an independent graphic, and the same letter stays consistent with the type used for the full brand name. The identity is applied to space signage, sportswear, water cups and membership cards, produced with digital printing, silk screen printing and embroidery. Colour accuracy on each material was carefully controlled.

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C'YiShu Corporate Identity

C'YiShu

C'YiShu is a corporate identity created for a studio that combines architectural interior design with piano education. The identity is built around a custom symbol that joins Chinese characters with spatial form. Auxiliary graphics represent the business areas of the studio, which include design, piano, coffee, and furniture. The symbol works as a complete visual system rather than a single logo. Applications include notebooks, business cards, envelopes, cloth bags, and brooches, made with silver printing, white hot stamping, specialty paper, and metal laser cutting.

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Lei Shing Hong Forest Food Court Wall Art and Identity

Lei Shing Hong Forest Food Court

Forest Food Court is a food court located in the office building designed by Famous Japanese architect Kuma Kengo in Beijing. The core concept of the architecture is “Forest in the city.” The branding and the 6m*150m huge wall art emerged from the concept. Delightful graphics and loosing strokes bring a relax, organic yet urban flow through the serious office building. The sub-abstract illustration balanced the atmosphere of the office and avoid of been too childish or cute.

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Monk Font Typeface Design

Monk Font

Monk seeks a balance between the openness and legibility of humanist sans serifs and a more regularized character of the square sans serif. Although originally designed as a Latin typeface it was decided early on that it needed a wider dialogue to include an Arabic version. Both Latin and Arabic design us the same rationale and the idea of shared geometry. The strength of the parallel design process allows the two languages to have balanced harmony and grace. Both Arabic and Latin work seamlessly together having shared counters, stem thickness, and curved forms.

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FIL Brand Vision System

FIL

FIL is a brand identity system created for a shop that sells designer collections and other design items. The name FIL means line in French. A continuous line runs through the middle of the three letters, so the idea behind the brand becomes direct and visible. The line can be extended or shortened, which allows the logo to be used at different lengths and in different positions while keeping one unified image. The identity is applied to shop signs, business cards, packaging, stationery, name tags, handbags and paper items.

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Nu Us Supplement Visual Identity

Nu Us Supplement

Nu Us is a visual identity for a vitamin supplement brand. The logotype combines four upper case letters into one cohesive image. The letters use a thin and even typeface with sharp edges and consistent spacing, which keeps the mark clear and easy to read. The supplement is sold as day and night capsules. Morning capsules are placed in a white bottle and night capsules in a black bottle. Simple sun and moon shapes in bright yellow mark the difference. The minimal design is applied to labels, business cards and shopping bags.

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Westlake Impression Brand Image

Westlake Impression

Westlake Impression is a brand identity design created for a performing arts company in Hangzhou, China. The performance is staged on a square platform set about ten centimeters below the surface of the West Lake, with the lake itself as the background. The identity follows a decentralized method. No logo is placed at the center of visual recognition. Instead, a system of graphic groups forms the identity together. The square stage and a window for urban cultural promotion are the main visual concepts. The aim is to strengthen brand recognition.

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Rules of War Posters

Rules of War

The Rules of War is a poster series about international humanitarian law and the rules of restraint in armed conflict. The series uses mostly negative space, with no colors, shapes or figures that could point to any side of a conflict. Four themes present the shared teachings of international humanitarian law and the Quran. The posters were created to bring these rules closer to Arabic speaking and Muslim audiences during Ramadan. Each poster measures 1000 by 700 millimeters and is made for both printed and digital use.

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Cells Poster

Cells

On July 19, 2017, PIY built a small building in Melbourne, Australia. It is a small castle assembled of 761 components, and they named it "Cells". The nodes are designed as the hand-turned thread tenon and straight tenon, which is summarized as "East Tenon & West Mortise". You will find their products, including variable shelves, study and shoe racks, etc., all of which are broken up and reassembled into an organism. And then, you will feel their desire to grow freely.

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Reincarnation Of Text Font Design

Reincarnation Of Text

Text of Cycle is a typeface design that explores the relationship between people and artificial intelligence. The concept proposes that people created artificial intelligence, and that artificial intelligence may in turn create people, making words the link between both. The letterforms follow a method of deconstruction, combining shapes taken from science fiction films and modern machinery. Each character was modelled in Rhinoceros 7 and rendered in KeyShot 8. The result reflects the cycle of language and knowledge.

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Blanc Water Branding

Blanc Water

Blanc Water is a brand identity created for a company that imports water from the Alps. The logo combines a graphic sign of the Alpine mountains with typography and colors drawn from the alpine landscape. The design language is clean and consistent, and it is applied to the objects of the company and to its social media channels. The intent was to express strength and clarity through simple forms. The identity gives the brand a distinct presence in the market and makes the company easy to recognize.

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HanKkeut Brand Identity

HanKkeut

HanKkeut is a brand identity for a series of grade school textbooks developed through collaboration between students and teachers. The brand objective is an all-in-one connection in learning. The cover graphic uses a connected stroke that emanates from the brand identity image to express a sense of ascension. The same stroke is applied to all HanKkeut books to create a consistent visual feature. Vivid colors, embossed textures and holographic stickers are used on the covers. Different age levels are distinguished by different cover colors.

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