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Journey to Lijiang Illustration

Journey to Lijiang

Journey to Lijiang is a series of illustrations about the city of Lijiang in China. The illustrations use the image of a tile cat, known as Wa Mao, as the main visual element. Wa Mao is a local cultural symbol and acts as a guide to the natural scenery and the ethnic traditions of Lijiang. Traditional cultural symbols are abstracted and redrawn in a modern visual style. The series is created with vector design software and produced with high level printing technology. The aim is to support the awareness and protection of the local culture.

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Platanus Corporate Identity

Platanus

Platanus is a corporate identity created for a psychiatry office with a humanized approach to medical care. The name refers to the platanus tree on the island of Kos, where Hippocrates taught medicine to the first doctors. The symbol brings together a Greek column, a tree structure, leaves, fruits, branches and an hourglass, drawn with one consistent line. The typography was designed exclusively for the brand and follows the proportions of the symbol. Patterns, graphics and stationery complete the coherent visual language.

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Ryujin Illustration

Ryujin

Ryujin is an illustration inspired by the dragon deity of the sea in Japanese mythology. The artwork was made from scratch and follows a minimal approach with a strong focus on detail. The background shows Japanese-inspired waves that reflect the character. The concept was first sketched digitally, then vector linework, shading and color were applied, and final adjustments completed the image. The illustration is printed on posters, greeting cards and shirts. The aim was to convey the power of the character through traditional Japanese imagery combined with a personal style.

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Unicorn Rebrand Visual Identity

Unicorn Rebrand

Designer Yating Liu has refreshed a New York Mexican food truck's brand in an experimental project. The design uses vibrant colors and badges to appeal to young students. In the logo, "Uni" represents university, while "Corn" stands for Tacos. The unicorn theme, popular among youth, fits with the brand's weekly introduction of new flavors. The logo creatively combines elements following Spanish grammar. Menu items also include college-related terms, ensuring a unified visual system tied to the brand's essence.

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Curridabat Ciudad Dulce Place Branding

Curridabat Ciudad Dulce

Curridabat Ciudad Dulce is a place branding program created for a city in Costa Rica. The brand supports the Ciudad Dulce, or Sweet City, vision, which promotes a positive experience for all citizens by taking inspiration from nature. The visual system is built from repeated shapes, patterns and structures found in the natural environment, with hexagon patterns recalling beehives as the main element. The flexible identity is applied to printed and digital materials, buildings, outdoor signs and public furniture, so diverse audiences can recognize the city easily.

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Street Bakery Brand Identity

Street Bakery

Street Bakery is a brand identity created for a bakery shop. The identity is built around a bear character that acts as the mascot of the brand. The logo uses a cartoon style intended to appeal to young customers. Beige, red and yellow form a warm and friendly colour scheme. Flat illustrations are applied to the logo, posters, packaging and the overall store image. Digital software is used to prepare the artwork, while posters and packaging are printed on environmentally friendly materials. The aim is a simple and welcoming brand for busy city life.

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The Kala Foundation Art Appreciation

The Kala Foundation

There has long been a global market for Indian paintings, but interest in Indian art has lagged in the US. To bring awareness about different styles of Indian Folk Paintings, The Kala Foundation is established as a new platform to showcase the paintings and make them more accessible to an international market. The foundation consists of a website, mobile app, exhibit with editorial books, and products that help bridge the gap and connect these paintings to a larger audience.

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COseries Dynamic Identity

COseries

COseries is a dynamic visual identity program created for the design company COdesign. COseries presents the company logo in many different forms, and each version carries a separate story. Themes include social causes, occasions, achievements, people and culture, and new pieces are prepared every month. The works are produced with photo manipulation, digital illustration, three-dimensional modeling, motion rendering and handmade paper cutting. Every output keeps the same two to one width to height proportion of the mark.

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CDU Hamburg Brand Identity

CDU Hamburg

CDU Hamburg is a brand identity developed for a regional political party in Hamburg, Germany. The identity is based on a modular structure that supports a uniform visual language across print and digital media. The word and figurative mark joins the letters CDU with the Hamburg symbol, a castle with three towers and two stars, on a dark blue circular carrier surface. The figurative mark is also used on its own, and the carrier surface can be filled with images and colors. Responsive websites were created for all organizational units.

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FHG Brand Corporate Identity

FHG Brand

FHG Brand is a corporate identity designed for a manufacturer of solid-state electrochromic glass. The logo is formed by four layers of glass shapes that combine to create the letters FH, taken from the original company name. The transparency, shapes and layers of the glass pieces reflect the properties of the products. The flat and modern mark gives viewers a three dimensional impression. The identity was also built as an interior installation of about three meters in each direction, presenting the logo and the glass products together.

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Fondazione Alinari Brand Identity

Fondazione Alinari

Fondazione Alinari is a brand identity created for Fondazione Alinari per la Fotografia, a public body founded in Florence for the conservation, management and promotion of the Alinari photographic collections. The identity is built around the lowercase letter A, an abstraction of a camera lens, which also works as a frame for images from the historical archive. Sculptural lettering and a black and white palette recall light and shadow. The system is applied to print materials, tickets, catalogues, merchandising and a website.

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Quix Branding

Quix

Quix is a brand identity for self-service vending machines that offer hot and cold drinks and snacks. The identity uses colors, textures and forms drawn from Italian culture, paying homage to the golden age of Italian design. A slightly vintage appeal recalls the Dolce Vita years and evokes Italian coffee culture. Coffee cups and posters are printed in CMYK colors with offset technology, while the vending machines are branded with printed foils. The design turns a quick coffee break into a calm visual experience.

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