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Nirvana Corporate Identity

Nirvana

Nirvana is a corporate identity created for a space for meditation and holistic therapies. The design is based on simple geometric shapes arranged on a grid system to keep symmetry and balance. The logo combines the infinity symbol, the lotus flower and a meditative posture. The wine red colour refers to Buddhist garments, and the yellow colour refers to the ornaments used in monasteries. The identity was drawn as vector artwork, so the logo can be reduced or enlarged without loss of detail and applied to print and digital media.

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Kong-Ke Museum Visual Identity

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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System BX Design Renewal

System

System is a brand identity design created for a clothing label that serves people of all genders. The identity is based on the concept of an attitude archive, described as a place that stores attitudes for many moments beyond style. A module formed by dividing a square in half stands for one attitude, and several modules together express the archive. The module is applied to advertisements, tags, labels and packaging. The logo is printed with a white foil press, and the symbol is tooled for a refined look. The visual language is kept neutral and clean.

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S oil Total Calendar Illustration

S oil Total

He designed a calendar illustration. In this calendar design, various environments and elements using refined oil were expressed as a plan composition. It is depicted as a vehicle and a motorcycle, which are representative means of transportation. And it was designed according to various factors such as city, natural, Environment and weather. 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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Low Classic Brand Identity and Typography

Low Classic

Low Classic is a brand identity created for an independent fashion label. The identity is inspired by fashion magazines of the 1980s. A muted color palette and a layout that breaks the grid are used. The typography is exaggerated and combined with elegant curves, and it forms the main visual language of the brand. Both printed and digital materials are included, such as posters, social media graphics, e-mails and web banners. The printed collaterals are produced on recycled paper without polluting dyes. The aim is to give a vintage look a refined digital form.

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Jie Yi Couture Branding

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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Benin Branding

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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Chinese Zodiac Typography

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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Public Health Beyond Borders Visual Identity Program

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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Soda Grocery Graphic Packaging

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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2017Wbc South Korea Illustration

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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Rename Design Exhibition

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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