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Thirty Years Anniversary Brand Identity

Thirty Years Anniversary

Thirty Years Anniversary is a brand identity created to mark thirty years of restored diplomatic relations between Lithuania and Germany. The emblem highlights the number thirty and combines the two digits with the colors of the flag of each country. In larger applications the zero is cropped, so the layout stays clear, the text remains readable and the shape works as a graphic element. On a mug, the handle completes the cropped zero. Colored marks on a white background improve visibility. The identity frames public events and communication.

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LendMe Brand Identity

LendMe

LendMe is a brand identity created for a company that operates in the home equity market. The logo uses an iconographic structure that refers to binary codes balanced against each other, suggesting both a mathematical idea and a two-way relationship between the company and its clients. The colour palette is complementary, with purple as the base and orange and blue as supporting tones for different messages and audiences. Applications include business cards, envelopes, an institutional presentation and a street light panel.

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Ghepard Communication Logo Visual Identity

Ghepard Communication Logo

Ghepard Communication Logo is a visual identity created for a marketing and communication agency. The symbol shows the dynamic silhouette of a cheetah, drawn with two lines of the same thickness in a minimalist and modern style. The long tail of the cheetah plays a major role in the design. The silhouette uses a matte gold tone combined with a shade of gray, which gives the mark a smooth appearance. The logotype is placed below the symbol, and both elements together form a rectangular shape. The logo can be applied to white, black or colored backgrounds.

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SciFest Los Angeles Festival Identity System

SciFest Los Angeles

SciFest Los Angeles is a festival identity system created for a hypothetical eight-day film festival devoted to science fiction movies. The program curates classic science fiction films from 1970 to 2017, covering sub-genres such as action, animation and mystery. A dimensional typeface, inspired by scenes of four dimensions, serves as the main visual language across all applications. The posters work with augmented reality, so viewers can explore their depth. The app and website interfaces use kinetic three-dimensional graphics.

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Yin Cheng Center Office Guide

Yin Cheng Center

Yincheng Inc Center Office is a wayfinding signage system created for an office building in Nanjing, China. The design extracts the straight lines of the high-rise facade and repeats them as black vertical stripes that match the grid pattern of the interior walls. The signs are made of stainless steel with baking paint and milled grooves, and measure 1500 by 50 by 20 millimeters. Flat lettering is applied in black and white, while cut-out lettering uses imitation antique copper. Elements and sizes are reduced to emphasize function.

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Yudong CUN Logo and Brand Design

Yudong CUN

Yudong CUN is a mascot design created for Yudong village, a farmers' painting village in China. The mascot is based on the fish figure that is characteristic of the village. The fish is drawn as a simple cartoon character and is combined with local farmers' painting motifs and with the flag symbols of countries around the world. The result is a colorful set of images that joins local culture with an international visual style. The mascot has no fixed size and can be produced as a static or animated graphic.

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Xphere Corporate Identity Rebranding

Xphere

Xphere is a corporate identity design created for the brand Rongxing. The name Xphere is derived from the Chinese brand name Rongxing, which means prosperous sphere. The identity joins the meaning of the Chinese name with the English name in one visual language. The mark is inspired by the shapes of a star, and a matching cut is applied to both the English and the Chinese logo marks. Bold colors and strong visuals highlight the high-end product line. Printed items use matte heavy paper, and the business card and the thank you card carry an embossed logo.

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Optics and Chromatics Exhibition poster

Optics and Chromatics

The title Optics and Chromatic refers to the debate between Goethe and Newton on the nature of colors. This debate is represented by the clash of the two letter-form compositions: one is calculated, geometric, with sharp contours, the other relies on the impressionistic play of colorful shadows. In 2014 this design served as the cover for Pantone Plus Series Artist Covers.

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Mia Emoji

Mia

Emoji is a new design based on the popularity of mobile devices; it is to meet people's new needs for communication. Emoji, like any design branch, needs to take into account both practicality and beauty. "Mia" meets this requirement. It conveys meanings that cannot be expressed by words through a lovely image, thus enriching communication. In order to adapt to the progress of society, design is developed, and Emoji is a part of the development, which pushes the boundaries of design one step further.

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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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