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Design Manner

Design Manner featuring great design, architecture, fashion, graphics and innovation from across the globe.

 

Zacapa Reserva Limitada 2019

forceMAJEURE Design was asked to bring the Reserva Limitada liquid to life through the packaging. The brown label with rich gold foil lettering complements the amber and golden hues of the liquid. The signature petate band, handwoven in special colors for this edition by local Guatemalan craftswomen, proudly wraps around the bottle. For the canister, designers blended washes of colors and textures inspired by the lush Guatemalan landscape. The petate band, as well as the Master Blender’s signature band with tasting notes, are recreated on the canister in a gold graphic interpretation.

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I Really Like Math

This project allows students to experience math in an easy and fun manner while touching the book. Using the various educational tools contained in the book, students can learn the concept of mathematics as if playing, thereby increasing the effectiveness of learning. This can show immediate changes or reactions of images as if you were operating a tablet PC in a paper book. The cover is made in the form that students can directly manipulate the pictures, and they can also draw pictures in an empty space to produce a variety of personality.

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Grand Egyptian Museum

The research and exploration process led to a rich identity inspired by the basic shapes of ancient Egyptian alphabets. Hieroglyphs in the logotype and the signage system were used to invoke the ancient Egyptian culture and style. A logo was created using five hieroglyphs that read Egypt; were combined together to create this geometrical yet simple look and feel. The elongated rectangular shape is inspired by the cartouche; a frame indicating that the text enclosed is a royal name. Black is the primary color. The secondary colors were inspired by colorful ancient Egyptian jewelry design.

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The Moment

The Moment Calendar was inspired by the ancient wisdom of Chinese Solar Terms and Ecclesiastes in Bible, which aim to express the reflection of impetuous society and remind people to know the season and to enjoy the moment. Therefore, there is a new design expression to present the past, now and future. Month is printed in the center of the page while date is shown on a gradient arc. Dates and arcs rotate clockwise around the center and fade away due to the translucent paper, which poetically draws a picture: the eternity of time is a series of the present moments. So, let’s enjoy The Moment.

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Lazarus Effekt

The three information graphics serve as a basis to introduce the topic of the Lazarus-Effect. They include "The Six Major Mass Extinctions", "Death Watch of the Species", as well as an information graphic of the "Local Fern Plants and Flowering Plants" (based on the Rote Liste, 2018). The Lazarus Effect is based on the theme of the Lazarus-Effect, as coined by paleontologist David Jablonski. This pertains to the unintentional rediscovery (by accident, through expedition or through relocation projects) of a previously lost or considered extinct form of life.

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Cat With Fruits

Cat With Fruits series illustration works are for a dried fruit brand design of packaging illustration works. The use of fresh color illustration to draw the scene of cat and various fruits playing, in order to highlight the product is pure natural, pollution-free characteristics.This series of illustrations uphold the concept of naturalism, aiming to bring viewers the most comfortable, most close to the original nature itself. The designer has always been holding romantic feelings, using gentle colors to draw this series of illustrations.

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