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Designer: Keitaro Sugihara Design: Pop Up Picture Book Tag: Graphic Date: Sunday, 16 August 2026

Who's That Eating

This interactive pop-up book follows seven animals enjoying their favorite snacks, each with a 3D pop up fold showcasing their distinct eating style. Each pop up was designed with a single page cut out, and a second backing page revealing the inside of each mouth and adding structural integrity. This simple design, combined with paper collage illustrations, brings life to each animal. The text includes eating sounds via Japanese onomatopoeia, encouraging the reader to open and close the pages as the animals munch away.

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Designer: Michelle Poon Design: Conceptual Exhibtion Tag: Graphic Date: Saturday, 15 August 2026

Muse

Muse is an experimental design project studying the musical perception of the human through three installation experiences which provide different ways to experience music. The first is purely sensational using thermo-active material, and the second display the decoded perception of musical spatiality. The last is a translation between music notation and visual forms. People are encouraged to interact with the installations and explore the music visually with their own perception. The main message is that designers should be aware of how perception affects them in practice.

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Designer: Tiago de Albuquerque Sales e Kiemle Design: Brand Identity Tag: Graphic Date: Friday, 14 August 2026

Designers Brasileiros

The brand of the website Designers Brasileiros consists of a panel in the shape of the letter D composed by geometric pieces that fit together and represent the design specialties. These pieces are shapes extracted from the Brazilian flag and also form the letter B and a toucan. The toucan was defined by the fact that it is one of the largest seed dispersers of Brazilian fauna and one of those responsible for the formation of tropical forests. Thus, for the brand, the dispersion of seeds by the toucan conceptually symbolizes the dissemination of knowledge that is the purpose of the website.

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Designer: Sejong Center Design: Identity Renewal Tag: Graphic Date: Thursday, 13 August 2026

Sejong Center Rebranding

Sejong Center Rebranding is a visual identity design for the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts, a public institution opened in Seoul in 1978. The identity moves away from the usual logo style of Korean public institutions. Hangul, the Korean writing system, serves as the symbol itself, and the letterforms are combined with musical notation drawn from the six pillars of the building. Custom typefaces, stage staff clothing and a printed book extend the identity beyond the logo. The design joins old and recent forms in one system.

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Designer: Wei Sun Design: Brand Identity Tag: Graphic Date: Wednesday, 12 August 2026

Mohanii

Mohanii is a brand identity created for a fashion label rooted in oriental culture. The logo is based on Latin letters, which give the brand a simple and international tone. The letter M is the core symbol and refers to ink, linking the mark to Chinese calligraphy. Serif forms and contour lines are combined and reinterpreted. The letters M and H are emphasized, while the other letters are reduced, so that visual layers are formed. The symbol can be repeated, broken apart and recomposed, and it can be applied to any medium.

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Designer: Kiyoka Yamazuki Design: Calendar Tag: Graphic Date: Tuesday, 11 August 2026

Japanese Kumano Kodo

Japanese Kumano Kodo is a hand-drawn illustration created for a corporate wall calendar. The calendar theme is the old highways of Japan, including the Oshu Highway, the Tokaido, the Sanyo Highway, the Kumano Kodo, the Nagasaki Highway and the Minoji. The Kumano Kodo is a pilgrimage route used since about the year 908 and still walked today. The illustration brings the Nachi Fire Festival and Nachi Falls together in one colorful scene. The artwork is painted with acrylic paint on illustration board. The calendar has six sheets and measures 420 by 595 millimeters.

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