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Five Samurai Digital Mural Painting

Five Samurai

Five Samurai is a digital mural painting created for a Japanese restaurant. The artwork shows five samurai figures in calm standing poses, without weapons, so that references to war are avoided. Snow and golden autumn leaves surround the figures and suggest quiet beauty and the passing of time. The painting was made with digital painting software and printed for a wall measuring 7253 mm in width and 2228 mm in height. The figures are placed in the central area to suit the uneven wall surface. The aim is to let guests sense the atmosphere of ancient Japan while dining.

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Timing Sauce Branding

Timing Sauce

Timing Sauce is a branding project created for a sauce producer. The work covers a new brand name, a logo, packaging and sales materials. The former name referred to pasta, which did not match the products sold, so a new name was chosen. The logo uses abstract shapes that suggest a sauce and a smiling face. Color research guided the palette, and several color combinations were tested to convey joy and appetite. The labels are printed on waterproof glossy PVC and are made in three sizes for 120, 150 and 180 millilitre bottles.

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Emotions Posters

Emotions

What would emotions look like in the visual world? This series of posters named Emotions represent four different types of basic emotions in visual form. The four emotions are Joy, Anger, Sadness, and Fear. The designer used contemporary visual language including abstract illustrations, vibrant colors, and dynamic typography to show the connection between emotions and facial expressions. In this design system, each visual language works as individual designs on its own. At the same time, all the poster designs work as a system.

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Hanzi and Alphabet Type Design

Hanzi and Alphabet

This is a set of type design that represents the combination of two different cultures Hanzi and Alphabet. The type design combines Hanzi character strokes and English letters. Each letter was designed with customized shapes from one or more parts of Hanzi strokes. The design was created by using contemporary visual languages along with bright colors.

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SDDA  Corporate Identity

SDDA

SDDA is a corporate identity created for a dancesport association based in Shandong, China. The previous logo used a detailed dance figure that was often confused with the marks of other associations. The new identity simplifies the posture into a single continuous line. The line combines two dance partners, a mountain and rotating dance steps. Ten related graphics show classic dance postures and make the relationship of the body easier to read. The identity is applied at competition venues, in print and on social media.

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Sprezzatura Corporate Identity

Sprezzatura

Sprezzatura is a combination of retail, a social club, a studio, a bar, and more. However, in order to convey this message to its potential customers, its brand must evolve and show that it contains its true essence, character and vision. The logo identity was designed to truly represent Sprezzatura's brand, bring out its luxury yet playful character, embrace Italian character, and have enough flexibility to use in other related projects or materials needed in the future.

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87MM Ilsang Font Design

87MM Ilsang

The font of 87MM Ilsang is designed with consideration for the daily value pursued by the 87MM brand. The oblique font in Korean is the first font to be attempted in Korea. By interpreting the numbers 8 and 7 as the ratio and angle of the font, the area of the letters was designed as a space of 8:7, and the size of the closed letters among the consonants of Hangeul (Korean Alphabet) was adjusted using this ratio. The 8 and 7 degrees angles were used as morphological elements such as a stem and a conclusion to harmonize the characteristics of handwriting that appear when writing sideways.

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Free Brand Identity

Free

Free is a brand identity created for a sanitary napkin brand. The logotype is refreshed with a slightly raised letter F, which conveys a young and optimistic attitude. The two letter e forms are drawn as one continuous brush stroke and linked together. This joined pair is extracted from the logo and used as an auxiliary graphic, applied to business cards, badges, document bags, express boxes and canvas bags. The dynamic line expresses freedom and self-expression. A visual specification system keeps the identity consistent and extensible across online and offline channels.

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Continuous Line  Illustrations

Continuous Line

The artist developed a new style of illustrations in bright colors for a series of digital magazines for the Dutch Human Environment and Transport Inspectorate. The artist made these line drawings in a Picasso-like style. Complex subjects, such as construction restrictions and noise pollution, are visually reduced to the core. Number 01 of the magazine, and the according series of illustrations, gives information about the safety on and around Schiphol Airport.

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Traveling Illustration

Traveling

Travel and Happy Things is a series of illustrations about travel and joy. The series is painted by hand with acrylic paint, which is bright and waterproof. Each work measures 145 millimeters in height and 100 millimeters in width. One scene shows the harvest festival of the indigenous people of Taiwan, where people hold hands and dance around a bonfire. Another scene shows a single traveler walking at a calm pace in a foreign street. The colorful images recall the freedom of travel and social life that was limited during the pandemic.

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The Sound of Poetry Key Visual

The Sound of Poetry

The Sound of Poetry is a key visual designed for a campaign with two parts: a poetry theater exploring voice and a workshop series on science fiction and the universe. The key visual takes the form of audio tracks, as seen on computer screens. Natural elements such as flames, leaves and corals are distorted into wave shapes, creating an exotic and surreal effect. The horizontal arrangement echoes the way lines of text are set in a poem. The folding poster is printed on fibrous paper, matted on one side to hold a deep black background, with the title in silver ink.

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 Mao Xin Tea House Visual Identity

Mao Xin Tea House

The Mao Xin tea house was meant to bring out the beauty of oriental tea and it's culture. In particular this teas specialty which is two leaves to every one root. When them combine that with the local tea culture it is very easy to connect it with the Zen culture as many of plots are set out in a circular manner similar to a Japanese rock garden.

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