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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.
Primary Residence is a visual identity system for a multidisciplinary brand. The project began as a typography exploration that links the style of the Bauhaus movement with abstract architectural forms. The logo is based on the Chinese character Ju, which means living space, and carries three stripes in the primary colors red, yellow and blue. The name Primary Residence refers both to these colors and to the meaning of home in an age of isolation. The identity is applied to a brochure, a business card and a stationery kit printed on textured paper.
The goal was to create a system with its own identity and originality that goes beyond. The structure of the new stadium of SC Freiburg consists of an orthogonal basic form and an orthogonal roof. The guiding principle of the architectural design, to create an identity-forming structure, must be supported. The new wayfinding and orientation system therefore presents itself with a clear language of form. It welcomes and informs visitors and fans already in the outdoor area (parking, busstop, tram), leads them to the entrances and in the stadium via the promenade to the seats.
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K-Chic is a brand identity for a Korean style fried chicken business that serves the meal delivery market. The mark combines the letter K with a chicken footprint to suggest the idea of an expedition. The lettering is based on the style of Korean retro advertisements and recalls a shouted slogan. Supporting graphics use battle flags, ancient maps and chicken warriors to express the theme of a Korean warrior journey. Rich colors mark the different flavors on tags and wraps. The main visual places the fried chicken within a map to invite the appetite.
This illustration project tackles the theme that Chronic pain is not Make Believe. The images are a combination of colours, textures and characters coming together to communicate a message.There are seven images total in this series.The protagonist is a young female surrounded by characters that are patterned and clear. There are foxes emerging from the grass and the silhouettes of dark and light enhance the surrounding colour. The Artistic message of each illustration connects to the viewer through symbolism in each image.
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Cherish Food is an illustration series about food conservation. The series shows the growth of grain in chronological order, from sowing in spring to growth in summer and harvest in autumn. Seasonal changes in color and imagery create a sense of progressive layering. Chinese idioms are combined with the drawings to express how hard grain is to obtain. The artwork is made with vector design software and printed with careful attention to detail. The series can be used in print media, on the internet and in animation.
The theme of the design is traditional Korean painting. In particular, paintings of ordinary people are called folk paintings. The subjects of folk paintings are mainly flowers and animals. One of the characteristics of folk paintings is that they express sacred animals in a friendly and fun way. In the past, Korean ancestors drew on Korean paper with a brush, but modern people draw with a computer. This picture is a graphic folk paintings. Graphic folk paintings are drawn using a tool called a computer. This project is a combination of tradition and technology, past and future.
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His artwork was produced as a video artwork by combining 2D painting, digital artwork, and 3D digital imaging artwork with a large media tower that is 20m high. He worked on animating Korean colors, natural elements, and animals called tigers so that they could move through digital artwork, and expressed the atmosphere of Korean classical art with modern digital artworks. He made the meaning of the four seasons of Korea into digital art by using illustrations of time and space through digital effects.
Moi Nivak is a brand identity created for an online retailer of contemporary collectibles. The retailer combines a select store and a design shop, offering daily collectibles and design items sourced from around the world. The identity system includes brand strategy, naming, stationery and a website. The primary typography is set in Sunset Gothic, a sans-serif typeface, and the word mark is a bespoke type design. The same typographic approach is applied across all brand communications to keep them legible, simple and direct.
Now is an album design created for a musician whose six songs tell stories about dreams, growth and love. One meaningful Chinese character is taken from each song title, such as Universe, Rain, Believe, Eyes, Moon and Star. These characters are combined with digital collage and generative coding. The selected elements are entered into a computer program that generates thousands of different graphics, so each package wrap is unique. The square format measures 4.25 by 4.25 inches. The project includes six cover designs, a lyrics book and the album package.
Gorgeous Frontier Highway is a brand identity created for China National Highway G331. The highway runs along the northern border of China and forms a long frontier defense road in Heilongjiang province. The design elements are drawn from geomorphology, vegetation and the road itself. A semicircle represents the landform, a leaf represents the vegetation, and a line represents the highway. These elements are combined to join natural culture with modern graphic forms. The identity reflects the four seasons of the route and the lively local culture.
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Memory of Jiangnan is a poster based on a traditional Chinese poem. The design draws on the characteristics of oracle bone inscriptions and seal script, which are simplified into clear graphic forms. Traditional elements are transformed graphically, deconstructed and recreated, with three-dimensional experiments applied to the letterforms. The poster is produced by digital printing and measures 70 by 100 centimeters. The intent is to present the charm of Jiangnan culture, Chinese characters and ancient poetry to an international audience.