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Communication Tool Corporate Identity

Communication Tool

Unto Communication Tool is a corporate identity system built around a shareable name card. The card measures 9 by 5.4 centimetres and carries the same contact information twice, one block printed upside down above the other. A die-cut perforated line divides the two blocks, so the card can be torn in half. The holder keeps one part and gives the other part away, allowing a single card to reach a second contact. The identity also includes a newsprint flyer and printed bubble wrap used for packaging.

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Decorative Japanese Cord Icons Celebration Symbols

Decorative Japanese Cord Icons

Continuous Line icons with Japanese style lucky motifs. Inspired by the traditional Japanese Ornament made of Decorative Japanese cord. This icon features a continuous design, like a single stroke. Designed complex shapes into flat and simple shapes. Decorative Japanese cord, Which is a string to decorate gifts and envelopes. Even if there is no real thing, this icon can convey the feeling of celebration.

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Cultured Silk Scarf Illustration

Cultured

Cultured is a silk scarf illustration inspired by Persian miniature painting from the thirteenth century. The illustration uses the bright and bold colors and the drawing style of the historic form, reinterpreted through flat design. The simplified details offer a modern reading of an antique art form. The artwork was created digitally with vector and image editing software. Cultured is prepared for print on demand and suits any standard square size of fabric or paper. The same artwork can also be applied to blanket scarves, pillow cases and framed prints.

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Destination Paris Bercy BtoB Event

Destination Paris Bercy

Destination Paris Bercy is a visual identity created for an event destination in Paris. The identity presents the Paris Bercy area as a place where professionals and the wider public can host events. The concept draws on travel diaries and holiday postcards. The logo is printed like a passport stamp and works as a label of quality. Each partner is shown by a logo in a stamp shape, forming a single signature that unites diverse expertise. A blue, white and red border recalls old airmail envelopes and French charm. The identity is applied to a business card, a booklet and a website.

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Blessing Gifts Blessing Envelope

Blessing Gifts

Blessing Gifts is a red envelope design created for the Chinese New Year of the Monkey. The envelope is made of green paper and measures 85 by 165 millimeters. The illustration shows a monkey whose face is formed by a walking cloud, the cartoon character of an environmental education brand in Guangdong, China. The design name refers to a Cantonese expression that means very good. Slogans and illustrations combine New Year greetings with a call for environmental care. The envelopes were given free of charge to companies and to individuals.

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Occasional Motto Visual Identity

Occasional Motto

The visual idendity of “Occasional Motto” was built based on the literal meaning of the company name, and extracted the essence of telling different experiences to people. The identity has several key colors, a typographic logo, and multiple illustrations which plays with a modern, and warm image that making each product unique, but cohesive with different contexts.

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Irozuki Calendar

Irozuki

Irozuki is a wall calendar that changes color every month. Each month shows a different color and expression, so the calendar acts as a colorful accent within a simple interior. When a month ends, the finished sheet is moved to the back of the calendar. After six months, all sheets are turned over together and a second set of color combinations appears. Only six printed papers are used for twelve months. The calendar measures 220 mm by 260 mm. The package is shaped like a flower and is cut from double papers so the form is kept on any display.

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Regeneration Exhibition Visual

Regeneration

Regeneration is an exhibition visual identity created for an environmental art exhibition based on cardboard boxes. The exhibition is part of a series that connects environmental protection and art. A comma is used as the central visual element, because a comma marks both a pause and a new beginning. The comma is placed on a green field and refers to the cycle of recycling. Green paper and paper skin are used in the design. The comma motif is also applied to brochures, T-shirts and packaging.

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Alpha Container Corporate Design

Alpha Container

ACP Alpha Container Pictures is a corporate design created for a film production company based in Berlin. The logo combines the short form ACP with the complete company name. Two typefaces are used, a stencil font of the type applied to freight containers and a technical monospace typeface similar to typewriter lettering. The logo also introduces the color scheme, which appears on printed business documents and on the website. The letterhead measures 210 by 297 millimeters and the business card 55 by 85 millimeters. The responsive website opens with full screen video content.

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Sati Comic Book

Sati

The story and design chosen by Simran are quite different yet perfect together. As seen the colours used are unique and each page has different tell to the story. She succeeded in pulling off the story in 6 spreads with the style of Van Gogh which isn't easy to pull off. The design of her text is poetic and beautiful, not too heavy and not to light. It is perfectly balanced and placed. Each page has a different emotion and colour or mood to it bringing out a new fresh perspective.

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Flora Self Promotional

Flora

Flora is a fantasy illustration to promote the artist’s creativity and storytelling, depicting the flowering of gastrointestinal microbiota fertilized by the churning gastric environment. The flowering is depicted by petals of Bacteroidetes, Bifidobacteriam, and Enterococcus faecalis, pistils of Lactobacillus and stamens of Enterococcus faecalis perched on stalks of Escherichia coli. The flower itself emerges on stalks of Clostridium difficile. Bacillus cereus, long rod-shaped bacteria in their arthomitus stage attach by fibers to the intestinal epithelium, grow filamentously, and sporulate.

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Legendary Beast Illustration

Legendary Beast

Legendary Beast is a series of traditional style illustrations. Each image intertwines the eyes of two animals to express the opposition and coexistence of contrasting forces. The Chinese dragon and the tiger stand for the strong male side, while the phoenix and the crane stand for the gentle female side. Flowers and rocks add a decorative quality. The drawings are made with digital painting software and printed with high quality techniques on handmade paper, measuring 31 cm high and 45 cm wide. The form is based on the traditional Chinese folding fan, combined with modern methods.

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