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C'YiShu Corporate Identity

Wang Zhiqi Corporate Identity Graphic Sunday, 16 February 2025

C'YiShu

C'YiShu is a corporate identity created for a studio that combines architectural interior design with piano education. The identity is built around a custom symbol that joins Chinese characters with spatial form. Auxiliary graphics represent the business areas of the studio, which include design, piano, coffee, and furniture. The symbol works as a complete visual system rather than a single logo. Applications include notebooks, business cards, envelopes, cloth bags, and brooches, made with silver printing, white hot stamping, specialty paper, and metal laser cutting.

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Monk Font Typeface Design

Paul Robb Typeface Design Graphic Saturday, 15 February 2025

Monk Font

Monk seeks a balance between the openness and legibility of humanist sans serifs and a more regularized character of the square sans serif. Although originally designed as a Latin typeface it was decided early on that it needed a wider dialogue to include an Arabic version. Both Latin and Arabic design us the same rationale and the idea of shared geometry. The strength of the parallel design process allows the two languages to have balanced harmony and grace. Both Arabic and Latin work seamlessly together having shared counters, stem thickness, and curved forms.

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The Meaninghall Tea Biluochun Tea Package

Suzhou SoFeng Design Co.,Ltd. Biluochun Tea Package Packaging Friday, 14 February 2025

The Meaninghall Tea

The Meaninghall Tea is a packaging design for Biluochun green tea. Biluochun is a green tea produced in Luxiang, a small town beside Tai Lake in Suzhou, China. The packaging is made of special art paper with a mottled texture that recalls the old walls of the town center. Simple line graphics combine the symbols of the mountain, the lake and the hall into one landscape image. Hot stamping is applied to express the natural character of the tea. Elaborate illustration is avoided, so the local culture is presented in a calm and contemporary way.

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The Soul of Maotai Flavour Wu Packaging Design

li zuo Packaging Design Packaging Thursday, 13 February 2025

The Soul of Maotai Flavour Wu

Wu is a packaging design for a high-end Maotai flavour liquor. The bottle is shaped like a drop of liquid, expressing the idea that the liquor inside is a refined essence. The glass surface is glazed and the logo is gilded. The outer box is made of natural wood carved with a water grain pattern, which echoes the bottle form and can be recycled. A wood carved glass mould was used in production. The complete set measures 260 mm wide, 140 mm deep and 300 mm high. The design helps buyers understand the character of the liquor.

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Silk Royalty Beauty Salon Branding

Satie Abuobeida Eljack Beauty Salon Branding Graphic Wednesday, 12 February 2025

Silk Royalty

The objective of the branding process is to place the brand in the high-end category by taking a look and a feel of adapting to the global trends in makeup and skin care. Elegant in its interior and exterior, offering clients a luxurious getaway to retreat to self care leaving renewed. Successfully communicating the experience to the consumers was embedded in the design process. Therefore, Alharir Salon has been developed, expressing femininity, visual elements, opulent colors and textures with attention to the fine details to add more confidence and comfort.

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Rules of War Posters

Mirna Noaman Posters Graphic Tuesday, 11 February 2025

Rules of War

The Rules of War is a poster series about international humanitarian law and the rules of restraint in armed conflict. The series uses mostly negative space, with no colors, shapes or figures that could point to any side of a conflict. Four themes present the shared teachings of international humanitarian law and the Quran. The posters were created to bring these rules closer to Arabic speaking and Muslim audiences during Ramadan. Each poster measures 1000 by 700 millimeters and is made for both printed and digital use.

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