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Chez Vous Branding

Chez Vous

Chez Vous is a visual identity created for a Belgian restaurant in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The identity reinterprets Belgian icons, such as Magritte, the Manneken Pis, rain and traditional fries, through a simple illustration style. Short texts include Belgian dialect variations, adding a sense of humor to the graphic compositions. The identity is applied to menus, posters, panels, packaging and t-shirts, giving the restaurant visual unity. Menus and posters are printed in offset with CMYK colors, while the t-shirts are printed digitally.

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H900 Packaging

H900

H900 is a packaging design created for a hair dryer. The packaging is inspired by the high-speed motor, the impeller and the air duct placed inside the product. Complex internal circuits and air ducts are transformed into fine line patterns on the outer surface. Embossing and laser hot stamping are used to print these patterns. Combined with color films, the surface shows different color gloss at different viewing angles. The embossed lines can also be felt by hand. The box measures 280 mm in width, 102 mm in depth and 320 mm in height.

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Landscape Gift Box

Landscape

Landscape is a gift box designed for Chinese traditional moon cakes. The package shows a scene of waves, mountains and the moon, with a rabbit from Chinese mythology running in the sea. The mountains use the traditional Chinese color Danxia. The three-dimensional scene is built from flat paper slices, and each slice is placed at an equal distance from front to back. The paper is printed and then engraved in detail by laser. Drawers at the base hold the moon cakes, and further drawers within the scene hold knives and forks. The use of paper keeps production costs low.

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Noxx Bottle Design Packaging

Noxx Bottle Design

The newly founded Eisbock brewery asked the graphic designer and illustrator Res Zinniker for a packaging design. The starting point was the name Noxx and the black bottle. The design was printed directly on the glass and a special color was selected for each type in addition to white. Dark as night (Noxx), a series with eerie creatures that stimulate the imagination was created.

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Wolffstrunk Corporate Identity

Wolffstrunk

Wolffstrunk is a corporate identity created for a brand of fruit schnapps and fruit liqueurs produced in a private distillery. Graphic reduction and precision characterize the visual identity. A simplified figure of a wolf serves as the design mark of the corporate design system, and the stylized shape of a drop is added to the figure. A movable head gives the mark a humorous character and allows dynamic layouts. The system includes a composite mark, business documents, bottle labels, posters, postcards, a brand book and a short website animation.

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Tanggou Yingchun Effectively Protect Products and Promote

Tanggou Yingchun

Tanggou Yingchun is a packaging design created for a wine product. The white outer box represents the winter that has passed. A playful opening method reveals the inner box, which is spring green and suggests the arrival of a new season. Returning swallows are shown flying across the surface as a sign of spring. The box-shaped structure protects the product and presents the inner packaging in an engaging way. The outer packaging is made of environmentally friendly paper. The design reflects the natural conditions of Tanggou Town, a region suited to winemaking.

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