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The National Gallery Visual Identity

The National Gallery

The National Gallery is a visual identity created for the national art gallery in London. The identity replaces a typography-only logo with a distinct graphic mark. The new logo is a double L frame formed by seven lines. The seven lines refer to the painting collection, which spans the 13th to the 19th centuries. The logo remains legible at a minimum width of 0.75 inches. The wordmark places emphasis on London to improve visibility in online searches. The intent is to make the gallery easier to recognise worldwide.

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Shanghai Symphony Orchestra Visual Design for 2020 - 2024

Shanghai Symphony Orchestra

Shanghai Symphony Orchestra is a series of annual main visual designs created for the oldest symphony orchestra in Asia, founded in 1879. The series covers the years 2020 to 2024. Each visual image expresses the charm, rhythm, melody, unity and variation of music through abstract flat composition. The curved forms refer to the concert hall, a building with a downward curved roof. Unity and variation in the graphics highlight the arc of the roof. The series is decorative and visually appealing.

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Lunema Specimen Typeface Book

Lunema Specimen

Lunema is a highly stylized contemporary neo-grotesque sans serif typeface with strong geometric contrasts. A functional san serif family that can stand the test of time, whilst still feeling modern and unique. Each letter shape has been crafted with great attention to detail in order to ensure legibility at large and small sizes due to the distinct deep ink traps. All 10 weights have an extended Latin glyph set with alternatives and ligatures.

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Gua Gua Xing Qiu Brand Identity

Gua Gua Xing Qiu

Gua Gua Xing Qiu is a brand identity created for instant scratch-off lottery promotion activities in China. The wordmark reduces strokes and adjusts the structure of Chinese characters, so readability is kept while a sense of surprise appears on closer viewing. The graphics follow the geometric language of the logo and express the scratching area of a lottery ticket in an abstract way. Printing uses high-quality techniques on recyclable substrates. The complete visual system portrays a scratch-off world of fun for young players.

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Radailiai Visual Identity

Radailiai

Radailiai is a visual identity created for a manor and a dinosaur park. The upper part of the manor logo shows a stylized fragment of an arch, a pattern of diagonal lines and a motif of water waves. The lower part shows a similar water motif and a stylized dinosaur. Changing the text and rotating the hexagon icon by 180 degrees creates the Dino Park logo, with the dinosaur above and an inverted house below. A palette of deep green and rose gold links the two worlds. The identity is applied to business cards, posters, envelopes and gift bags.

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Every Treasure Tells a Story Advertising Awareness Campaign

Every Treasure Tells a Story

Every Treasure Tells a Story is an advertising awareness campaign for a short documentary that presents one hundred national treasures of China. Each treasure is compared to a star, and constellations suggest the span of time and space. Each treasure is also paired with a dialogue box. Some boxes are round and some are square, and each has its own character. Books form the main visual theme, with references to Chinese bamboo slips, thread-bound volumes, parchment scrolls and hardcover books. The graphic approach helps viewers from different cultures understand the stories.

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DPRI Library Logo And Visual Identity

DPRI Library

Dpri Library is a logo and visual identity for digital publishing software. The main logo is dynamic and shows the process of book evolution, which reflects the digital nature of the platform. Clicking the main logo on the home page reveals five sub-logos, one for each content section. Each sub-logo is also animated and gives visual feedback when selected, so readers can browse categories and open a book. The identity can be printed on physical objects and used on electronic devices. The minimum height of the sign is 15 mm.

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The Impression of Feixi Poster

The Impression of Feixi

The Impression of Feixi is a poster created to present the identity of Feixi County. The Chinese characters for Feixi form the central visual element and are drawn in a calligraphic style. The silhouette of the first character shows modern architecture and recent developments, such as bridges, high-speed railways and buildings. The silhouette of the second character shows ancient buildings and historic cultural sites. The calligraphy is hand-drawn and then merged with the selected images through image editing software. The poster measures 297 by 210 millimeters.

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Krafton Game Union Brand Experience Design

Krafton Game Union

Krafton is a brand experience design created for a group of game development studios. The logo design system expresses both the uniqueness of each alliance brand and the consistency of the group. The design is inspired by the crest of a craft guild of the Middle Ages, and a shield-shaped frame is used as the basic form. The same crest shape is applied to all alliance brands and is differentiated by designated colors. Logos, colors, typefaces and key visuals are used across touchpoints such as business cards, forms, icons and advertisements.

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Finding Your Focus Visual Communication

Finding Your Focus

The designer aims to display a visual concept that demonstrates a conceptual and typographical system. Thus composition consists of a specific vocabulary, accurate measurements, and central specifications that the designer has taken into fine consideration. Also, the designer has aimed to establish a clear Typographic hierarchy to establish and move the order in which the audience receives information from the design.

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Lazarus Effekt  Education Illustrations

Lazarus Effekt

The three information graphics serve as a basis to introduce the topic of the Lazarus-Effect. They include "The Six Major Mass Extinctions", "Death Watch of the Species", as well as an information graphic of the "Local Fern Plants and Flowering Plants" (based on the Rote Liste, 2018). The Lazarus Effect is based on the theme of the Lazarus-Effect, as coined by paleontologist David Jablonski. This pertains to the unintentional rediscovery (by accident, through expedition or through relocation projects) of a previously lost or considered extinct form of life.

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Future Past Exhibition

Future Past

The Beijing 751 International Design Week's identity merges heritage with innovation, using geometry and a nuanced color palette to engage diverse audiences. Overcoming time constraints and aesthetic diversity, the project highlights cultural narratives through interactive invitations and digital-physical design synthesis. This approach creates a visually compelling identity that reflects the festival's theme, showcasing design's power to connect past and future.

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