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Amores

Amores, a premium beauty lounge in Dubai, embodies elegance through a brand identity that merges modernity with cultural heritage. Designed to attract a diverse clientele, with a focus on noble Emirati women, its visual language draws from classic beauty industry elements like mirrors, combs, crowns, and scissors, reinterpreted in a vintage style. Inspired by Arabic architecture and Gulf region motifs like palm trees and gazelles, the identity conveys grace and tradition. An earthy color palette reflects the UAE landscapes, while a bespoke logotype enhances femininity across all touchpoints.

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Chongqing Noodles

The entire scene revolves around the food cities of Chengdu and Chongqing in the Sichuan Chongqing region of China. Other areas are presented in scattered or distant views, with the theme still being Chinese style itself. In addition to the unique urban architecture and beautiful natural scenery in the Sichuan Chongqing region, it also showcases numerous cultural landscapes. The screen uses heat transfer printing to display in offline stores, and due to the different needs of offline stores, there are various sizes to choose from.

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High Mountains Flowing Water

This poster draws its inspiration from the fusion of Chinese aesthetics with Italian art, aiming to convey a profound cultural exchange and mutual understanding between the two nations through visual language. The classic theme of mountains and flowing water meet their match is woven into the design, emphasizing the concepts of knowing and encountering. The carefully layered layout creates a sense of exploration and discovery, symbolizing the precious value of finding a kindred spirit amid the complexities of the world.

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24 Solar Terms and Gods

This illustration series matches each solar term with its corresponding deity, amplifying their cultural synergy and enriching the cultural connotations. Through typical postures and movements using special instruments, this approach offers a modern reinterpretation of traditional heritage. Scanning the QR code at the bottom right of each illustration grants access to a dedicated website, facilitating further exploration of agricultural lore and divine mythology.

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Henry Moore Exhibition

The visual design for the Henry Moore exhibition showcases a comprehensive approach, featuring traditional materials such as posters and tickets. Additionally, a unique collection of cultural and creative products has been designed exclusively for the exhibition. This collection includes children's pencils and drawing books inspired by Henry Moore's iconic sculptures. By transforming his sculptural works into engaging drawing books, the designs aim to spark creativity and imagination in children, making art more accessible and interactive for younger audiences.

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What Next

Final visual outcome is reached by taking a symbol and turning it into a question mark by placing it on a smaller square below (an extracted 1/4 piece of a big square above it) and putting it on a tipping point while remaining in balance, creating a visual sensation of tension with a minimal rearrangement of elements. What Next logo, as well as the name, are in a way an oxymoron, a question and an answer both at once, creating friction. On its own, logo-sign is a simple, deliberate imperfection and a straight-forward communication vessel, striving to create a lot with little effort invested.

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