Design Bulletin

Design Bulletin

Design Bulletin featuring great design, architecture, fashion, graphics and innovation from across the globe.

 

Ant Digital

As an important brand of Ant Group, Ant Technology invests over 20 billion RMB each year in technological research and development. It is necessary to have a logo and visual identity with clear recognition and rich brand connotation. After the brand was launched, it gained high recognition from Ant Group, the brand owner, as well as positive reviews from the industry and communications field.

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Taishun Creative Design Competition

This is a visual identity design for the 2022 Zhejiang Taishun County Cultural and Creative Design Competition. Taishun is known for its rivers, people use a unique transportation method called DingBu. Based on the concept, the artwork extends several sets of 3D lines, symbolizing the connection between Taishun and the outside world, also the connection between tradition and the future. The design showcases a different urban image of Taishun and turns the match into a locally iconic cultural event.

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Hill of Owls

The designer aimed for the book not only to remind of the past, but also to reflect the present, so the bright orange and black colours was chosen, which is a symbol of energy, creativity, and the thematic colour of the present institution at the premises. The book is designed in a minimalistic way while the sleeve itself has no title, only the period of time and a stylized owl encoded on its front, which is a symbolic way of marking the centenary and school location. Classic printing technologies, such as offset printing and hot stamp foiling, was used to achieve the result.

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Memories of the East Street in Xi'an

The Memories of the East Street in Xi'an is a slice-by-slice study of the city of Xi'an. The entire book contains hand-drawn illustrations, architectural mapping, trademark advertisements, documentary photographs, and newspaper copies. At the same time, a variety of printing techniques are used to fully reflect the editor's original concept of presenting and reconstructing local memory through artistic intervention.

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Arts Fund

This project is a visual system for the Communication University of Zhejiang for the China Arts Foundation's Character Design Talent Training Programme, combining CUZ with the traditional motifs of Chinese opera and combining Chinese elements with Latin letters to express the cultural exchange between East and West. The overall visual framework is built around a Swiss internationalist style, which is broken up by CUZ, making the design both functional and post-modern in its visual form.

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Gongche Sketch Book

Through innovative design, Gongche Sketch Book facilitates a profound understanding of the charm of Gongche notation among people from different cultures, languages, and eras. It serves as a cultural conduit, connecting the past with the present, allowing the enchanting resonance of Gongche to spread globally. Gongche Sketch Book’s unique paper tape mechanism breathes life into the Gongche characters, creating a three-dimensional and dynamic representation. This ingenious design not only pays homage to tradition but also provides music enthusiasts with a multisensory feast.

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