Design Bulletin

Design Bulletin

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

 

Boluo Dan

Boluo Dan is a millennium temple fair, recognized as one of the national intangible cultural heritages. The logo integrates traditional symbolic elements such as the main architecture of the South Sea Temple and the Chinese character Nan, alongside locally distinctive totems, extending the brand's artistic application. It incorporates the Eastern philosophical concept of Heaven as round and Earth as square, embodying both traditional charm and contemporary essence, effectively promoting the dissemination and development of folk culture.

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Rimac Magazine Issue 03

Rimac Magazine issue 03 is all about celebrating the incredible Nevera Time Attack edition, which set an impressive 27 world performance and acceleration records in just one year. To celebrate the success, designers used "Lightning Green" and black colors, as seen on the special edition, throughout the Rimac Magazine Issue 03, building a dynamic, striking, and occasionally unconventional layout designed to stun and captivate the readers.

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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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3D Embossed

The book uses 3D embossing to document and highlight the intricate details of the works meticulously crafted by traditional Singaporean artisans, from paper dragon boats and Indian jewelry to Peranakan beaded shoes. The color pages symbolize the rise and fall of traditional crafts, as the industry begins its developmental period (dull) to its golden age (yellow) and gradually fades (white). A pastel chalk is attached for readers to shade the pages and discover the lost arts of this intangible cultural heritage of Singapore, as only we humans can safeguard, support and bring it back.

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Olympic Sun

A fully illustrated book about a trip to the Olympic Games in Tokyo 2021. Where a young boy, and his mother, visit the arena and fall in love with the variety of sports it offers and is blown away by all the inspirational athletic performances. At the end of the event, he leaves with happy memories and lessons that will help guide him to a better future full of achievements and put him on the path to success. The book features some of the most memorable athletes in the history of the Olympic games, using vibrant and dynamic illustrations in a playful and eye-candy coloring style.

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Biblioteche di Roma

A new brand and a new identity for Istituzione Sistema Biblioteche di Roma to reflect the open and accessible essence of Rome's public libraries network. In this new identity the book, already familiar from the historic logo represented by a closed book resting on its side, it is now an open book, a symbol of accessibility. The identity of Biblioteche, in all its applications, is linked to the presence of the institutional brand Roma Culture of the Department for Cultural Growth of the Municipality of Rome which is a stakeholder in Biblioteche system.

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