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Design Manner

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

 

B. League All-Star Game 2023

B. League All-Star Game 2023 is a key visual created for a basketball event held in Mito, Ibaraki, Japan. The design uses op art, an abstract style calculated to create a special visual effect. The layout is based on the grid board and round pieces of Othello, a board game that originated in Mito. Each square shows an image related to basketball or a building or landmark that symbolizes Mito. Rotating shapes and colors form animations that are full of movement. The visual was made to draw the audience into an immersive experience.

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Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts

The 2024 visual identity system for the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts School of Visual Design transmutes ceremonial flags into proto architectures of design speculation. By weaponizing the flag's inherent dialectic, simultaneously serving as ideological docking stations for collective visioning and speculative incubators for disciplinary subversion, this framework repositions GAFA as a generative node within global design's epistemic evolution.

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Aisling Sans

Aisling sans-serif typeface presents a fresh, modern reinterpretation of classic typographic traditions. Its generously proportioned letterforms strike a delicate balance between contemporary design sensibilities and typographic principles. Defined by subtle curves and distinctive shapes, Aisling has a restrained yet confident character. Prioritizing clarity and legibility, it is a versatile choice for a wide range of applications, from print to digital media, where both visual appeal and functional readability are essential.

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Kakao AI Campus

Kakao AI Campus is a brand identity design created for a learning space devoted to artificial intelligence. The campus is open to company staff, local communities, civic groups and people with limited digital access, and it supports the training of AI talent. The brand system includes more than 50 icons, key visuals, illustrations, signage and morphing motion graphics built around the theme of the boundless potential of individuals. A design for all approach improves visibility and guides movement inside and outside the space.

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All Things Meet

All Things Meet is a series of illustrations based on the regional scenery of China. Representative elements of Yunnan, Sichuan and Chongqing, Jiangnan and Northeast China are selected to depict natural and human scenery. The visual style follows copper engraving, combined with Chinese colors and a calm Eastern aesthetic. Each square image is framed to suggest the view through a window. The illustrations are drawn with vector design software and printed with high quality technology to keep fine detail. The intent is to share the scenery and culture of China.

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Infinite Borders

Infinite Borders is a brand identity for a strategy game set in the Three Kingdoms era. The brand graphic is derived from the pictographic characters of the name and from the grid square impression of strategy game play. Black, red and white, colors popular in the Han Dynasty, are used as the primary colors. Flat calligraphic brushstrokes serve as auxiliary elements. Modern typography completes a systematic and flat visual system. The design is applied to digital posters, user interface screens and printed items, and it can be extended across channels while keeping visual consistency.

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