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Six Arts  Illustration

Six Arts

The Six Arts of Gentlemen is an illustration series based on the six arts of ancient China: ritual, music, archery, chariot skills, calligraphy and mathematics. The illustration presents these traditional educational subjects through character figures drawn in a new Chinese style. The work is created with digital painting software, using brush, airbrush and gradient tools to render light, shadow and texture. Traditional graphic motifs are added to detail expressions and eyes. The intent is to link traditional culture with digital art.

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Brickwell Builders Corporate Identity

Brickwell Builders

Brickwell Builders brand identity, designed by Anna Zhuk, blends tradition with innovation, redefining the visual language of modern construction. At its core, the logo features interlocking bricks forming the letter B, a symbol of strength, precision and stability. A refined color palette and typography enhance the contemporary yet timeless aesthetic. The cohesive branding materials reflect the company's dedication to preserving traditional craftsmanship while embracing the latest advancements in construction technology, creating a seamless fusion of heritage and progress.

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Ge Sang Lv Wu Corporate Logo

Ge Sang Lv Wu

Ge Sang Lv Wu is a corporate logo created for a brand that helps mountain farmers sell crops such as food, tea and coffee beans. The logo shows a simplified line drawing of a Gesang flower, which stands for a sincere gift, combined with a cloud-like graphic. Soft curves recall the shape of clouds and the stretch of petals. Muted natural tones, including a low-saturation sky color with gray and white, create a fresh and calm effect. The mark is drawn as vector graphics on a grid based on the golden section, so it stays sharp at any size.

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Who's That Eating Pop Up Picture Book

Who's That Eating

This interactive pop-up book follows seven animals enjoying their favorite snacks, each with a 3D pop up fold showcasing their distinct eating style. Each pop up was designed with a single page cut out, and a second backing page revealing the inside of each mouth and adding structural integrity. This simple design, combined with paper collage illustrations, brings life to each animal. The text includes eating sounds via Japanese onomatopoeia, encouraging the reader to open and close the pages as the animals munch away.

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Min Shan Nong Ye Brand Identity

Min Shan Nong Ye

Min Shan Nong Ye is a brand identity created for an agricultural enterprise. The logo is formed with one continuous stroke, suggesting rolling mountains, water ripples and waves of wheat. The mark is also a variant of the letters M and S, the initials of Min Shan, the region where the products originate. Green is used as the main color to reflect fresh and healthy agricultural products. The simple and symbolic form scales easily, so the identity can be applied to digital displays and physical products.

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Muse Conceptual Exhibtion

Muse

Muse is an experimental design project studying the musical perception of the human through three installation experiences which provide different ways to experience music. The first is purely sensational using thermo-active material, and the second display the decoded perception of musical spatiality. The last is a translation between music notation and visual forms. People are encouraged to interact with the installations and explore the music visually with their own perception. The main message is that designers should be aware of how perception affects them in practice.

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Design Rs For Valencia Poster

Design Rs For Valencia

Design Rs for Valencia is a series of three posters created for a charity sale held after the Dana floods. The posters are titled Souls of Water, Solidarity Traces, and Boots of Hope. Souls of Water presents water as both destructive and life giving. Solidarity Traces refers to the lasting effect of collective support. Boots of Hope refers to action and recovery. Each poster is based on a detailed illustration and printed in A0 size. All proceeds from the limited edition sale were donated to flood relief efforts.

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Powerbuilding Brand Identity

Powerbuilding

PowerBuilding is a fitness project from New York that combines science and training. The visual system is built on graphic elements: circles represent nutrition, zigzags symbolize health, and straight lines stand for strength. The design merges two typefaces: a technological monospaced font and a bold grotesque, representing power. The color palette is based on a red to blue gradient, helping the brand stand out from common solutions in the U.S. fitness industry. The result is a cohesive visual identity, scalable across digital and print media.

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Designers Brasileiros Brand Identity

Designers Brasileiros

The brand of the website Designers Brasileiros consists of a panel in the shape of the letter D composed by geometric pieces that fit together and represent the design specialties. These pieces are shapes extracted from the Brazilian flag and also form the letter B and a toucan. The toucan was defined by the fact that it is one of the largest seed dispersers of Brazilian fauna and one of those responsible for the formation of tropical forests. Thus, for the brand, the dispersion of seeds by the toucan conceptually symbolizes the dissemination of knowledge that is the purpose of the website.

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Freistil Corporate Identity

Freistil

Freistil is a corporate identity created for a physiotherapy practice. The identity covers print and digital media, including business cards, banners, clothing and a website. The name Freistil means free style and refers to flexible treatment methods chosen for each patient. Illustrative elements link traditional craftsmanship with modern ideas, while a text based logo with a stretch effect suggests movement and openness. The colour scheme uses purple, coral, off-white and blue. Fine papers and sustainable materials were selected, and local suppliers were used where possible.

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Assistive Technology Awareness Resources

Assistive Technology

Assistive Technology is a set of awareness resources created for a data toolkit on assistive technology. The illustration style emphasises inclusivity and accessibility. Linear figures show people using assistive devices, highlighting the value of these devices in everyday life. A semicircular frame unites the figures and acts as a visual metaphor for openness and participation. The incomplete frame suggests that inclusion is a continuing process. Four A4 manuals, banners and a light box were produced following accessibility standards.

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Constructing the Intangible Conceptual Illustration

Constructing the Intangible

Constructing the Intangible explores memory as a process of reconstruction rather than preservation. Inspired by the ephemeral scent of childhood pomelo flowers, the work employs architectural elements such as cranes, grids, and misaligned stairs to visualize the structure of recollection. Memory is presented as an active act of assembling fragments of the past to construct present identity. Through a restrained structural language, the piece transforms an intangible sensory experience into a visible spatial form.

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