Design Pictorial

Design Pictorial

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

 

TFboys

Tfboys is a logo designed for a Chinese idol group formed by three young performers, also known as The Fighting Boys. The letters T, F and B are combined into a solid triangle drawn in one continuous stroke. The triangle stands for strength, growth and protection, and reflects the positive and brave image of the group. A tower like shape gives the mark a distinct character. The design is simple, modern and easy to understand for international audiences. The logo is also produced in stainless steel.

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Le Coffret - Chambres D'Hôtes

Le Coffret is a charming design bed and breakfast in the heart of Valle d'Aosta. The project was conceived in absolute respect of the authentic style: therefore the stone walls, wooden beams and antique furniture. A circle symbolizing the sky over the triangle representing the mountain, where the B&B is located, from the idea of the ascent of man into the sky. An Onciale font revised in a modern version to remember the Celtic origins of the Valley rightly balances and supports a strong and important symbol to finally obtain a logo that is easy to identify and easily catches the eye.

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Culture to Technology Identity

Culture to Technology Identity is a poster designed for display in bus stop light boxes. In the upper section, the Chinese character for Anhui is framed by the classic contours of Huizhou architecture, recalling the regional history and culture. The character gradually transforms into a circuit, ending in the four Chinese characters for Hefei High Tech. The poster measures 60 by 90 centimeters. The gradient blue tones are printed with spot color overprinting, and the circuit lines are coated with local UV varnish for a raised effect.

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Designtide Tokyo 2024

Designtide Tokyo is a design event of exhibitions and markets that explores and shares new trends in product design and related fields. Through design, it creates an immersive experience of energy and emotion beyond digital media. Held from 2005 to 2012, it shared design culture from Tokyo with the world. Each year, about 50 invited and selected designers presented works that valued creativity over commerce. In 2024, Designtide Tokyo was revived with a new logo and renewed vision.

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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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