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FAFFIN FONT FAMILY TYPE DESIGN AND SPECIMEN

Paul Robb TYPE DESIGN AND SPECIMEN Graphic Friday, 28 August 2026

FAFFIN FONT FAMILY

The Faffin font family is a versatile typographic language, offering two distinct styles, Faffin Sans and Faffin Display, designed to be used individually or in tandem, allowing for a seamless blend of contemporary aesthetics. Faffin Sans, inspired by the impartiality of Swiss-type design, this font is a meticulous fusion of contemporary shapes and curves. Faffin Display takes the concept of versatility to the next level as a variable font.

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Dream Collection Illustrations

Wu Yao Illustrations Graphic Thursday, 27 August 2026

Dream Collection

Geziwo Park Series is a commercial illustration created for Geziwo Park. The long scroll artwork is divided into three parts. The first part, Night of Fantastic Animals, shows moonlight over a mysterious forest with many birds in flight. The second part, Dream, is filled with color and includes landmark buildings of Geziwo Park. The third part, Voyage, shows mermaid elves swimming in a blue ocean as a ship sails into the distance. The three parts can be used alone or together on postcards, posters and other items. The printed work measures 3.84 by 0.76 meters.

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Printmaking Tibet Illustration

Guo Kaixuan Illustration Graphic Wednesday, 26 August 2026

Printmaking Tibet

Printmaking Tibet is a set of illustrations that depicts Tibetan culture and landscape. The illustrations are drawn with graphic design software and follow a printmaking style. Subjects include the Potala Palace, yaks on the snowy plateau and the distant pilgrimage path. Traditional culture is combined with modern visual aesthetics to present the beautiful, remote and devout character of Tibet. Each image measures 3600 by 3600 pixels at 300 dpi. The illustrations can be printed on coated paper or cloth and applied to cultural products.

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Trip of Tea Illustrations

Wu Yao Illustrations Graphic Tuesday, 25 August 2026

Trip of Tea

Trip of Tea is a pair of illustrations created for a Chinese tea company. The two works are inspired by two historic tea transport routes, the Tea Road of Ten Thousand Miles and the Maritime Silk Road. A horse taken from the client logo appears as a messenger along each route. The form of each horse and the pattern on its saddle change to reflect the features of the destination city or region. Tea drinking scenes from different countries are included. The illustrations are hand drawn on a tablet and unfolded as a tiled reel that suits posters, postcards and other uses.

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Hupla Typeface Type Design And Type Specimen

Paul Robb Type Design And Type Specimen Graphic Monday, 24 August 2026

Hupla Typeface

Hupla emerges as a stylistic font family, meticulously crafted as a mechanical font within a precisely defined grid. This design philosophy extends its versatility, making it an ideal choice for application at various sizes, seamlessly transitioning between text and display settings. Enriched with a comprehensive set of OpenType stylistic features, Hupla becomes more than just a typeface; it transforms into a dynamic tool for creative expression.

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Cut and Paste Branding

Lisa Winstanley Branding Graphic Sunday, 23 August 2026

Cut and Paste

This project toolkit, Cut and Paste: Preventing Visual Plagiarism, addresses a topic that can affect everyone in the design industry and yet visual plagiarism is a topic that is seldom discussed. This could be due to the ambiguity between taking reference from an image and copying from it. Therefore, what this project proposes is to bring awareness to the grey areas surrounding visual plagiarism and position this at the forefront of conversations around creativity.

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