Iconic: Icons & Pictograms in Design Today
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Iconic: Icons & Pictograms in Design Today

We are excited to be a part of “Iconic: Icons & Pictograms in Design Today” by Counter-Print. Icons and pictograms, born out of a necessity for efficient communication, have become indispensable tools shaping our digital world, transcending language barriers and providing a visual shorthand for complex ideas.

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Asia-Pacific Design No. 19
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Asia-Pacific Design No. 19

We are very happy to have four projects published in Asia-Pacific Design 19. It takes “The Humanistic Value of Designers” as the theme to explore creativity, the core value of designers under the wave of emerging AI technologies.

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Walker Brothers— A Family culture kombucha
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Walker Brothers— A Family culture kombucha

Walker Brothers approached us in 2018 to create their brand identity and packaging design. They brew traditional and high gravity (alcoholic) kombucha in Nashville, USA. For them, brewing kombucha is a family affair because they inherited the company's first SCOBY (the live culture used to make kombucha) from their aunt. This tradition inspired the slogan — 'A family culture'.

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Cone— Repetition
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Cone— Repetition

This project portrays objects from our daily lives in urban environments. In this first edition, we focus on an object that captivates us for its function and design: the traffic cone.

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Love Beauty Foods— Producing zero-waste beauty and wellness essentials
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Love Beauty Foods— Producing zero-waste beauty and wellness essentials

Love Beauty Foods (LBF) is a purpose-driven brand located in Newcastle on the Awabakal land in Australia. They specialise in producing zero-waste beauty and wellness essentials. They approached us for assistance with updating their packaging, but we went further and conducted a complete brand narrative overhaul to align with their commitment to sustainability.

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Agotado— Animals in danger of extinction
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Agotado— Animals in danger of extinction

Our project aimed to illuminate the urgent issue of endangered species through a striking series of posters. The goal was to create a clear and impactful visual narrative that resonated with the public.

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The Hut— A simple and clean brand with an international approach
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The Hut— A simple and clean brand with an international approach

We were engaged in creating an identity for the Hut, a new café that opened on March 2022 in Rahmania Mall, Sharjah. The prime objective was to create a simple and clean brand with an international approach. For the identity, we proposed a minimal aesthetic capable of producing a serene and pleasing atmosphere for customers to enjoy their grab-and-go experience.

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Polar— Chronicle of the thaw
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Polar— Chronicle of the thaw

We were invited to participate in the art residency at 180 Creative Lab, a Laboratory for experimentation in video, music, design, and illustration.

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Biofeed— Plant food
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Biofeed— Plant food

Biofeed was founded in 1994 in the beautiful Southland. Since then, they have satisfied gardening customers all over New Zealand with their high-quality, nutritionally balanced certified organic compost tea.

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Us— Sky and Earth
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Us— Sky and Earth

Over the years, we have been photographing ourselves with the idea of looking up and down—Sky and Earth, and us together in between. Our postures reflect our connection to the vastness above and the depth below, capturing the duality of our existence.

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Queenstown Airport— Making the invisible visible
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Queenstown Airport— Making the invisible visible

We created a unique, functional, and recognizable signage system that appeals to multiple audiences, emphasizing the concept of "Making the invisible visible." The system visualizes the invisible lines created when people travel from one place to another, using a flexible, modular, and scalable identity of three intuitive and friendly lines. We also designed a bespoke set of pictograms, which we super-sized to enhance the visitor experience.

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Libre— Before Trapped
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Libre— Before Trapped

'Libre' project is a continuation of the fanzine called 'Trapped' or 'Atrapado', created several years ago. These new drawings combine technical sketches crafted by an architect and the whimsical fantasy characters brought to life by an illustrator.

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VOS.QUE— Stop Deforestation
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VOS.QUE— Stop Deforestation

We wanted to raise awareness about indiscriminate logging worldwide. To best provoke the general public, we harnessed the public roads to democratise communication and maximise reach.

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Still Waters— A boutique distillery
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Still Waters— A boutique distillery

Still Waters distillery is located on the grounds of Waimarino Luxury Lodge in Queenstown, New Zealand. Waimarino is Maori for Still Waters, and the location of the lodge is in an area commonly called Bobs Cove but originally known as Waimarino.

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Mate Act Now— Deforestation
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Mate Act Now— Deforestation

In response to the 2019/20 Australian bushfires, and recontextualised by the global outbreak of COVID-19, MATE ACT NOW is a co-ordinated response of over 130 designers from some of the world’s top creative studios to drive climate action

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Remedial Massage— In like a pretzel, out like a noodle
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Remedial Massage— In like a pretzel, out like a noodle

“In like a pretzel, out like a noodle”. To emphasise the service for our clients, we’ve worked with the idea of a ‘before’ and an ‘after'. This idea reflects the concept of recovery. We evolved the word-mark and pictorial mark, playing with different thicknesses and illustrated characters respectively, in order to create a transformation from a compact and tight aspect to a loose and softer result.

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Joni— A Verjus drink
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Joni— A Verjus drink

Joni is a Verjus drink — Verjus, who? Verjus translates to green juice. It's lightly sweet, tart, unfermented & made from grapes that are picked pre-harvest to give the others a little more elbow room. Joni is a multipurpose drink, Non-alcoholic and with 0g added sugar. It comes in two flavours; Blanc and Rouge.

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