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

 

Mai Meng

Mai Meng, titled Treasure The Moment, is a concert tour that marks thirty-five years of a Mandopop career. The tour combines reimagined classic songs with a minimalist stage design. Modular, movable and transparent LED panels carry high-resolution visuals matched to the mood of each song. Lighting is synchronized with the tempo of the music, and sound is adjusted to each venue. City specific songs, a live sing-along and hidden handwritten letters invite the audience to take part. The tour is intended to connect longtime listeners with younger audiences.

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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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The Kaobei

The Kaobei Cup is a ceramic design that transforms everyday vernacular expressions into tangible objects for communication and interaction. Inspired by daily conversations and digital culture, it converts commonly spoken phrases into visual forms that enable emotional expression and social connection. Beyond its function as a cup, it acts as a cultural interface, turning language into a shared and interactive experience across physical and social contexts. It creates a repeatable system that can expand across different languages and cultural contexts, enhancing its scalability and impact.

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Bank Julius Baer

Inspired by the peacock and red crowned crane, this limited edition Chinese New Year collection translates two revered symbols into a unified design. The ensemble includes a premium tote with signature twilly, a pouch, red packets arranged as a bird and flower composition, and a scroll card. A refined palette of vivid red, subtle gold, and blue pink moire balances festive vibrancy with understated sophistication, elevating functional objects into decorative art.

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Energy Plus

Energy Plus is a mobile application that simplifies fueling in Korea by reducing a twelve step process to four actions. The main feature, Quick Fuel, lets drivers start refueling and complete payment with a single barcode scan, without cash or physical cards. Preferred fuel type, payment method and loyalty details are registered once and reused at every visit. Real-time fuel prices and station navigation support the choice of station. After each transaction, a digital summary with payment details and rewards information is provided.

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Livestream Partner

Intelligent Livestream Partner is a mobile application that assists independent livestream sellers. Smart cards appear in real time and follow each stage of a stream. The cards suggest scripts, group audience questions into reply cards, and give simple diagnostic tips when data becomes unstable. Voice commands complete product listing, removal, ordering, and inventory or price changes without manual steps. A dark interface suits OLED screens and lowers power use. The aim is to support solo streamers who work without a team.

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