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BlackDrop Brand Identity

BlackDrop

This is a personal Brand Strategy and Identity Project. BlackDrop is a chain of stores and brand that sells and distributes coffee. BlackDrop is a personal project initially developed to set the tone and creative direction for personal freelance creative business. This Brand Identity has been created for the purpose of positioning Aleks as a trusted brand consultant in the startup community. BlackDrop stands for a slick, contemporary, transparent startup brand that aims to become a timeless, recognizable, industry-leading brand.

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Withered Poster

Withered

Withered is a poster series created to promote environmental protection. The design is based on positive and negative shapes. Withered trees form the main image, and the reversed shapes reveal the appearance of human internal organs. The visual link suggests that wasting natural resources harms people themselves. The message asks viewers to treat nature with the same care given to the human body. The posters are made with four-color printing and are displayed in stations and subways as advertisements and printed promotional material. The images are also used as magazine illustrations.

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Leman Jewelry Branding and Packaging

Leman Jewelry

Visual solution to Leman Jewelry's new identity was a complete new system to expose the luxury, exquisite yet sophisticated and minimal feeling. The new logo inspired by Leman's working process, their haute couture design service, by crafting all diamond shapes surrounding a star-symbol or sparkle symbol, creating a sophisticated symbol and also echoing the shining effect of diamond. Following up, all collateral materials were produced with high quality details to highlight and enrich luxuriousness of all new brand visual elements.

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Viewing History Brand Identity

Viewing History

Viewing Korean History is a cover design series for three history textbooks. The covers were created for middle school and high school students. A simple diamond-shaped graphic and typography at the center present the subject name and keep the identity of the series consistent. The two middle school books share the same layout. The high school cover shows the modern student connected to different eras within one space. Stickers and epoxy match the background color, and a no-scratch coating limits wear during use.

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Pattern Gift Paper

Pattern

Pattern is a gift wrapping paper design based on traditional Chinese motifs. Abstract graphics taken from flame, fish and bat forms are combined to shape the head of a dragon. The dragon motif is repeated with vertical and horizontal squares to form a continuous pattern. The paper is produced with four-color printing on high-density special paper. The design is also applied to product packaging, printed promotional materials and carton design. The intent is to join traditional Chinese aesthetics with modern design.

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Weingut Waalem Brand Identity

Weingut Waalem

Viticulture on a North Sea island? Climate change makes that possible. And the polar bear is the symbol of climate change. It stands for intelligence, intrepidity and endurance. Just like the inhabitants of the island of Fohr in the North Frisian Wadden Sea. The original landscape and maritime history of the island of Fohr can also be found in the winery. The design combines historical tiles of the island's maritime history with the colors of nature. The graphic simplicity offers all possibilities for the growing product range. Sustainable enjoyment, original and close to home.

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Monk Font Typeface Design

Monk Font

Monk seeks a balance between the openness and legibility of humanist sans serifs and a more regularized character of the square sans serif. Although originally designed as a Latin typeface it was decided early on that it needed a wider dialogue to include an Arabic version. Both Latin and Arabic design us the same rationale and the idea of shared geometry. The strength of the parallel design process allows the two languages to have balanced harmony and grace. Both Arabic and Latin work seamlessly together having shared counters, stem thickness, and curved forms.

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Ranger Visual Identity

Ranger

Ranger is a visual identity created for a hotel that serves young travellers. The identity compares each guest to a ranger, a character known from fantasy stories. A ranger mask is used as the main creative element, and a series of ranger equipment symbols is derived from it. The symbols are applied to office supplies and hotel supplies in standard sizes, and they are also used for items that invite guests to interact. The logo is printed with laser foil stamping, so the surface shows a changing shine when viewed from different angles.

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XYG Window Visual Identity

XYG Window

XYG Window is a visual identity created for a design studio. The identity joins traditional Chinese literati art with modern simplicity. The name of the studio founder was deconstructed into strokes, then reorganized in the style of traditional seals. Decorative elements were removed, and the form was refined with grids and the Fibonacci spiral. The inspiration came from ancient Chinese seal script and from the window openings of the classical gardens of Suzhou. On the website, the positive and negative spaces, known as yin and yang, serve as navigation buttons.

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Stacked Cubes Activity Promotion

Stacked Cubes

The organizer of HCM (Hongqiao container market) uses the container as the basic unit to freely build the market space required. Stacked cubes is a promotional project for this market, including font design, posters and videos. As a container themed creative community, this market provides residents with a variety of creative entertainment. The designer has designed a new font, which is inspired by the free combination of containers.

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C'YiShu Corporate Identity

C'YiShu

C'YiShu is a corporate identity created for a studio that combines architectural interior design with piano education. The identity is built around a custom symbol that joins Chinese characters with spatial form. Auxiliary graphics represent the business areas of the studio, which include design, piano, coffee, and furniture. The symbol works as a complete visual system rather than a single logo. Applications include notebooks, business cards, envelopes, cloth bags, and brooches, made with silver printing, white hot stamping, specialty paper, and metal laser cutting.

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Flowers Pattern Design

Flowers

Flowers is a pattern design series inspired by the kaleidoscope and the theme of One Belt, One Road. The series consists of three artworks. Each artwork shows one important node of the ancient Silk Road through color and structure: mosque domes, European domes and Chinese domes. Kaleidoscopic graphic structures are combined with dome forms to create a symmetrical layout. The patterns were made by hand sketching and digital illustration software. Colors were extracted from images of the cultural styles represented. The three works differ from each other but share one theme.

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