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Virtual and Reality

Virtual and Reality is a visual image design exhibition that interprets the process of design creation. The title joins two opposite words to reflect the conflict between abstraction and reality. Font strokes are dismantled, and the tools used in design form the structure of the letters. The series includes posters, cards, notebooks, stationery, direct mail and packaging. All items are printed in two special colors, and the applied methods include embossing, local glazing and origami folding. The exhibition was shown in Tainan, Taipei and Kaohsiung.

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The Coffee House

The Coffee House is a packaging and branding concept for a coffee brand. The design expresses the simplicity and hospitality that coffee can offer through a clean and modern visual language. Coffee beans are used as a graphic element, helping buyers to quickly understand the content of the package. The color palette highlights qualities such as comfort and flavor. The products are presented on can mockups that suggest materials suited to the segment. The concept was developed digitally as a study of simple coffee packaging.

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Argan Life

The designer was commissioned to develop sustainable packaging for a mixed range of hair and skincare products. The project challenge was to use one size of packaging for three different-sized products. This required some clever internal cardboard engineering to support the products inside the single-size tube. The cardboard tubes were printed offset with black plus two spot colors, a spot UV varnish, and all over satin aqueous varnish. The lid labels were printed in two colors on a self-adhesive stock.

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Jotape 3D Duo

The idea was to create an image that brings all the features of the product through visual elements like the cushion and the foam. Thus giving the sensation of softness that the product needed. The inspiration was the common materials of the day to day. The floating elements bring through the soft and round shapes the sensation of softness and lightness. Even though it was a simple representation, the result was thought of something different from the usuall. The biggest challenge was that through a few elements and textures the sensation the product needed.

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Changbai Snow

Changbai Snow is a packaging design for bottled natural spring water sourced from the forests of Changbai Mountain in northeast China. The label is printed on both sides of the bottle. The front carries a hollowed-out image of protected animals from the water source area, and the back carries a photograph of the snowy mountain landscape. The water inside the bottle acts as a lens and enlarges the rear image. Turning the bottle creates a parallax effect that makes the scene appear to move. The top of the bottle is cut in a mountain shape with ice crystal patterns.

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Rockstar Spotlight Studios

Rockstar Spotlight Studios is a mobile recording studio created as a brand experience for visitors and residents of Venice Beach, California. The installation includes the Unplugged Mood Booth and was presented to introduce the public to the new Rockstar Unplugged flavors. The studio offers emerging artists, gamers and other creators a place to record, exchange ideas and find inspiration. The Rockstar brand identity is translated into a three-dimensional interior, with brand shapes, colors and finishes applied to acoustic foam panels, fixtures, upholstery and extruded logo panels.

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