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

 

ZhuZi Art

A series of book editions for the collected works of traditional Chinese calligraphy and painting is published by Nanjing Zhuzi Art Museum. With its long history and elegant technique, the traditional Chinese paintings and calligraphy are treasured for their highly artistic and practical appeal. When designing the collection, abstract shapes, colors, and lines were used to create a consistent sensuality and highlight the blank space in the sketch. The effortless coincides with artists in traditional painting and calligraphy styles.

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Grand Egyptian Museum

Grand Egyptian Museum is a corporate identity for a museum of ancient Egyptian artifacts. The logo is built from five hieroglyphs that read Egypt, combined into a geometric and simple form. The elongated rectangular shape is inspired by the cartouche, a frame that indicates a royal name. Black is the primary color, because the banks of the Nile were called the Black Land. The secondary colors are inspired by ancient Egyptian jewelry. Roboto is the main typeface, as its angles and curves match those of the logotype. An experimental signage system was developed.

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The Moment

The Moment Calendar was inspired by the ancient wisdom of Chinese Solar Terms and Ecclesiastes in Bible, which aim to express the reflection of impetuous society and remind people to know the season and to enjoy the moment. Therefore, there is a new design expression to present the past, now and future. Month is printed in the center of the page while date is shown on a gradient arc. Dates and arcs rotate clockwise around the center and fade away due to the translucent paper, which poetically draws a picture: the eternity of time is a series of the present moments. So, let’s enjoy The Moment.

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Electric Meets Reality

Electric Meets Reality is an interactive projection mapping installation built for a car dealership. The wall measures 6500 millimetres wide and 2000 millimetres high. Its sculpted surface is handmade from epoxy resin and wood with three-dimensional printed parts, and remains a white and elegant relief when the projectors are off. Three projectors add eight minutes of animation and colour. The projections stand for electricity and the sculpture stands for reality. The installation explains range, charging, safety and performance to visitors considering an electric car.

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Kasane no Irome - Piling up Colors

An installation design of Japanese Dance. Japanese have been piling up colors from olden times to express sacred things. Also, piling up the paper with square silhouettes has been used as a thing representing sacred depth. Nakamura Kazunobu designed a space that changes the atmosphere by changing to various colors with such square "piling up" as a motif. Panels flying in the air centering on the dancers cover the sky above the stage space and depict the appearance of light passing through the space that can not be seen without the panels. A space that draws light strikingly, develops Japanese Dance.

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Nagrada

This design is realized to contribute to the normalization of life during self-isolation, and to create a special award for the winners of online tournaments. The award's design represents the transformation of a Pawn into a Queen, as a recognition of the player's progress in chess. The award consists of two flat figures, the Queen and the Pawn, which are inserted into each other due to narrow slots forming a single cup. The award design is durable thanks to stainless steel and is convenient for transportation to the winner by mail.

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