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

 

Liang Bai Kai

Liang Bai Kai is a glass bottle designed for cooled boiled drinking water. The name refers to boiled water that has cooled, a drink long common in China. The bottle carries no label. Instead, artwork from the Song dynasty painting Riverside Scene from Tsingming is repainted and applied to the glass by heat transfer printing. The image is divided across twelve bottles, representing the twelve traditional hours. The glass surface adds gloss and texture. Each bottle measures 313 millimeters in height and 76.5 millimeters in diameter.

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Epsy

Epsy is a mobile application designed for people living with epilepsy. Epsy is available as a native app for iOS, Android and Apple Watch. Users can log seizures, medication, side effects and life events, and the data is turned into clear insights to share with doctors. Educational articles support understanding of the condition. Accessibility was a priority, so custom motion and notification controls and seizure-safe patterns were developed. The design was based on extensive user research.

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Time Slide

This design presents time as a process of accumulation rather than disappearance. Each day leaves a trace, and each month becomes part of a larger visual sequence. Instead of turning pages, the user removes and inserts monthly sheets like slides in a projector. This action creates a clear rhythm of transition. The calendar encourages people to experience time not as something that is lost, but as something that builds gradually in layers.

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School Admissions

ABA Typographic Posters is an advertising campaign created for an arts university. Large-format typographic posters are printed and installed in public urban locations, where bold layouts and color systems attract attention. Each poster works as a marker for augmented reality content, which viewers reach by scanning the printed image with a smartphone. The augmented reality layer adds animated and interactive material that extends the printed message. The campaign presents art education to prospective students in a direct and participatory way.

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Mountain River Sage

Mountain River and Sage is a gift set packaging design for baijiu, a Chinese distilled spirit. The outer sleeve is made of matte white art paper with a minimalist bronze foil stamped pattern. Inside, a codex style box of engineered wood with oak veneer opens like a book. The inner lid unfolds into a panoramic illustration of Mount Tai and the Yellow River, printed on textured paper, framing three bottles and a certificate. The design draws on the cultural geography of Shandong Province. A minimalist and modern approach replaces the retro styling common in liquor packaging.

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China International Import Expo

China International Import Expo 2025 is an exhibition space created for Hong Kong companies at a trade fair in Shanghai. The design comprises two pavilions, one for products and one for professional services. The Food Pavilion uses warm modular wood, metallic details, garden inspired features and curated lighting to form a multisensory tasting route. The Service Pavilion uses organic wave like forms, gradient colors and digital walls to guide movement. Both pavilions are built with reusable modular framing and energy efficient LED lighting.

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