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Gaojia Garden Urban Public Space

DDO design Urban Public Space Cultural Heritage Friday, 17 January 2025

Gaojia Garden

Gaojia Garden is a tea house and cultural space located in quiet woods by the canal under Gongchen Bridge in Hangzhou. The interior covers 1200 square metres and recalls the Republic of China era. A corridor at the entrance combines new and old elements to form an art and culture passage that displays cultural relics and tells the history of the canal. The design preserves original elements of the Nanhua Building and joins them with modern techniques. Stone, cloth, wood, metal and leather are used, and a background wall of layered silk with embroidery marks the foyer.

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Hola Espirito Bottled Cocktail Label

Antonia Skaraki Bottled Cocktail Label Packaging Thursday, 16 January 2025

Hola Espirito

A design that reflects the enthusiasm, happiness and good mood that Hola! Espirito represents. Vivid colours and a kaleidoscope effect are the features that describe each flavour and create a clear representation of the ingredients, therefore making it easy for the consumer to make his choice. A positive mood was in mind while creating the design, one that reflects the positive state of the consumers.

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Du Conference Intelligent Doorplate

Baidu Online Network Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd Intelligent Doorplate Interface Wednesday, 15 January 2025

Du Conference

Du Conference is an intelligent doorplate system for office meeting rooms. The system shows room status and allows on-site reservation through a touch screen. Face recognition and QR code scanning are used to speed up identification and access. Light bars on both sides indicate the state of the space through color changes. Information is synchronized with smartphones, tablets and computers. Sensors monitor the room environment and support suitable settings for each period. The aim is to reduce wasted office space and to make meetings clearer and more comfortable.

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Wildheart Organics Aromatherapy Candles

Angela Spindler Aromatherapy Candles Packaging Tuesday, 14 January 2025

Wildheart Organics

A premium look for an impeccably organic scented soy candle line. The idea was to break into higher-end retailers with a look that would stand up to the quality of the product, to be communicated through the product livery. Material selection and finishes are key to consumers' perceptions, from both an initial impression to a second more considered evaluation. The colours used are derived from the plants and herbs that make each of the fragrances. The illustrations have an ethereal quality, alluding to scent dissipating into the air as a candle burns.

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Totetsu Training Institute Wayfinding System

Takuya Wakizaki Wayfinding System Interface Monday, 13 January 2025

Totetsu Training Institute

The client, founded at the request of the former Ministry of Railways to maintain and reinforce Japan’s rail system, is a general construction company with far-reaching expertise in the field of rail-related construction. The designer Takuya Wakizaki, the founder of MOTIVE Inc., created a wayfinding system for the institute, which the client built to develop human resources. For the design motif, the designer used rail lines-the core identity of the client. Through the design, the designer strove to create a space that would help trainees feel a sense of pride in their work.

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Organic Series artistic pieces

Ariel Palanzone artistic pieces Computer Graphics Sunday, 12 January 2025

Organic Series

The designs are experimentations that seek to generate sensations and stimuli for viewers. These creations often arise from the designer's unconscious side and others are inspired by nature and the forms of the surrounding world. In some of these images there is a philosophical search, which makes the viewer think about the meaning of our human existence

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