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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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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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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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Rules of War Posters

Rules of War

The Rules of War is a poster series about international humanitarian law and the rules of restraint in armed conflict. The series uses mostly negative space, with no colors, shapes or figures that could point to any side of a conflict. Four themes present the shared teachings of international humanitarian law and the Quran. The posters were created to bring these rules closer to Arabic speaking and Muslim audiences during Ramadan. Each poster measures 1000 by 700 millimeters and is made for both printed and digital use.

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Cells Poster

Cells

On July 19, 2017, PIY built a small building in Melbourne, Australia. It is a small castle assembled of 761 components, and they named it "Cells". The nodes are designed as the hand-turned thread tenon and straight tenon, which is summarized as "East Tenon & West Mortise". You will find their products, including variable shelves, study and shoe racks, etc., all of which are broken up and reassembled into an organism. And then, you will feel their desire to grow freely.

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HanKkeut Brand Identity

HanKkeut

HanKkeut is a brand identity for a series of grade school textbooks developed through collaboration between students and teachers. The brand objective is an all-in-one connection in learning. The cover graphic uses a connected stroke that emanates from the brand identity image to express a sense of ascension. The same stroke is applied to all HanKkeut books to create a consistent visual feature. Vivid colors, embossed textures and holographic stickers are used on the covers. Different age levels are distinguished by different cover colors.

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