Branding + Interior design | Fushifu
Its good to see strong graphic elements creeping into interior design now. Shame the interior design is a bit bland, and not particularly distinctive. Ceiling tiles…! The curse of the celing tile has affected this design too, why not try to do something different? Perhaps it was at the clients request… The issue here is...
Packaging & Branding | No.1 Shili Furnishings | Liu Yong Qing
Liu Yong Qing design based in Shenzhen is one of the more well known Chinese design companies. Shenzhen is the fabled land for designers apparently, with a lot of studios concentrated there, more so than Beijing or Shanghai. The benefit of Shenzhen is that it is not an international city yet, but forms part of...
Graphic | Nike Basketball | Wieden+Kennedy
UPDATE: The work is by W+K More impressive work from Nike – I wonder who does their design work, is it a big company like Saatchi based in Beijing, or elsewhere? Strong typography and impressive visuals. A limited colour palette adds to the appeal here. It does beg the question – is this a good...
Architecture & Graphics | SQY-T | Li Han
A series of drawings by young architect Li Han who lives and works in Beijing. This range of drawings was inspired by Italo Calvino and are featured on a range of T shirts and simple poster prints. My favorite one is a lovely axometric Cad drawing of Sanlitun, featuring city folk going about their daily...
Identity | Midi Music Festival
Midi music festival is the best known independant music festival in Beijing, also in Shanghai too and has been running close on 10 years. Typography is a bit naff here, both the Chinese and English seems a bit of a poor choice. Slightly more amateur design for the header, but love the bear illustration which...
Graphic | CMV Festival | SHOWHY
Its music season here in Beijing, whereby all of our Festivals happen within a week of one another – making you choose between your favorites genre of music. This one is the China Music Valley Festival, which is run by a State run company, Gehua and American Entertainment company, Live Nation. Irrespective of how well...

