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Chinese fonts by REDESIGN

HELOHOLO — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 06:28:34 +0000

It’s always hard to find nice modern Chinese fonts. That’s why I was so happy, when I stumbled upon a website of Beijing based typographic designer Ding Yi (丁一) and his company Redesign. I must confess it’s the cleanest, the most nicely designed Chinese website I’ve seen.

House numer plates

HELOHOLO — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 15:48:43 +0000

In a part of Beijing where I live there are a lot of old red brick buildings. They all look pretty much the same, but number plates. Oh, those number plates! It’s amazing how different they could be. Two building next to each other might speak with totally different voices.

One day I spent couple of hours walking few blocks around my house hunting for those plate. Check it out!

Cartoon Tools

HELOHOLO — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 02:46:02 +0000

Another example of Chinese creative branding. Why so serious?

White Horse

HELOHOLO — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 02:17:57 +0000

What a weird demonic creature, called white horse=)

Street language

HELOHOLO — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 11:55:52 +0000

Somewhere in Beijing…

My Chinese Name

HELOHOLO — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 08:37:29 +0000

Yesterday I was walking down the street and stumbled upon this guy that can write your name in all kind of creative ways, “signature design” he called it. So I decided to give it a shot.

7 kinds of

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Wang Ling (王灵)

HELOHOLO — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 08:25:14 +0000

One of my favorite part in fashion magazines is photographs of objects of fashion – watches, jewelery, bags, etc., if it’s done in an unusual, creative way. The very best, the most creative object styling I’ve seen were in Russian Esquire magazine. But here, in China I also have found nice examples of styling and object photography. From Outlook magazine, by Wang Ling (王灵).

Check out more in Wang Ling’s portfolio

Web Design in China

HELOHOLO — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 09:34:43 +0000

Big article about web design in China – Showcase Of Web Design In China: From Imitation To Innovation.

via Smashing Magazine

Weestar

HELOHOLO — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 09:48:04 +0000

Here goes Chinese graffity and steet art from Beijing designer and illustrator Weestar.

Weestar – 魏星宇
Graphic designer, illustrator, partner of JOYN:VISCOM studio, now he is working and living in Beijing, focusing on the Iconographic, Typeface Design, Toys, Street Art. Specialized in Chinese graffiti typeface design and cooperated with a lot of big names like NIKE, MOTOROLA, ABSOLUT, BENETTON, CONVERSE, TIGER BEER, MOLESKINE, CASIO, EVISU, COCA-COLA etc.

http://www.weestar.com/

Nod Young

HELOHOLO — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:44:29 +0000

Nod Young is Chinese graphic designer and illustrator based in Beijing, co-founder and creative director of Khaki Creative & Design. His works combine modern trends of design with traditional Chinese art.

More of Nod’s works at Flickr and my favorites are inside the post.

Amazing series of Chinese music instruments.

Chinese Traditional Paper-Cut

Typographic interpretation of two poems quoted from the original Zen classic, The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch.

“The poems teach us not to believe all that which exists, not even the reflection of ourselves in a mirror. The caveat is for us to teach ourselves to overcome the rules and boundaries of our existence in order to reach a state of Zen, unfettered by the perceived limitations of life.”

Film Poster for the Robbers

Greeting cards for Chinese Spring Festival 2010.