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Pepsi New Year 2020

Pepsi New Year 2020 is a set of limited edition beverage cans created for the New Year season in Russia. Each can carries a custom-made typeface and a short message drawn from local culture, humor and traditions. The messages are personal in tone, so consumers can select the one that feels most relevant. A shared series hashtag, which translates as take Pepsi if, invites interaction on social media. The flexible design approach allows the concept to be adapted for other local markets, expanding and personalizing the New Year celebration.

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Pepsi For The Love Of It

Pepsi For The Love Of It is an advertising campaign created for the Chinese market. The campaign centers on a series of six beverage can designs. Each can shows a different sport or pastime, such as rhythmic gymnastics, table tennis, synchronized diving and shuttlecock or spinning top. Other cans refer to music and dancing, in line with the Pepsi brand heritage. The collection uses the signature Pepsi colors in a bold and disruptive style. The varied can designs let each consumer select the one that matches personal interests.

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No48

The Omecara studio has defined a shape that evokes polished amber or a pebble found on the seashore, thus breaking with the traditional image of ambergris. The shape was designed to evoke solid and liquid, land and sea. The identity is characterized by the number 48, a lettering where the masculine square 4 and the feminine rounded 8 complement each other. The typographic treatment gives an impression of restful lightness, while the gold-colored hot stamping, in the same shade as the perfume, associates container and content. A subtle play of opposites and duality.

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Buddy

Buddy Workwear is a brand identity created for a workwear manufacturer in Germany. The name Buddy forms the core of the identity and is derived from the former company name. Dark blue serves as the main color and lets the products and photographs stand out, while light blue is used as an accent and highlight color. The two colors complement each other like buddies. Clear typography and plain wording support the direct attitude of the brand. The identity is applied to printed brochures, a website, a video and a social media campaign.

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Lowen

Lowen is a packaging design for a beer series. The design combines pen drawing, mezzotint art and street tattoo illustration. Geometric shapes and bright colors mark the different flavors, including raspberry, cherry and Weissbier, so each variant can be recognized quickly and directly. The illustrations contrast wild and gentle imagery to create a strong visual effect and a social character. The cans are made of aluminum and the bottles are made of glass. A detailed printing process keeps every image clear and precise.

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Bank of England

Designing for a central bank means finding a balance between technical and sensitive information, staff-led outputs, engaging general communications, and a series of regulations. This is not simple to achieve and it is based on delicate internal dynamics. The new identity has been developed together with the people who will use it, balancing all the aspects of the communications. It focuses on reaching a wider public with an accessible, relevant, structured, and distinctive approach. These key principles have been used as a design direction for all the visual assets.

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