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Design Today featuring great design, architecture, fashion, graphics and innovation from across the globe.

 

Designtide Tokyo 2024

Designtide Tokyo is a design event of exhibitions and markets that explores and shares new trends in product design and related fields. Through design, it creates an immersive experience of energy and emotion beyond digital media. Held from 2005 to 2012, it shared design culture from Tokyo with the world. Each year, about 50 invited and selected designers presented works that valued creativity over commerce. In 2024, Designtide Tokyo was revived with a new logo and renewed vision.

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The Kaobei

The Kaobei Cup is a ceramic design that transforms everyday vernacular expressions into tangible objects for communication and interaction. Inspired by daily conversations and digital culture, it converts commonly spoken phrases into visual forms that enable emotional expression and social connection. Beyond its function as a cup, it acts as a cultural interface, turning language into a shared and interactive experience across physical and social contexts. It creates a repeatable system that can expand across different languages and cultural contexts, enhancing its scalability and impact.

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B. League All-Star Game 2023

B. League All-Star Game 2023 is a key visual created for a basketball event held in Mito, Ibaraki, Japan. The design uses op art, an abstract style calculated to create a special visual effect. The layout is based on the grid board and round pieces of Othello, a board game that originated in Mito. Each square shows an image related to basketball or a building or landmark that symbolizes Mito. Rotating shapes and colors form animations that are full of movement. The visual was made to draw the audience into an immersive experience.

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Indian Absinthe

Indian Absinthe is a bold tribute to ancient elixirs and the craft of fine distillation. Rooted in tradition yet shrouded in mystery, it captivates with deep herbal complexity. Encased in an elegant emerald-green bottle, it embodies a rebellious spirit where timeless craft meets boundless imagination. Each sip reveals a symphony of botanicals, a fusion of flavors that lingers like a legend. Every pour evokes the essence of forgotten rituals and the thrill of discovery, inviting you to explore a world where heritage and innovation blend seamlessly.

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Flora

Flora is a label design for a bottled gin produced in Chile. The design is inspired by the landscapes of the north and the south of the country, from desert mountains to Patagonian skies. Warm tones refer to sunrises over northern deserts, while cool tones refer to clouds on cold Patagonian days. The label is printed on textured martele paper, and gold foil is applied to the logo, the sun and the clouds. A special die cutting process shapes the label, and embossing marks the description panel. The bottle is closed with a wooden cork.

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Guijiu 20

Guijiu 20 is packaging for a Chinese baijiu spirit. The bottle joins a round top with a square body, a form linked to traditional ideas of harmony. Relief patterns of butterflies, phoenixes, birds and fish are drawn from the traditional motifs of ethnic groups in Guizhou, China. Annual ring lines and terrace lines refer to ageing and to the local landscape. The bottle is made of high-transparency glass with a metallic cap, and a surface treatment gives the glass a ceramic-like texture at a lower cost. The square body also improves grip.

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