DesignAmid Magazine

DesignAmid Magazine

DesignAmid Magazine featuring great design, architecture, fashion, graphics and innovation from across the globe.

 

Pepsi Expo 2020

Pepsi Expo 2020 is a series of limited edition beverage cans created to commemorate Expo 2020 Dubai. Three co-branded designs are themed around opportunity, mobility and sustainability. Each can carries an abstract composition with vibrant illustrations arranged around a stylized central figure. The illustrations are kept flat to leave the images open to interpretation. Every subtheme tells a story drawn from different cultures, experiences and backgrounds. The cans are intended as a window into the future and as a way to encourage conversation on a global scale.

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Yamamotoyama

Yamamotoyama is one of the oldest and most established tea merchants in Japan. It has been the first to sell Green tea today. With the concept of Return to the origin of Edo, Nosigner have redesigned the packages to keep the traditional tea culture alive and pass it on to the future. To make them modern while retaining the charm of the long history brand, Nosigner referred to the traditional colors and structure of the scrolls with Yamamotoyama's original small crests and the calligraphy style of Edo.

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Impression of Railway

Impression of Railway is an urban park developed around Taichung Railway Station in Taiwan. The park covers 15287.57 square meters and was completed in February 2020. Closed railway facilities are converted into a public recreational area, including an eco-museum devoted to railway heritage. A green corridor for pedestrians links historical and cultural sites in the central, western, eastern and southern parts of the city. Four themed half-day routes start from the station. The plan preserves local history and improves public facilities.

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The Book That Grew

The Book That Grew is a grazing guide made for farmers in Ireland. The book presents ten lessons and ten pieces of practical advice intended to improve sustainability and profitability. The ten steps guide farmers toward ten rotations of grass grazing each year and a yield of ten tons of grass per hectare. Each page, word and diagram was shaped by living grass roots, guided along channels over a growth period of several weeks. Complex farming processes are explained through bespoke symbols, and a fold-out page carries the symbol key.

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Bonita Pour Femme

Bonita Pour Femme is a perfume bottle and outer packaging design created for the Gulf region, the Middle East and Africa. The design expresses fashion, class and femininity, and the form takes inspiration from the hobo handbag. The bottle is made of brown coated glass with a gold plated ABS collar and cap. The handle is woven from polyurethane leather. The outer hard box is dark brown and carries a gel label for branding. The box measures 165 mm in height, 135 mm in width and 50 mm in depth.

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Lifewtr Series 7: Art through Technology

Lifewtr Series 7 Art Through Technology is a bottled water packaging series that presents the work of creators active in art and technology. The bottle labels carry artworks by three emerging artists. Technology broadens the boundaries of possibilities within art and design, and ninety two percent of art organizations agree that technology has made art a more participatory experience, which helps to diversify audiences. The series turns each bottle into a surface for new work and gives wider visibility to working creators.

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