Design Statement

Design Statement

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

 

VFit+

VFit+ is a well-being mobile application that connects smart devices. The application tracks daily activity, body composition, heart rate, sleep quality and water consumption. Data received from connected smart bands and smartwatches is displayed according to user preferences. Users can set goals, join challenges and share activity with others. Supportive push notifications and an inactivity warning encourage regular movement. A card based interface with distinct colors and icons separates each type of information. A diary of activities is created for each user.

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MG iSmart

MG iSmart is an infotainment system interface designed for cars of the MG brand. The interface supports a new market rollout with a custom solution built around connectivity, digital touchpoints and smart assistants. Research and ideation sessions with the brand team and with customers in the target markets guided the user flows. Three interaction concepts were prototyped, and six visual directions were tested before one final direction was selected and developed in detail. Vehicles equipped with MG iSmart are on the road in India and Thailand.

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Future of Banking

Ms. Wu created this video for Julius Baer to explain the working method of their new digital product for their potential investor. From concepting, storyboard, style frames design to animation, she figured out how to visualize the difference between heavy workflow, digitalization and new era. She added visual metaphors to increase uniqueness. Creative thinking and techniques were utilized to create a video with a clear story narrative and visual attractions. This video showed the beautiful future the new digital product will bring.

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Vessi

Vessi Animation is a promotional animation created for a boot. The animation presents the product through natural visual elements that link the footwear to the lifestyle of the customer. Water relates to the features of the boot, while clouds suggest lightness. The boot was modeled with hard surface techniques in 3ds Max, using photographs as reference, and leather textures were applied. Rendering was done with Redshift and simulations with Houdini. The animation was used on the product website and on social media, without explanatory text.

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Du Conference

Du Conference is an intelligent doorplate system for office meeting rooms. The system shows room status and allows on-site reservation through a touch screen. Face recognition and QR code scanning are used to speed up identification and access. Light bars on both sides indicate the state of the space through color changes. Information is synchronized with smartphones, tablets and computers. Sensors monitor the room environment and support suitable settings for each period. The aim is to reduce wasted office space and to make meetings clearer and more comfortable.

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Totetsu Training Institute

The client, founded at the request of the former Ministry of Railways to maintain and reinforce Japan’s rail system, is a general construction company with far-reaching expertise in the field of rail-related construction. The designer Takuya Wakizaki, the founder of MOTIVE Inc., created a wayfinding system for the institute, which the client built to develop human resources. For the design motif, the designer used rail lines-the core identity of the client. Through the design, the designer strove to create a space that would help trainees feel a sense of pride in their work.

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