Meet Rebrand Waitohu by Mengchao Wu, Hao Li and Sijia Zhang

Meet Rebrand Waitohu by Mengchao Wu, Hao Li and Sijia Zhang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award Hiriwa in Hoahoa Whakairoiro, Whakaahua Ringa me te Whakawhitiwhiti Ataata Competition Category.

HiriwaWhakairoiro· 2021

Meet Rebrand Waitohu

by Mengchao Wu, Hao Li and Sijia Zhang

Client: Meet

A' Design Award Hiriwa Winner in Whakairoiro Category

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The Design

About Meet Rebrand Waitohu

Ko Meet he wharekai rorerore a Korea e aro ana ki nga taiohi. Ko te mahi a te kiritaki mo Mengchao, Hao me Sijia ko te hanga huarahi toi me te tuakiri ataata hei whakaatu i te ahua o te waitohu me te whakatairanga i nga momo kai. Ko nga ahua o nga kai i runga i te tunutunu he ahua ahua ahua. Ko tenei whakaaro ka arahi ia ratou ki te taumata o te ariā, te hono i nga momo kai, kaimoana me nga huawhenua me nga ahuahanga kua tohua. Ko nga momo huinga ahua me nga tauira ka hoatu ki nga geometries he mahi takaro me te wera whakamutunga.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Hiriwa

Ko Meet Rebrand Waitohu te toa o te A' Design Award Hiriwa, he whakaaetanga tino whai mana e hoatu ana ki ngā hoahoa taumata teitei rawa, ātaahua me te whakamīharo. Ko ngā toa Hiriwa he mahi tino kanapa, tino auaha e whakaatu ana i te mātanga, te pūmanawa me te mōhio hōhonu o ā rātou kaihoahoa. E tūmanakohia ana ko Meet Rebrand Waitohu he mahi whakamīharo, he tauira, he tino ngaio, he auaha hōhonu. Ko tēnei hoahoa i toa i te Hiriwa he hanganga rongonui, whakamīharotia e whai wāhi ana ki te whakawhānui i ngā rohe o te toi, te pūtaiao, te hoahoa me te hangarau. Ko Meet Rebrand Waitohu he mahi e hae ana te tini, e whakaara ana i ngā hiahia, e kawe mai ana i ngā kare-ā-roto pai, ā, e whakaoho ana i te mīharo.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Meet is a Korean barbecue restaurant targeting young people. Our commission is to create an art direction and visual identity to express the vivid brand image and promote the various meats.
Dimensions & Packaging: Business card: 88.9mm by 50.8mm
Punch card: 20mm by 260mm
Menu:215.9mm by 289.56mm; 107.95mm by 289.56nn
Various sticker sizes
Tags: Branding, Graphic Design, Visual Identity, BBQ, Food
Production Technology: Adobe suite, Video Production, Printing, Package Design
Design Challenge: How to turn the strong emotional/physical feeling we get from bbq into a consistent but flexible visual language.
Research: Our research included 3 parts

1. Communications with the client.

2. Feeling research. we ate a lot of bbq(lol) to immerse ourselves in the emotion which bbq can directly convey. Moodboard is the result of this part. in the moodboard.

3. visual research.
Inspiration: The shapes of meats on the grill naturally present geometries, beef tongue as circle, pork neck as rounded rectangle, and beef rolls as cylinder. This idea leads us to the milestone of our concept, connecting different meats, seafoods and vegetables with specified geometries. Various shape combinations and patterns give the geometries a playful and hot final touch. We also take advantage of the most basic graphical element - grid, to represent grills, which is unexpected but also reasonable.
Project Duration: 3 mouths
Executed in NYC and shanghai
Operation Flow: This project started with a conversation with the client. Through the conversation, we find out the ethos of the brand. Through further conversation and research, we gathered more information about the tone and language of Meet. Base on that, we developed the look and feel for Meet. Then, we apply this visual language to applications around this brand.
Team Members: Mengchao Wu
Hao Li
Sijia Zhang
Image Credits: Art Direction: Formoj
Graphic Design: Mengchao Wu & Hao Li & Sijia Zhang
Animation: Hao Li