Jie Yi Couture Varumärkesidentitet by Yiwen Tu

Jie Yi Couture Varumärkesidentitet by Yiwen Tu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award i Järn in Grafik-, Illustrations- och Visuell Kommunikationsdesign Competition Category.

JärnGrafik· 2021

Jie Yi Couture Varumärkesidentitet

by Yiwen Tu

Client: Jie Yi Couture Studio

A' Design Award i Järn Winner in Grafik Category

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The Design

About Jie Yi Couture Varumärkesidentitet

Jie Yi Couture är en varumärkesidentitet skapad för en couturestudio i Shanghai. Det kinesiska tecknet Jie betyder att lösa och att dekonstruera, medan Yi betyder ett, enhet och konsekvens. Logotypen är uppbyggd med kinesisk typografi, och delar av tecknen har ersatts med symboler för en skyltdocka och en sax. Mönsterkonstruktionsskisser utgör det huvudsakliga visuella elementet, och deras linjer, kurvor och anteckningar skapar ett detaljerat mönster. Identiteten tillämpas på förpackningar som erbjuds i flera storlekar. Designen förmedlar hantverksskicklighet och en halvskräddarsydd skrädderitjänst.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award i Järn

Jie Yi Couture Varumärkesidentitet är vinnare av A' Design Award i Järn, ett prestigefyllt erkännande som tilldelas bra designverk som uppfyller de professionella och industriella krav som förväntas av välgjorda skapelser. Järnvinnare visar stor skicklighet, hög specialisering, expertförståelse och skaparnas kreativa förmåga. Jie Yi Couture Varumärkesidentitet förväntas vara en högt skattad, beundrad och älskad skapelse som är praktisk och innovativ. Detta vinnande verk i A' Design Award i Järn integrerar branschens bästa praxis och har kompetenta tekniska egenskaper kopplade till kunnande och talang. Jie Yi Couture Varumärkesidentitet respekteras för sin grundlighet och är utformat för att åstadkomma förbättringar av livskvaliteten som hjälper till att göra världen till en bättre plats.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Jie Yi Couture is a start-up company in Shanghai. While the character ‘Jie’ means to solve and to deconstruct in Chinese, ‘Yi’ means one which is also referred to as unity and consistency.
Jie Yi is faced with fierce competition in Shanghai. What helps Jie Yi stand out from its competitors will be its strategy of providing semi-custom design service and its spirit of inheriting Chinese traditional skills. Therefore, the branding aims to convey a sense of craftsmanship and entry-lux
Dimensions & Packaging: The packaging shown is offered in a variety of sizes and iterations based on the product.
Tags: Branding and Marketing, Research, Visual Identity System, Pattern-making, Tailoring, Traditional Skills inheritance
Production Technology: Graphic Design, Brand Identity, packaging design, Brand Research and Strategy, Chinese Typography, Pattern-making
Design Challenge: The business is located in Shanghai and targeting people from the casual-business market aging from 25-50. Jie Yi was facing fierce competition when it launched its first line. To stand out from the numerous competitors, Jie Yi built its strategy of creating an entry-lux experience and providing semi-customization service. This strategy helped the brand appeal to a younger group of customers who were looking for more affordable, high-quality products.
Research: To learn the brand's products and business operation, the designer Yiwen Tu took many field trips to the studio and studied pattern-making and draping that were part of the production process. In the process, Yiwen discovered the beauty of the pattern-making sketch and turned it into the primary visual element. Yiwen also worked closely with the clients on brand & market research and design decision making. The immersive research experience, along with the cooperation, helped the designer set the brand strategy and visual tone in an efficient manner.
Inspiration: Jie Yi's studio reveals the brand personality and provides inspiration for the design. There lies the esthetic in the arrangement of the space and the relationship between the lines in the pattern-making drawings. Yiwen was inspired to turn the sketch of pattern-making into the primary elements of the visual system as the sketch is a symbol of craftsmanship, ingenuity, and unique.
Project Duration: The project started in August 2018 in Shanghai and finished in January 2020 in New York.
Operation Flow: Based on the research and what was learned from the communication with the client, the designer decided to use Chinese typography to create the logo. The designer Yiwen replaced part of radicals with symbols of mannequin and scissors. People can easily recognize the brand's name and learn about the company's business from the logo.
As each pattern-making sketch is explicitly designed for the client, it becomes a symbol of unique, precision, and fine craftsmanship. The lines, curves, and notes form a pattern that is beautiful and elaborate. Therefore, it is integrated into the visual system as the primary element.
Team Members: Independent
Image Credits: Yiwen Tu, 2020