Lord Qu 視覺識別 by Siyu Xu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award 銅獎 in 平面設計 Competition Category.

銅平面· 2020

Lord Qu 視覺識別

by Siyu Xu

Client: MET Creative Brand

A' Design Award 銅獎 Winner in 平面 Category

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The Design

About Lord Qu 視覺識別

《曲爺》係為中國衢州一個小食品牌創作嘅視覺識別設計。呢個識別以現代手法呈現傳統中華飲食文化,吸引年輕消費者嘅目光。以孔子為原型嘅人物角色構成中心視覺符號,人物髮髻造型設計成一個包子形狀。線條卡通圖案將呢個角色同飛龍、孔廟、祥雲等歷史元素連結埋一齊。餐廳空間入面嘅蒸籠、餐具、燈飾同座椅靠背,亦運用咗豬鼻圖案作為呼應。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 銅獎

Lord Qu 視覺識別是 A' Design Award 銅獎得主，這是授予以創造力、獨創性和敏銳見長的傑出設計的極具聲望的認可。銅獎得主是技藝嫻熟、創意驚人的作品，印證了其設計師豐富的經驗、想像力與機智。預計Lord Qu 視覺識別將成為一件備受推崇、令人欽佩且被珍愛的物品，兼具顯著的專業性與創新性。這件贏得 A' Design Award 銅獎的設計融入藝術、科學、設計和技術領域的最佳實踐，並因注重細節而出類拔萃。Lord Qu 視覺識別出色地滿足需求，觸動渴望，迷住情感，並吸引好奇心。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Lord Qu is a special snack brand in Quzhou. The original intention of this brand design is to inherit the traditional Chinese food culture. According to the trend of younger mainstream consumers, the designers redefine the traditional snack bar with modern design language, so that more young people understand and fall in love with Quzhou snacks in. Through the comprehensive application of vision and space system, this restaurant is endowed with a new and modern feeling.
Dimensions & Packaging: In the application of props, the designers make full use of the pig nose visual hammer, develop the steamer of Lord Qu exclusive pig nose on the tableware, the pig nose lamp and backrest seat in the space, make a deep strong link between the product and the brand, and carry out the exclusive brand design.
Tags: Visual Identity, Commercial, Restaurant, Modern, Fashion, IP, Quzhou, Bun, Confucius Temple
Production Technology: The designers combine the IP image of Lord Qu with the classic historical symbols such as flying dragon, Confucius Temple, Xiangyun and allusions with the linear cartoon as the carrier to build the dialogue scene of Lord Qu and the food IP, which not only convey the product and brand value, but also carry the profound connotation of Chinese food culture.
Design Challenge: How to quickly occupy the consumers' cognition for a new brand is also a problem that needs to consider carefully in this case. Therefore, in the development of symbols and props, the designers use the pig nose extracted from two black pigs as brand visual hammer symbols.
Research: As the representative of breakfast category, the steamed stuffed bun is faced with the awkward situation of having category and no brand. In the market, there are more cheap and no quality products. However, the emergence of Lord Qu has filled in such a masrket gap.
Inspiration: Based on the original intention of the design, the designers decide to build Lord Qu into a snack expert image with personality and story, and establish the exclusive IP of the brand. The whole case takes Confucius as the cultural prototype. The chignon is designed into the shape of a bun. At the same time, the designers borrow the cognition of Kame Sennin in the hearts of young consumers to create the IP image.
Project Duration: The project started in January 2018 in Hangzhou and finished in September 2018 in Hangzhou.
Operation Flow: The designers create a story for IP, personify the ingredients in the main products.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Siyu Xu, 2018.
Team Members: Siyu Xu
Youjia Gu
Gaoyang Duan
Miao Pan
Yuting Wang
Xin Wang
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer MET Creative Brand, Lord Qu, 2018.
Image #2: Photographer MET Creative Brand, Lord Qu, 2018.
Image #3: Photographer MET Creative Brand, Lord Qu, 2018.
Image #4: Photographer MET Creative Brand, Lord Qu, 2018.
Image #5: Photographer MET Creative Brand, Lord Qu, 2018.