sulwhasoo cny campaign

behind the story of this cheeky well-travelled rat, is a collaboration that transcends cultural and creative borders. korea’s leading holistic beauty brand, sulwahsoo, and paris’s 18th century pattern maker, antoinette poisson, came together to develop sulwhasoo’s limited edition chinese new year packaging. we were challenged to create a global campaign out of antoinette poisson’s pattern of peonies, heart-links, and this year’s zodiac protagonist— the rat. staying true to the two dimensional nature of antoinette poisson’s work, we brought the packaging alive by revealing a whole world within the pattern and taking viewers on an enchanting journey past city landmarks and sulwhasoo’s signature product.

the mills

find your thread in hong kong’s techstyle story.

when nan fung textile company first started weaving in the 1950s, cloth was the most important raw material. in today’s globalised fashion industry, the finished garment is one element in the complex, high-tech pursuit of making fashion. talent and creativity are the commodities in demand: talent for ideas, design and reaching consumers through brand and story. drawing on over half a century in the industry, the mills, a groundbreaking project from the nan fung group, recognises that today talent is the raw material that matters. it must be nurtured and developed in the same way that cotton must be woven into fine cloth. to that end, the mills, in the same building it has worked in for the past 50 years, provides aspiring designers, entrepreneurs, and fashion technologists with the tools, the know-how and the space to make a truly modern, global fashion business, through collaborations with other institutions, exhibitions, mentorship programs with skilled artisans and a cutting-edge fabrication lab.

these are the mills of the 21st century.

Identity

financial times

“shape your knowledge” was a yearlong integrated campaign directed at educating key media buyers and media planners throughout asia pacific.

the objective was to drive awareness and educate media buyers on identifying the financial time’s readership and profiles. a seamless campaign was created by sending a bonsai tree to key media buyers with an online media kit showcasing newsfeed, widgets on readership profiles and case studies on the financial times. to recapture their attention, a care package was sent 6 months later to convey the bonsai’s relation to the brand’s trust, integrity and wisdom.

Direct Mailing

Advertising

Digital

yonge piggies

yonge piggies (pronounced “young”, and then “piggies”) brings authentic canadian street meat to hong kong.

with a quality product and a quirky name, we set out to create a lively brand that would capture a witty spin on the street meat concept. the brand is a nod to the retro-style diners of the 50s and 60s, with a modern spin. each hotdog on the menu became a character in the story of yonge piggies. from jalapeno, the spicy hotdog, to beef, the cowboy, we created charismatic pig characters for each unique flavor.

highlighted with trimmings of aluminium, retro red leather details and pinup girls covering the walls, the interior space is designed to combine the friendly atmosphere of an american neighbourhood diner with the in-your-face energy of a contemporary eatery.

branding: substance limited
interior: substance limited in collaboration with nc design & architecture ltd

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Identity

Packaging

Interior

Digital

Advertising

ddb

every month at ddb, a lunch & learn seminar is introduced to engage industry professionals by inviting an acclaimed figure from the design industry to inspire and influence.
to capture a perspective lecturer we sent a direct mailer with a brain and an apron, characterising the speaker to be a master chef of a ceremony. attendees were sent an edm invitation of a cookbook devoted to the speaker featuring captivating gastronomic meats and ingredients. the books are then stored with a video of the speech located in a library of master chefs.

Advertising

house of dancing water

former creative director of le cirque du soleil, franco dragone brought to asia the world’s grandest aqua-acrobatic stage show, at a net budget of us$250 million. substance worked closely with the renowned creator of “o” and “le reve” to give birth to the house of dancing water’s identity: a universal story unfolds as free-flowing human form, dancing with the curves of calligraphic brushstrokes along the surface of our shared life-source – water.

Branding

shanghai tang

an ad campaign and catalogue for shanghai tang 2010/2011 collection, the fauna and flora of gift showcases the power and impact of rich imagery at its best. the hardcover catalogue is designed as a coffee book displaying a camouflage of jewelry against the biological diversity in chinese woodlands. an exotic kingdom of plants were photographed to portray the marriage of asian greenery and the finest accessories of shanghai tang’s heritage.