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Mist, water, old trees, and a figure who is mostly there to give the scale. Notes from the quietest set in the AI Lab — and the hardest one to keep from turning into wallpaper.
October 4, 2026
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Design thinking, identity, packaging, and visual systems.
Ramen, sushi, hot pot and dim sum — a pop-art series about girls who actually eat. Why we painted the food before the faces, and how a bowl of broth became the loudest thing on the page.
September 14, 2026
New from LOKKI: Bora-Bora, a limited-edition gift box that turns turquoise water, warm sunlight and palm shade into something you can actually hold. A look at how the packaging came together.
August 21, 2026
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15 development entries
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Chinese New Year Gift Box Packaging: A Case Built to Travel
A suitcase-shaped Lunar New Year case with a leather handle, a checkered grid and a blue dragon. The brief was to make festival packaging that is carried, not displayed — and that survives January.
September 12, 2026
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Fiery Rebellion: Eight Portraits Built Like Comic Covers
Bursts, halftone, one acid colour and a face that refuses to smile. A Y2K portrait series that borrows its rules from 90s comic covers — then breaks exactly one of them per image.
September 6, 2026
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Ramadan Gift Box Packaging: Seven Drawers, One Production Die
A hexagonal sleeve, an arched window and seven numbered drawers. How a Ramadan countdown box was built to survive a shelf, a courier and seven openings — without seven sets of tooling.
September 4, 2026
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Premium Cigarette Case Packaging: The Second It Is Offered
Brothersbox is a matte black case with one gold line and a 1.2mm thumb recess. A study in tolerance budgets, foil temperature, and the difference between an object that is shown and one that is carried.
September 2, 2026
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Ancient Ride Reborn: A Guohua Poster That Learned to Ride
Four posters, one scroll frame, and a scooter that has no business being in a classical Chinese painting. Notes from the making of Ancient Ride Reborn — the greens we argued about, the gold we took out, and the cup with a straw.
August 29, 2026
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Bora-Bora: Designing a Gift Box That Feels Like a Holiday
New from LOKKI: Bora-Bora, a limited-edition gift box that turns turquoise water, warm sunlight and palm shade into something you can actually hold. A look at how the packaging came together.
August 21, 2026
design
Luxury Fragrance Packaging Design: The Case for a Slower Opening
A rigid fragrance gift box is judged in the first three seconds and again at the tenth opening. How LOKKI tuned a two-stage hinge, a sunken foil channel and a flocked tray for three bottle formats.
July 25, 2026