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The public record archive of CanBrand®. Project signings, works selected for the China Design Yearbook, media interviews, industry events and team milestones — all filed under their original publication dates and individually verifiable.
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2016
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03Nov
CanBrand® : five works selected for Volume 10 of the China Design Yearbook
China Design Yearbook Vol. 10 (2014–2015) selection notice [logo] — Work: 玫可儿, design: Jinan CanBrand®; client: 玫可儿; work: 诚惠物流, design: CanBrand®…
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01Sep
Statement from CanBrand : 干將莫邪 is the Jinan agency listed in the Top 50 brand design firms
Yesterday an out-of-town client questioned our claim to be a Top-50 brand-design firm, saying another Jinan company had just styled itself the area’s official representative. To tell the genuine from the fake, 干将 invites you to verify us on any search engine. ※ The brand-design ranking draws on China’s historical…
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19Jun
CanBrand® visual strategy moves into its Aolong Guandi villa offices
CanBrand® brand vision strategy — Candomore Brand vision strategy. A design firm with seventeen years of history, focused on visual strategy that lifts brands. Open-plan LOFT offices across a four-storey villa; located…
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17Jun
Shi Gu, art advisor of CanBrand®, in conversation with Fan Di'an
石古 (Liu Zhijun) in conversation with 范迪安. Date: 2013.09.24. Venue: Beijing · National Art Museum of China. Interviewer: 石古 (sociologist, painter-calligrapher, critic); interviewee: 范迪安 (museum director, eminent critic…
2015
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13Jul
CanBrand® signs the overall identity design programme for 港爱咖啡 in China
Client: Qingdao 港爱咖啡 Management Co. Brand: 港爱咖啡. Sector: F&B and entertainment. Services: full brand identity, chain-store design, soft furnishing. Solution: CanBrand® set up a dedicated design team around 港爱咖啡’s…
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13Jul
CanBrand® signs the full VI identity design for 佰家汤泉
Client: 佰家汤泉 Korean green-bath Co. Brand: 佰家汤泉. Sector: F&B and leisure. Services: overall brand identity. Solution: CanBrand® formed a dedicated team for 佰家汤泉 based on…
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10Jul
Design.China interviews Mr Sun Luxiao, design director of CanBrand®
Editor’s note: 孙露晓 Austin SUEN (b. 8 Sep 1983), from Dongying, Shandong, now based in Jinan; senior brand designer holding a master’s in brand design and marketing from Korea’s Kookmin University; CANDOMORE DESIGN, Jinan CanBrand®…
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10Jul
"Shi Haibin: design is born of the heart" — Design.China interviews the head of CanBrand®
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22Feb
CanBrand® signs the overall brand identity design for 青春城市快运
Client: Shandong青城快运 Co. Brand: 青春城市. Sector: express logistics. Services: overall brand identity. Solution: CanBrand® formed a dedicated team for 青春城市 based on…
2013
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28Dec
Official announcement: 干將莫邪 Holographic Star System service — corporate training
The 干將莫邪 Hologram Star service. Marking CanBrand®’s 15th anniversary, the brand service is fully upgraded and the Hologram Star system officially launches — more comprehensive, more professional quality to switch on every brand’s momentum! 干將莫邪 Hologram Star — corporate training. China…
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21Mar
The power behind brands — CanBrand® ranks in the Top 50 brand design firms!
Everyone knows China Mobile, China Telecom, Bank of China, Sina, GAC and 360 — but who designed these brands? Most people have no idea. The “2012 Top-50 brand design” ranking recently selected by the design industry reveals…
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14Jan
CanBrand® signs the corporate identity design for Shandong富达装饰集团
Client: Shandong富达装饰工程有限Company. Brand: 富达装饰. Sector: architectural decoration. Services: overall brand identity. Background: founded in 1996, approved by the Shandong commerce administration, holding national…
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12Jan
CanBrand® signs the 2013 New Year corporate card design for 鲁商集团
Client: 鲁商集团 (Shandong Commercial Group). Brand: 鲁商. Sector: state-owned enterprise. Services: 2013 New-Year image greeting-card design. Background: Shandong Commercial Group Co. (鲁商集团), founded in 1992 as a nationwide…
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12Jan
CanBrand® signs the 2012 New Year corporate card design for 鲁商集团
Client: 鲁商集团 (Shandong Commercial Group). Brand: 鲁商. Sector: state-owned enterprise. Services: 2012 New-Year image greeting-card design. Background: Shandong Commercial Group Co. (鲁商集团), founded in 1992 as a nationwide…
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07Jan
CanBrand® elected vice-chairman unit of the products branch of the Shandong Tourism Industry Association
In May 2012 the tourism-commodities branch of the Shandong Tourism Association admitted Jinan CanBrand® as a vice-chairman unit, with agency chairman Mr. Shi Haibin named vice-chairman of the branch.
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06Jan
CanBrand® [Jinan] signs overall brand planning and a standing design consultancy for 琥轩珠宝
Client: 琥轩珠宝. Brand: 琥轩. Sector: luxury jewellery. Services: brand marketing strategy, overall identity, boutique design, retail collateral, commercial photography. Background: 琥轩 is China’s largest processor and bespoke seller of Burmese amber…
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2012
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30Dec
CanBrand® wins the 2012 Qilu Star Jury Prize plus 6 gold, 4 silver and 5 bronze awards
The 『齐鲁之星』 Design Art Award, hosted by the design committee of the Shandong Packaging Association, is the province’s largest and most influential design accolade. From Shandong’s first packaging-design competition in 1982 to the ninth 『齐鲁之星』 edition…
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08Jul
Shi Haibin, founder of CanBrand®, attends the 7th Jinan Congress of the AMJD
On November 1–2 the 7th Congress of the Jinan committee of the China Association for Promoting Democracy was successfully convened: it heard and reviewed the 8th committee’s work report, elected the 9th committee, and nominated delegates to the provincial 6th Congress…
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05Jul
CanBrand® [Jinan] signs the overall brand VI design for 旭升物流
Client: 旭升物流. Brand: 旭升物流. Sector: logistics. Services: brand naming, full VI design. Background: Jinan 旭升物流 runs the Shandong–Fujian dedicated line, LTL transshipment and freight-information matching, and designs distribution, warehousing and transport schemes for manufacturers…
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05Jul
CanBrand® [Jinan] signs the design and build of the official website of 卧虎山水库
Client: Jinan Wohushan Reservoir Administration. Brand: 卧虎山 whssk.com. Sector: government body. Services: official website design and build, domain registration, ICP filing. Background: the reservoir lies in Jinan’s southern hills, 25 km from downtown…
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16Jun
CanBrand® [Jinan] wins 4 gold, 5 silver and 1 bronze at the 2011 Qilu Star Awards
Qilu Star 2011, logo category, gold: Deng Yunguo, “门庭传媒 logo,” by Jinan CanBrand®; the CanBrand® design team, “英雄煮 restaurant-brand logo,” Jinan CanBrand®…
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16Jun
CanBrand® [Jinan] signs the overall brand VI design for Shandong百城物流
Founded in 2008 and registered with the Shandong commerce authorities, Shandong百城物流 is a large logistics company with branches in Jinan and Linyi — 4 senior logisticians, 20 middle managers and 1… staff
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08Jun
CanBrand® [Jinan] signs the packaging design for the imported milk-powder range of US-based 康麦国际 Holdings
Client: U.S. COMMA International. Brand: 康麦国际 COMMA. Sector: health-food R&D and production. Services: packaging design for the imported milk-powder series. Background: located in the San Diego area of California, America’s third-largest state…
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08Jun
CanBrand® [Jinan] signs brand refresh, website build and corporate photography for 纳诺机械
Client: Jinan 纳诺精密机械 Co. Brand: 纳诺精密机械. Sector: mineral casting. Services: rebranding, website build, commercial photography. Background: 纳诺铸造 is a specialized mineral-casting foundry holding full in-house IP, located in Jinan’s Mingshui…
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01May
CanBrand® Jinan signs with the 古图斯造型 salon group
Brand name: 古图斯造型. Scope: brand logo design; brand colour standards; standard Chinese and English brand typography; brand tagline creation; brand poster design; brand brochure design. Timeline: 30 working days. 古图斯造型…
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26Apr
Shandong Pictorial interviews Shi Haibin, chairman of CanBrand®
Shi Haibin — when tradition meets postmodernism. Text: Chen Xianyun; edited by Lu Xiaohan. http://www.sdhbs.com.cn/sdhb/?action-viewnews-itemid-2541 “Haibin, the phone…”
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26Apr
Backed by the design expertise of CanBrand®, the tourism-product creative upgrading programme takes shape
In March 2012 the tourism-commodities branch of the Shandong Tourism Association entered a brand-strategy partnership with Jinan CanBrand®, appointing the agency as brand consultant to jointly build… with distinctive Shandong character.
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26Apr
The 2011 China Star award ceremony and the 30th anniversary of the China Packaging Association convene in Beijing
On December 10–11, 2011, the 2011 China Star Design Art Awards ceremony and the 30th-anniversary celebrations of the China Packaging Federation’s design committee were grandly held in Beijing. After several rounds of expert review, CanBrand® chairman Shi Haibin…
2010
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22Apr
The general manager of CanBrand® gives an invited academic lecture at Hebei Institute of Communications
On April 9, 2010, CanBrand® managing director Shi Haibin gave an academic lecture at Hebei Institute of Communications and attended its seminar on developing the art & design discipline. CanBrand® managing director Shi Haibin at the seminar…
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30Mar
Signing the corporate VI design for "三大步", a Chinese whole-person education brand
On March 15, 2010, CanBrand® signed the basic VI design for the 三大步 China quality-education brand; the same day, the CanBrand® design team held its first design-communication meeting with 三大步’s director Mr. Wang.
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11Mar
Signing the founding ceremony of the Guangdong Chamber of Commerce and the launch of Guangdong Products in Shandong
Founding ceremony of the Guangdong Chamber of Commerce in Shandong and the launch of the “Guangdong Products Tour Shandong” initiative. March 27, 2010, 16:00–17:30; Film Hall, Conference Center, Shandong Building, Jinan.
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07Mar
Signing the commercial photography for Paris-based 奥美姿 natural botanical cosmetics
March 6, 2010: signed the commercial photography for Paris 奥美姿 natural-plant cosmetics (completed). Case link: http://www.123ci.com/design/shangyesheying/2010/031…
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23Feb
New-year signing with the Jinan Real Estate Registration Centre
From the very start of the new year clients kept arriving at CanBrand®; from the first working day the consultation phone rang non-stop and the front desk was run off its feet. On February 23, CanBrand® signed with Jinan’s county-level Housing Property Registration Centre and Real-Estate Transaction Supervision Office…
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13Feb
Signing the packaging range design for China Well-Known Trademark 金诃藏药 of Qinghai
金诃藏药 is China’s only ethnic-pharmaceutical enterprise integrating Tibetan medical culture, Tibetan healthcare, Tibetan-medicine R&D and production, higher education in Tibetan medicine, marketing and medicinal-resource protection. 17 national leaders and 400+ provincial-level officials have inspected it…
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13Feb
Repeat brochure commission from Shandong百川同创能源
In January 2010, CanBrand® re-signed with long-standing client Shandong百川同创能源: new logo design, overall corporate VI and new-product brochure. Shandong百川同创能源 is the industry-university-research arm of Shandong University’s bioenergy technology centre…
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13Feb
Signing the logo refinement and hospital-wide VI identity for Dezhou People’s Hospital
In January 2010, CanBrand® signed the logo refresh and the overall hospital VI for Dezhou People’s Hospital. A modern large Grade-III general hospital in Shandong, it is a Binzhou Medical University affiliate and a teaching base of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences’ network college; Weifang…
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13Feb
Year of the Ox closing 2010: signing with EF Education First
Signed on the 28th of the last lunar month with the EF英孚教育 language-training centre. Design proposal in progress — partial preview, stay tuned… Founded in 1965, EF英孚教育 focuses on English training, educational travel and English cultural exchange, present in over 50 countries…
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05Feb
CanBrand® invited as a governing partner institution for Volume 7 of the China Design Yearbook
A classic shaping China’s design field · the country’s most important professional design book: China Design Yearbook Vol. 7 (2008–2009), open for general submissions from February 1, 2010! Design Department, Tsinghua Academy of Arts & Design / Chuanyin Chengdu…
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28Jan
Elected among the Top 50 graphic design firms
靳and刘 Design Consultants (Hong Kong, China); 李永铨 Design Co. (Hong Kong, China); 天睿 integrated promotion; 大马 art & design consultants; 香港在一 Design (Hong Kong, China); 易领 design communications (Hong Kong, China); 欧普 advertising & design (Taiwan, China); 联合文采…
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28Jan
Selected for the Top 100 graphic design firms
After nearly six months of compilation, the Top-100 graphic-design firms list is finally out. The selection covers mainland Chinese agencies (excluding China’s Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan regions), from which we picked the 100 most influential; a further 1… will follow.
2009
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30Dec
Signing the corporate commercial photography for 圣泉唐和唐生物
Jinan 圣泉唐和唐 Biotech, part of 圣泉集团, is a high-tech enterprise devoted to the R&D, production and sale of functional sugars and their derivatives, serving food, pharma, health supplements, flavours & fragrances and synthetic chemistry. In January 2009…
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26Dec
At the 2009 Qilu Star design contest, CanBrand® takes 1 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze
The “齐鲁之星” design-art competition, hosted by the Shandong Packaging Association’s design committee, is the most large-scale and influential authoritative selection in provincial design: across seven editions it has brought together the creative work of Shandong’s designers and art-school teachers and students…
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13Dec
Signing the packaging and retail-terminal design for the 沃加 brand of Jinan’s 新海天 group
Jinan 新海天 is a high-tech company centred on digital-product retail and now Shandong’s largest digital-sales chain. Its main brand partners include Samsung, Asus, Dopod, UTStarcom, Shinco, Toshiba, HP, Mio, Newman, Shenzhou…
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13Dec
The International Design Annual 2009 publishes eighteen works by CanBrand®
The most representative international design yearbook of contemporary China: it collects the work of first-rate designers brimming with creativity and talent, reflecting the latest design achievements and creative intelligence in China and abroad — come feel the internationalisation of Chinese design and the Chinese inflection of international design.
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12Dec
Signing the full VI design for Jinan early-education company 贝贝乐园
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04Dec
Signing the school emblem and overall VI design for Shandong Xiehe Vocational College
Draft emblem submitted; online voting under way at http://www.sdxiehe.com/vote/index.php
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22Nov
CanBrand® wins the logo design bid for Jinan’s Longao Tower
The Longao Tower logo by CanBrand®: after two-plus months and forty drafts, the design beat China’s best-known agencies in a selection by provincial and municipal leaders and national experts!
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22Nov
Signing the corporate brochure and commercial photography for Shandong科兴生物化工
Signing the corporate brochure and commercial photography for Shandong科兴生物化工. Brochure project in progress… Stay tuned!
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22Nov
Signing the overall corporate VI design for Qingzhou Boao Chemical Group
Signing the overall corporate VI for Qingzhou Boao Chemical Group. VI project in progress… Stay tuned!
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16Sep
Successfully staging the rollout ceremony of Siemens’ first traction transformer
On August 21, 2009, our agency successfully staged the works ceremony for the rollout of Siemens’ first traction transformer; the event planning won unanimous praise from Siemens’ Chinese and German leadership.
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16Sep
Shandong Brand & Communication Research Base established
Recently, the Shandong Brand & Communication Research Base was approved and attached to Shandong University, jointly applied for by the university’s School of Literature, Journalism & Communication and its Brand & Communication Research Institute. The institute’s director, also of the school…
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27Aug
Signing the VI and brochure design for construction supervisor Shandong中达联
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23Aug
Signing the VI refresh and brochure design for 美宝施化工 (Shanghai)
VI refresh and brochure project for 美宝施化工 (Shanghai) in progress… Client: 美宝施化工 (Shanghai) Co. Brand: 美宝施 BOMEX. Sector: chemicals & coatings. Scope: corporate VI refresh…
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23Aug
Signing the brochure and product photography for 金色河口工贸 of Shengli Oilfield
Signing the brochure and product photography for 金色河口工贸 of Shengli Oilfield. Brochure & product-photography project in progress…
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23Aug
Signing the corporate VI design for Jinan network firm 开创盛世
Signing the corporate VI for Jinan 开创盛世 network-technology Co. VI project in progress… Founded in 2003, 开创盛世 is a specialist in strategic e-commerce integration services, focused on large industry…
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23Aug
Signing the corporate VI design for Jinan steel-pipe maker 华菱劲通
Signing the corporate VI for Jinan 华菱劲通 steel-pipe Co. Corporate VI project in progress…
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23Aug
Signing the phase-II 泉乐坊 logo design for Jinan developer 汇泉新世界置业
Signing the phase-II 泉乐坊 logo for Jinan developer 汇泉新世界置业. Phase-II logo design in progress… 泉乐坊 Phase II logo design
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23Aug
Signing the overall VI design for the Coal Industry Jinan Design & Research Institute
Signing the overall VI for the Coal Industry Jinan Design & Research Institute. Overall VI project in progress… Stay tuned!
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23Aug
Qilu Star 2007: CanBrand® takes 2 gold, 3 silver and 2 bronze
The 齐鲁之星 Design Art Award, hosted by the Shandong Packaging Association’s design committee, is the province’s most large-scale and influential authoritative competition: across six editions it has distilled the creative essence of Shandong’s finest designers and has become…
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23Aug
Brochure, commercial photography and corporate VI for 三立特木塑 of Zouping, Shandong
Corporate brochure, commercial photography and VI for Shandong Zouping 三立特 wood-plastics Co. The Sanya photo shoot wrapped up successfully; brochure designed and printed, posters and display boards finished, annual retainer in progress… Behind the scenes of the large-format commercial shoot in Sanya…
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23Aug
Signing the base VI and corporate brochure for CNC maker Shandong精诚数控
Basic VI and corporate brochure for Shandong 精诚 CNC Equipment. Project in progress…
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18Mar
10th East China Design & Art Exhibition: CanBrand® takes the gold award
At the 10th China East-Award design art exhibition (2006), CanBrand® won 2 gold, 1 silver, 4 bronze, 15 excellence awards, the special-contribution prize and the title of “Famous Chinese Design Institution.” ｜10th China East Award, Jinan…
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14Mar
China Design Yearbook Volume 6: eleven works by CanBrand® published
After review by the editorial board of China Design Yearbook Vol. 6, 11 works by CanBrand® were selected. Works: logo of the Shandong黄金 basketball club; logo of Shandong上上签 Group; logo of the Desing&Art agency; CanBrand® brand…
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14Mar
China Star 2008: CanBrand® wins the Best Design Award
China Star Design Art Awards 2008 — AWARD FOR DESIGN ARTS OF CHINA STAR 2008: the hall of honour of design talents · the nation’s most prestigious award. Hosted by the China Packaging…
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14Mar
CanBrand® designs the emblem for the Qilu Star awards
The 『齐鲁之星』 Design Art Award, hosted by the Shandong Packaging Association’s design committee, is the province’s most large-scale and influential authoritative competition: across six editions it has distilled the creative essence of Shandong’s finest designers and has become…
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12Mar
CanBrand® : download the PPT of 2005–2008 graphic design works
Download the 2005–2008 graphic-design portfolio PPT of Jinan CanBrand®. Download the 2005–2008 graphic-design portfolio PPT of Jinan CanBrand®. Jinan CanBrand®…
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11Mar
Signing the brand and product packaging design for Taiwanese-owned 南京恒丰泰
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11Mar
DDC interview: a life that leaves its mark — Shi Haibin
Shi Haibin, managing director of Jinan CanBrand®. National committee member of the China Packaging Association’s design committee; deputy secretary-general of the Shandong Packaging Association; executive director of the 10th China “East Award” design art exhibition; Shandong’s first college animation & design art…
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10Mar
New logo unveiled for the Shandong Gold basketball team — won by Jinan’s CanBrand®!
The new logo of the Shandong黄金 basketball club unveiled! A red lion — passionate, valiant, commanding! Bailing Sports, Sept 19 Beijing time: the club announced its founding and revealed its new mark. On the afternoon of September 19, 2006, Shandong黄金…
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09Mar
Asia-Pacific Design Annual Vol. 3: fourteen works by CanBrand® published
Print category, 2 works: the CanBrand® 2007 desk calendar; binding design for the 10th China East-Award winners’ album. Visual category, 2 works: overall identity for Shandong金鼎 advertising & decoration; overall identity for 星之翼 culture communication. Books category…
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09Mar
China Design Yearbook Volume 5: twenty-one works published
China Design Yearbook, Volume 5, is born. Edited by the China Packaging Association and published by Jiuzhou Press, Volume 5 arrives. For ten years the Yearbook has stood for the authority of China’s design world; from Volume 1…
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09Mar
CanBrand® wins the "IDE China Brand Identity Design Award"
The Shandong黄金 basketball club and 金鼎装饰 identities submitted by Jinan CanBrand® win the “IDE China Brand Image Design Award.” A new industrial revolution has pushed the world into a fresh, complex design era: brand building and design innovation have become the key to business…
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09Mar
2005 China Star awards: forty-three prizes in total
On the evening of April 18, 2006, the “2005 China Star Design Art Awards” ceremony was held at the VIP tower of Beijing’s Friendship Hotel, hosted by the China Packaging Federation’s design committee. At the ceremony, Jinan CanBrand®’s design director Shi Haibin…
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09Mar
平面帝国 interviews Shi Haibin, general manager of CanBrand®
A conversation with Shi Haibin, Jinan’s noted designer. http://www.cmvk.com/cmvk/dgft_content.php?id=703 “Graphic Empire”: Hello Mr. Shi — many thanks for taking our interview amid your busy schedule…
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26Feb
2007 Qilu Star ceremony and academic series held at the Shandong University of Art & Design
To raise students’ motivation, encourage their participation in professional competitions, sharpen their competitive spirit and let them meet more design peers to win the future together, the 齐鲁之星 award ceremony and a series of academic events, hosted by the School of Applied Design, were held on April 2, 2008…
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14Feb
International Design Annual 2008: forty works published
In October 2007, the International Design Yearbook 2008, edited by the Madison series, was published. In a three-volume set, it collects examples of logo identity, graphic imagery, posters, catalogues and packaging; the selected works come from mainland China and the Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan regions of China…
2008
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22Nov
CanBrand® signs the hardcover brochure design for Shandong世纪嘉和印务
Project / hardcover corporate brochure for 世纪嘉和印务. Customer / Shandong 世纪嘉和 Printing Co. ..........................................
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22Nov
Signing the overall corporate identity for Jinan electronics firm 神州贝尔
Corporate identity for Jinan 神州贝尔 Electronics. Jinan 神州贝尔 Electronics. Founded in 2004 with registered capital of RMB 2 million, Jinan 神州贝尔 Electronics is located in Jinan…
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17Sep
CanBrand® holds mascot-brief meetings with Shandong basketball management and fans
On August 17, 2008, the mascot briefing meeting was held at the club’s headquarters: the mascot design project team led by CanBrand® managing director Shi Haibin met Shandong黄金 basketball club executive deputy GM Wen Liange, deputy GM Zhou Zhou and well-known fan representatives from the province…
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27Aug
Signing the logo refresh and packaging design for 九天贡阿胶
Scope: 九天贡 brand logo refresh; 九天贡 ejiao-cake gift-box design; 九天贡 ejiao-walnut cake gift-box design; 九天贡 ejiao-cake packaging. Timeline: 30 working days.