ARTPINK ACADEMY

Branding materials

Crafting the identity for The Other Side of Imagination - an exhibition hosted by Vietnam’s leading global art prep school

ROLE


Asset Development

Merchandise Design

Publication Design

TIMELINE


11 weeks - Summer 2025



TEAM


1 Design lead [Max Nguyen]

1 Publication lead [Anh Le Bui]


TOOLS


Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Indesign

Crafting intuitive personal finance tools and secure onboarding experiences for a leading Vietnamese commercial bank

ROLE


UX Design

User Research

TIMELINE


11 weeks - Summer 2025



TEAM


1 Senior

UX researcher

1 Senior

UX Designer


TOOLS


Figma

Figjam

OVERVIEW

An exhibition of young creatives

During the summer, I had the opportunity to work on the brand identity for an exhibition for Vietnam's Premiere Art and Design center, focusing on building artistic practices for students studying domestically and internationally.

INCLUDING WORKS FROM

26 Creatives

FEATURED & REPORTED BY

5 Major Outlets

During my time on at Artpink Academy, I:

  1. Developed design assets used for branding materials

  1. Created merchandise for the exhibition

  1. Edited the exhibition's catalogue

BRAND DEVELOPMENT

Developing patterns for a meeting between the old and the new

One of the key highlights of this year's exhibition was the return of alumni displaying their works alongside graduating students. The branding needed to honor that dialogue — feeling fresh while staying cohesive with the center's existing visual identity. The ripple that forms when a droplet hits water became the central metaphor: a meeting point between what came before and what's arriving.


Working under the design lead, I developed 20+ patterns built on intersecting circle halves as a baseline geometry — applied consistently across the exhibition's branding touchpoints.

APPLICATION

Merchandise

APPLICATION

On the day

IMPACT

Shaping the identity of an exhibition covered by major Viet news outlets

This project was my first foray into branding, and under the mentorship of a lead designer, I was able to create patterns and merchandise for an exhibition with hundreds of attendees and described by several news outlets as "a multidimensional art space where personal stories meet perspectives on contemporary society".

SHAPED THE BRANDING FOR AN EVENT WITH

100+ attendees

THE EXHIBITION WAS COVERED BY

5 Major News Outlets

MY TAKEAWAYS

This project taught me how to hit the ground running: learning new tools quickly, figuring out what was needed to realize my vision, and adapting on the fly. I also grew in my ability to pitch ideas during brainstorming sessions, receive constructive feedback, and work within a shared art direction while still bringing my own creativity to the work. It was a challenging but deeply rewarding experience, made all the more meaningful by the guidance of our mentors, design director Minh Thao and publication designer Ha Anh.