Explore Asian Cinema
Client ︎︎︎ Asian Film Archive
Year ︎︎︎ 2019
Service ︎︎︎ Identity, Digital & Wayfinding
Explore Asian Cinema is a campaign for the Asian Film Archive’s regular film programmes. CROP was commissioned to develop an identity system for the campaign.
Central to the campaign tagline “Explore Asian Cinema”were the elements of play and discovery. We drew inspiration from the tangram, a puzzle of Asian origin. The puzzle consists of flat shapes which can be used to form different silhouettes. Discovery comes into play when different silhouettes are formed.
This resonated with the message behind the campaign, with the exploration of Asian cinema as driven by curiosity, play, and discovery. Much like the tangram with its infinite permutations of forms, the journey of exploring Asian cinema takes you through a multitude of different possibilities, sometimes cerebral, sometimes pure fun.
Using tangram shapes as the base, we developed a custom typeface for the word “explore”. Exploiting the versatility of the tangram, the individual shapes were also extracted and adapted to various print and digital formats, including a wayfinding system as well as merchandise.
Central to the campaign tagline “Explore Asian Cinema”were the elements of play and discovery. We drew inspiration from the tangram, a puzzle of Asian origin. The puzzle consists of flat shapes which can be used to form different silhouettes. Discovery comes into play when different silhouettes are formed.
This resonated with the message behind the campaign, with the exploration of Asian cinema as driven by curiosity, play, and discovery. Much like the tangram with its infinite permutations of forms, the journey of exploring Asian cinema takes you through a multitude of different possibilities, sometimes cerebral, sometimes pure fun.
Using tangram shapes as the base, we developed a custom typeface for the word “explore”. Exploiting the versatility of the tangram, the individual shapes were also extracted and adapted to various print and digital formats, including a wayfinding system as well as merchandise.
