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Based in London and Beijing, and open to working globally.Zhiwen is a bilingual graphic designer focused on branding and typography, with ongoing explorations in type design, motion, and AI. 
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base2026AD: Zhiwen Shao
D:  Zhiwen Shao
Industrial Design: Zipeng Chou
Special Thanks: Gemini and Nano Banana 🍌

Simple base, simply based.

底 base is a herbal-based skincare brand rooted in the purity of ingredients and the clarity of information. We aim to resolve the industry’s chronic issues of over-promising and information saturation. A dynamic system of dots and pixels was built for a brand ecosystem that transforms skincare into an unobtrusive lifestyle.




base.sans
We designed the base.sans: A typeface defined by restraint and clarity. This typeface is flexible enough to fit in any possible touchpoint and collateral.



Packaging and Industrial Design
The packaging design is built upon a 1.5pt basic unit, which evolves into a flexible visual system. On the bottle, the logo is articulated as a rational square and a line. Drawing from the primal history of human herbal grinding, our CMF design is a modern reimagining of the traditional grinder.

Rendering through Blender and Keyshots.


Collaterals and outdoor POSM
A system is developed on the square dots, and for the first time, I utilized Gemini, helping me code a dynamic pixel monogram.

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