Visual Identity Design for Aoki. Aoki Pastry Shop is a modern pastry brand inspired by Japanese simplicity, softness, and craft. The shop offers fresh pastries, baked goods, seasonal desserts, and takeaway treats in a calm and welcoming space.
The visual identity concept features a custom wordmark that represents the various layers involved in baking cookies, as well as their premium and authentic taste. The warm and vibrant color palette is inspired by the ingredients and baking process, complemented by minimalist yet elegant graphic motifs.
This question has been doing the rounds on X and I have to say, I'm firmly on the other side of that argument. I've always loved seeing typography become part of the artwork rather than just a title sitting on top of it.
So I wanted to put that idea to the test with an imagined album called Nothing Stays Still, inspired by change, fleeting moments and everything in between:)
I played around with the lettering until it felt expressive, a little restless, and inseparable from the photograph.
Because I think badly considered typography is tacky. Typography itself? Give it a chance :)
What's an album cover where the type really makes it for you?