Shane


Graphic Designer +  Brand Identity
Toronto, Ontario
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Camera Japan Festival 

A visual identity project based on the Camera Japan Festival, using a symbolic approach to explore bilingual typography across print and promotional materials.


Cilent: Self-intiated School Project
Visual Identity/Print Design 
Tools: Photoshop, Ilustrator, Indesign
Camera Japan Festival is an international film festival that celebrates contemporary Japanese cinema, presenting a curated selection of films to audiences across multiple cities. The festival unfolds as a multi-day event, creating a space for cultural exchange through film, language, and visual communication.

The goal of this project was to develop a visual identity for a three-day festival program that reflects the cultural context of Japanese cinema while remaining accessible to an international audience. A symbolic direction was chosen to reference cultural motifs in an abstract, non-literal way, allowing the visuals to communicate meaning beyond language.

An intermediary language approach was used, with Dutch serving as a welcoming and contextual bridge, alongside English and Japanese. The identity was designed to support this multilingual structure and applied consistently across posters, brochures, and tickets through a unified print system.