1laowai

We are an independent visual communication studio that strives to fight visual pollution, respect the environment and optimize brands profitability. In our modern life, especially in cities, the hazards of visual pollution are many: advertisements, business signs, street signs, advertising billboards, websites, commercial graphics, commercial photography, logos, packaging, information signs and anything that someone might see in everyday life, can be potentially considered as an eyesore. Visual pollution is an unwanted sight that physically and mentally affects the environment and our aesthetic senses, it’s deteriorating our urban and internet landscapes, it’s increasing tremendously from day to day and is more dangerous than you might think. The solution for this problem lies in Visual Communication Arts. Good Visual Communication respects physical and virtual environments, optimizes brands efficiency, preserves cultural heritage and improves the quality of life. Visual communication, as it became a wider discipline, has become more complex: graphic design, typography, photography and imagery creation, animation and illustration, sustainability, branding and marketing, copywriting and translations, logo design, business management, culture awareness, visual communication arts have nowadays to be considered as “only-one-all-round” discipline. As a group of responsible visual communication artists, we understand that having an in-depth knowledge of all of them is imperative, as a result the international background and culture of each of our people come along. We believe in cultural awareness, we believe in listening before speaking and acting with integrity, we believe in innovation as the meeting of art and science, we believe that it doesn't matter where, how or in what medium an idea is expressed, you always have to start with a good one. We believe in timeless, environmentally friendly and efficient communications with a solid sense of beauty.