HYZY World Youth Activity Center Corporate Identity | Ekphrastics
HYZY World Youth Activity Center Corporate Identity by ECUST | CRE+ Design Hao SHAN

HYZY World Youth Activity Center Corporate Identity

Golden A' Design Award Winner 2025

ECUST | Hao SHAN's Hyzy World Youth Activity Center Corporate Identity manifests through a monumental sculptural installation rendered in mirror-polished stainless steel, presenting an interconnected double-loop formation that commands the expansive urban plaza with its fluid, continuous geometry evoking the mathematical elegance of a Möbius strip or lemniscate infinity symbol reimagined at architectural scale. The chromatic palette derives entirely from environmental reflection, with the highly specular surface capturing cerulean blue sky gradations ranging from deep cobalt at zenith through ultramarine to pale powder blue near the horizon, while simultaneously mirroring the warm ochre and sienna tones of adjacent architectural structures, the neutral gray of granite pavement, and the ethereal wisps of cirrus clouds painted in titanium white across the atmospheric dome. Compositionally, the work occupies the left-center of the image field with commanding presence, its curved forms creating dynamic leading lines that sweep the viewer's gaze through interlocking apertures toward the contemporary skyline beyond, establishing a masterful figure-ground dialogue where sculptural positive space frames negative voids functioning as visual portals. The lighting paradigm presents high-contrast midday illumination from the upper right, generating crisp shadow delineation on the plaza surface while activating brilliant specular highlights along the sculpture's convex surfaces that read as pure white against the cooler reflected sky tones. Spatial construction employs atmospheric perspective where distant towers fade into softer focus and slightly desaturated values, while the foreground installation maintains razor-sharp edge definition characteristic of its polished metallic materiality. The surface facture suggests seamless fabrication with invisible welds and continuous curvature achieving optical perfection that transforms industrial material into seemingly liquid metal frozen mid-flow. Stylistically, the work demonstrates clear affinities with contemporary public art movements descended from Anish Kapoor's reflective investigations and the biomorphic tendencies of Zaha Hadid's architectural vocabulary, while the corporate identity function positions it within environmental branding traditions where monumental wayfinding elements establish institutional presence through memorable formal gestures. The emotional register oscillates between technological sublime and playful wonder, as diminutive human figures traversing the plaza establish scale relationships that amplify the installation's heroic proportions while suggesting accessible, democratic engagement with the sculptural intervention.

The Hyzy World logo adopts a circular form, symbolizing wholeness and perfection, while seamlessly integrating the architectural arch as a defining feature. By merging two dimensional and three dimensional expressions, the design embodies the concept of a Gateway to the Future. A distinctive highlight of the logo is its hidden heart shaped detail: when viewed from above, the top down perspective reveals a perfect heart, and under sunlight, the shadow naturally forms a heart shape as well. This dual-heart concept beautifully conveys the brand’s core philosophy of Nurturing with Love.