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In Southeast Asia, many homegrown creative agencies are rising up to their larger, international counterparts, producing some of the best visuals, ideas and concepts that really changes consumer behavior in their country.
Enter NOKUA Design, a branding agency hailing from tropical Malaysia. Winning multiple awards in both the MUSE Creative Awards and MUSE Design Awards this year, they are truly a rising star in the industry.
Come join us and take a look at some of their winning designs this year here:
Inspired by Frozen 2, this limited edition candle collection evokes the enchantment of the magical storyline through artistic visuals.
Winning the Platinum Winner in the 2020 MUSE Design Awards, the snippets of the movies are visualised onto the full circumference of the candle through illustrative artworks of all time favourite animated characters. Amazing, right?

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The design combines simplicity and vibrancy into each product, giving it a mysterious yet appealing visual that appeals to the younger audiences.
Furthermore, the message behind the design visuals accentuate the freedom for ladies to channel their personality, and reflect what they are feeling or thinking through makeup. If you're up to make yourself look pretty, this is the cosmetics brand for you!

If you think NOKUA is going to stop winning another award that features a well beloved Disney movie, guess again!
The lipstick tube colors accentuate elegance and a touch of premium quality. Each individual lipstick colour formulated represents each character's personality and authenticity adored by many.
After taking a look at these visuals, we cannot help but feel that NOKUA are truly experts at bringing out elegance in all-things lipsticks!

BONIA is one of the biggest haute couture brands in Malaysia, and NOKUA's take on bringing the brand's rich history into life may not be groundbreaking, but it sure is entertaining and fun to boot!
The Journey is a visual project that shows the history of Bonia and Mr Chiang’s role in transforming his leather bags to an international brand, spanning from the 70’s till today. Easy, direct and visually appealing, we think that the video succeeded in conveying the story to all the audiences!
Entry Title: Escentials X Disney Candle
Client: Escentials and Disney
Winning Category: Packaging Design, Cosmetics & Fragrance
Entry Title: CCode Cosmetics
Entrant Company: Nokua Design
Client: CCode Cosmetics
Winning Category: Packaging Design, Retail
Entry Title: Disney Frozen lipstick
Client: Luxasia
Winning Category: Packaging Design, Cosmetics & Fragrance
Entry Title: BONIA The Journey
Client: Bonia
Winning Category: Video, Motion Graphics
NOKUA Design is certainly surpassing all expectations in the creative industry, and we cannot wait to see more amazing work from them soon!
Are you a creative agency who wants to show your ideas or concepts to the world? Email me at andy@iaaawards.org, and we can discuss about fleshing out your work to all the creative professionals worldwide!