PITAKA

From one technical yarn to a brand

Client
PITAKA

Service
Logo
Visual Identity System
Packaging Design
Art Direction
E-commerce system

Partner 
Ding Fan & Fang Jianping

Team
CD: Ding Fan & Fang Jianping
D:Li Yanda / Zhou Junjun / Zhang Weiran / Qiu Yutong / Shao Junyu
MD:Zhao Lin / Fan Lili
CW:Lin Ziming 
PM:Dong Bochao

PITAKA leveraged aramid fiber—a lightweight yet highly durable advanced material widely used in aerospace applications—to stand out in the global mobile accessories market with a premium price positioning well beyond typical phone cases. The brand has attracted substantial international attention, including coverage from Forbes and leading tech outlet BGR.   

Building on the strong performance of its phone-case category, PITAKA has expanded into a broader ecosystem of lightweight everyday carry accessories—developing a portfolio of products tailored to diverse travel and mobility scenarios.

The core driver behind this brand refresh is the need for a more cohesive identity: one that clearly communicates PITAKA’s evolution from a functional digital-accessories label to a lifestyle brand defined by simplicity and lightness.

To support this shift—and to meet the growing complexity of brand touchpoints as the business scales—we rebuilt PITAKA’s visual identity system, including its graphic language, color strategy, and advertising imagery, and rolled the update out across key touchpoints such as packaging, marketing communications, and e-commerce.

The new logo is designed to become a key brand asset—an essential visual element that reflects PITAKA’s origin story of growing from a single yarn. The update positions the logo as a connective anchor across varied use contexts: it expresses the brand’s core values, aligns with future direction, and delivers a unified yet layered visual experience.

As part of the core brand assets, we established the foundations of PITAKA’s visual strategy. The refreshed advertising imagery works in tandem with the broader identity upgrade, helping the brand transition holistically from a “functional, digital-first” impression toward a lighter, lifestyle-led expression.

Color plays a pivotal role in the new system, reinforcing PITAKA’s qualities of simplicity and lightness. Instead of relying on a single signature color, we curated a full-spectrum palette and defined how colors combine—building a color system with rhythm that integrates the felt experience of the products into the overall visual language.

In China’s mature and highly competitive e-commerce landscape—also one of the brand’s most important consumer communication environments—PITAKA wanted an e-commerce system that could balance brand storytelling with commercial performance. Working closely with the team, we restructured the e-commerce framework so that the new experience narrates the brand story while delivering a distinctly “lighter” brand feel—strengthening emotional connection with consumers. Following the launch, the new visual identity quickly generated positive market feedback.

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Client
PITAKA

Service
Logo
Visual Identity System
Packaging Design
Art Direction
E-commerce system

Partner 
Ding Fan & Fang Jianping

Team
CD: Ding Fan & Fang Jianping
D:Li Yanda / Zhou Junjun / Zhang Weiran / Qiu Yutong / Shao Junyu
MD:Zhao Lin / Fan Lili
CW:Lin Ziming 
PM:Dong Bochao

被称为世界上最坚韧的纤维之一的芳纶纤维广泛应用于航空航天和军事领域的材料不仅契合PITAKA对轻便耐用极简的追求还蕴藏了科技和人文精神的双重质感

通过调整拉丁文特征横线像芳纶纤维的编织工艺一样贯穿在品牌标识当中在创造轻松的有节奏感的图形特征同时表达品牌的核心工艺展现行业领先的复合材料科技工艺以及不断重塑与突破的品牌态度

Pattern 「-P-T-K-」为最小单位组成的阵列源自产品核心技术的编织工艺它是PITAKA科技属性的展现让消费者巩固了对品牌高性能的认知为了便于品牌在多场景的传播及应用通过材料科技及创新工艺,pattern也被打造成为一系列的老花产品为品牌注入了人文质感

在面对社交媒体传播这一品牌触点时我们延续了品牌pattern的特征聚焦并放大这些单向线条组成了一套活力有节奏的图形矩阵更具传播即时性与互动性能快速被消费者捕捉识别