We are an international design studio.

Our Story

RDA (Re-Define Aesthetics.) blends minimalism and internationalism to craft globally resonant brand identities. Our approach simplifies complexity, highlighting core values with clarity, while fostering universal appeal across diverse markets. By merging aesthetics with strategy, we empower brands to achieve visual excellence and competitive impact, ensuring every design detail reflects their unique spirit and drives global relevance.

RDA is a multidisciplinary design studio based in Shanghai, working with clients around the world. RDA is guided by the philosophy of Re-Define Aesthetics of business. With twenty years of experience in design and business, we bring strategic thinking and creative direction to brand identity, corporate design, packaging, spatial design and digital communication. Our clients range from emerging businesses to established international brands, across healthcare, technology, manufacturing, consumer goods, hospitality and finance.

Our practice is grounded in internationalism and a rational, minimalist approach. We seek clarity in a company’s purpose and give it a distinctive, coherent form. We work across disciplines to connect strategy, identity, space and digital experiences, creating systems that hold together while responding to different cultures, markets and contexts. We believe lasting design comes from clear thinking, close collaboration and careful attention to how a business works. This guides our work from the first conversation through to the details of implementation.

What we do

Brand Identity
Corporate Design

— Brand strategy
— Naming
— Logo design
— Brand visual identity
— Brand communication
— Print design
— Product package design

Spatial Design
Retail Experience

— Headquarters design
— Showroom design
— Restaurant space
— Retail space

Digital Communication
Content Systems

— Official website
— Online promotion
— Social media communication
— Online store design
— Photography and film
— Motion design

Awards

Art directors club members
Logolounge trend award
American design award
LogoLounge logo design series
Logo design master series
NewWebpick magazine interview
Officesnapshots Award
Package&Design magazine interview
Officesnapshots Awards

Our work has been recognized by international design organizations, published in leading logo and visual identity books, featured by design media, and awarded for brand identity, packaging and workplace design. These recognitions support what matters most to us: helping clients build clearer, stronger and more useful brands.

Our team

RDA Team
RDA Team

Our Clients

With extensive experience serving top-tier international clients, we have established long-term brand strategy partnerships with leading companies across industries and regions.

We work with companies at different stages of growth, from emerging brands to leading regional and international clients. Our role is to translate business ambition into a coherent brand system: a strategy people can understand, an identity people can remember, and a visual language that can perform across products, spaces and communication channels.

RDA Design Studio client portfolio
Brands and companies served by RDA Design Studio

How we work

Keep moving forward and never stop. We focus on the creative process sets us apart and propels us to be even better.

Our process is collaborative, analytical and highly visual. Senior designers, strategists and young creative talent work together to move from business context to design direction, then from design direction to practical systems that clients can actually use. We keep the process focused: understand the problem, define the brand logic, create a distinctive identity, and extend it consistently across the moments where customers meet the brand.

RDA Team
RDA Team
RDA Team
RDA Team
RDA Team
RDA Team

Our offices

Our studio is based in Shanghai, with partner offices in Melbourne and San Francisco supporting international collaboration and cross-market brand projects.

Shanghai is our China base for brand strategy, corporate identity, packaging, spatial design and digital communication. Our partner offices in Melbourne and San Francisco help us keep an international perspective and support clients who need design work that can connect with audiences across cultures, markets and business environments.

Shanghai

RDA Team

San Francisco

RDA Team

Melbourne

RDA Team

Qingdao

RDA Shanghai studio

Contact: +86 186 5339 8581

Every brand has a story, but not every story becomes a useful brand system. If you are launching a new company, entering the Chinese market, refreshing a mature brand or building a more international presence, we can help turn strategy into identity, space, packaging and communication that people can recognize and remember.

+86 186 5339 8581 (WeChat)