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AI-generated campaign concept: a figure in flowing fabric beside a rhythm of Milanese-style columns.

KRIZIA

House of
Emotions

Art Direction / KRIZIA–NABA course collaboration / 2026

Individual proposal by Yihan Zhao / AI-assisted imagery

The premise

Emotion lives
inside structure.

My proposal brings Krizia's intellectual, sculptural character into a more expressive visual world. Milanese architecture provides the order; light, fabric and gesture bring the feeling.

The idea is a House of Emotions: a rational architecture that shelters feeling. This is the creative premise of the project, not a claim of a completed brand transformation.

The visual language

A name. A structure.
A quieter signature.

The proposed wordmark and geometric sign translate the concept into a repeatable identity. The same relationship between precision and softness carries through the applications.

01 / Wordmark
01 / Wordmark
Proposed Krizia wordmark.Original image
02 / Geometric sign
02 / Geometric sign
Proposed geometric Krizia sign with Made in Milan lettering.Original image
03 / Signature
03 / Signature
Proposed Krizia signature with Made in Milan 1954.Original image

Colour as atmosphere / Selected from the concept palette

Material studies / Light
Material studies / Light
AI-generated light garment and accessory concepts incorporating the proposed Krizia visual direction.Original image
Material studies / Dark
Material studies / Dark
AI-generated dark scarf, bag and trouser concepts.Original image

AI-generated styling and product concepts. These are visual explorations, not manufactured garments or a released Krizia collection.

Label studies

An identity you can touch.

AI-generated woven label concept with Krizia wordmark.
Woven / Wordmark
AI-generated woven label concept with geometric sign.
Woven / Sign
AI-generated embossed label concept with Krizia wordmark.
Embossed / Wordmark
AI-generated embossed label concept with geometric sign.
Embossed / Sign
AI-generated embroidered label concept with Krizia wordmark.
Embroidered / Wordmark
AI-generated embroidered label concept with geometric sign.
Embroidered / Sign

AI-generated label concepts, not production samples. View original study ↗

Campaign direction

Architecture
of emotion.

The architectural line becomes a graphic thread across body, fabric and space. Three posters express one direction through portrait, silhouette and movement.

01 / Portrait
01 / Portrait
Krizia concept poster: a portrait overlaid with architectural linework.Original image
02 / Silhouette
02 / Silhouette
Krizia concept poster: a full-length figure in a sheer dress beside stone architecture.Original image
03 / Gesture
03 / Gesture
Krizia concept poster: a figure turning beside columns, with geometric linework.Original image

A film imagined
in four stills.

A proposed visual sequence, not a finished film. The second and third frames retain the author's original white space, typography and composition.

I / Space
I / Space
Opening storyboard frame: a solitary figure within a colonnade.Original image
II / See
II / See
Complete author-composed second frame, including portrait, white background and See what you see text.Original image
III / Feel
III / Feel
Complete author-composed third frame, including fabric detail, white background and Feel what you feel text.Original image
IV / Stillness
IV / Stillness
Closing storyboard frame: light and shadow across stone steps and columns.Original image

The digital expression

An editorial world,
not just a shop window.

Layered imagery and deliberate white space carry the direction into the proposed website. Product, campaign and architectural references share a visual language.

01 / Homepage
01 / Homepage
Proposed Krizia homepage with fashion imagery and architectural fragments.Original image

Social applications

The same world.
A more intimate scale.

The campaign language continues into a profile and an individual post: a change of format, not a change of identity.

Social concept / Profile
Social concept / Profile
Conceptual Krizia social profile mockup. Follower figures are placeholder content.Original image
Social concept / Post
Social concept / Post
Conceptual social post mockup. Engagement figures and comments are illustrative placeholders.Original image

Social applications are mockups. Embedded follower counts, engagement and comments are illustrative, not project results.

Authorship & context

Directed by me.
Explored with AI.

Developed individually for NABA's Art Direction course within an educational collaboration with KRIZIA. I defined the rebranding concept and visual direction, directed AI-generated imagery, and designed the presentation and applications.

This is an independent student proposal, not a KRIZIA–NABA co-branded collection. Brand adoption, production and launch are not confirmed.

Sources & image provenance

Based on the 33-page 2026 rebranding presentation and the author-supplied Krizia asset folder. Imagery is AI-generated under the author's direction; the storyboard's second and third frames include the author's subsequent layout work. No real models, commissioned photography, manufactured collection or live website are implied.