Lei Ye
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2025Brand · Architectural Materials
Brand Identity + Website + Collateral

MINEWAY

Manifesto

Brand identity and website for MineWay — a new-material company whose mineral-fiber board turns raw ore into architectural surfaces. A visual language built on three pillars: Natural · Solid · Minimal.

MineWay (米纳威) is a Shanghai-based new-material company producing 岩矿板 — a mineral-fiber inorganic density board that combines the hardness, fire-resistance, and water-resistance of stone with the workability of wood. Their product is born from a material evolution: black ore → molten magma → centrifugal fiber → high-pressure board. The brand had to honor that transformation — from raw to ordered, from chaos to composition.

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BOM / Project Specs
  • ClientMineWay (米纳威) · MineWayTech A/S
  • Year2025
  • RoleBrand & Product Designer
  • ProductBrand Identity + Website + Collateral
  • DeliveriesBrand Strategy · Visual Identity · Logo Exploration · Color System · Website Design
  • ToolsFigma · Illustrator · Chinese + English typography
  • PaletteLight Ore Yellow · Reed White · Spruce Green · Baked Soil Brown · Stone Brown
Our Mission
Let architecture return to material essence.Let cities grow with natural order.
Low Carbon低碳制造
Industrial mineral by-products as raw stock.Less resource consumption, fewer emissions.
Mineral Origin矿物本源
Stable, durable composition.Resistant to time and erosion.
Natural Texture天然肌理
Wood-grain warmth in mineral form.Honest, tactile, alive.
Built to Last坚固可靠
High strength, high durability.Adapts to varied building environments.
Light Ore Yellow光矿黄
#E1B94FRGB(225,185,79)
Reed White浅芦苇白
#F7F4ECRGB(247,244,236)
Spruce Green云杉绿
#6F7C66RGB(111,124,102)
Baked Soil Brown烘土褐
#9A7147RGB(154,113,71)
Stone Brown岩石棕
#3E3229RGB(62,50,41)
Three mineral-board finishes — oak, charcoal, walnut — on dark stone
MineWay Tech bilingual business cards — dark front + cream back with the brand mark
MineWay Tech website + mobile app mockups on a dark mineral landscape
From raw to ordered

From primal to structured; from chaos to composition.

Brand philosophy
Material as language

Delete decoration. Leave breathing room. Reconstruct without redundancy.

Design principle
3 pillarsNatural · Solid · Minimal — the brand DNA
5-colorMineral-grounded palette for full-spectrum use
Multi-surfaceTested across digital, packaging, and print
Closing

MineWay's identity lets the material speak first. The visual system refuses decoration in favor of order, and the color palette — ochre, clay, olive, charcoal, iron — stays as close to the ore as the product itself. The result is a quiet, architect-facing brand with enough structural confidence to carry a material company into international markets.