POPULAR Bookstore

Service Type
Graphic DesignMotion GraphicAnimationMarketing CollateralWebsite Design
Industry
Retail & Publishing, Education
About the Client

POPULAR Holdings Limited is a multinational bookstore chain headquartered in Singapore, with operations in Canada, China, Malaysia, and the UK. POPULAR is well known for its bookstores, educational materials, and annual flagship event, BookFest@Singapore, which attracts book lovers, students, educators, and professionals.

Challenge

BookFest@Singapore required a wide range of promotional materials for print, digital, and in-store displays. The challenge was to design engaging visuals that effectively communicated event highlights, promotions, and campaigns while ensuring consistency across multiple platforms.

Solution

I worked with the marketing team to design event materials that were both functional and visually engaging. This included a motion graphic animation on Singapore’s largest LED screen, a mobile-friendly event landing page with custom design, e-newsletter, and digital and print assets like social media graphics, banners, and posters.

Impact

  • checkStronger event visibility through digital and in-store promotions.
  • checkIncreased user engagement with interactive web and email content.
  • checkConsistent branding across all marketing channels.

Motion Graphic Animation

  • I designed and animated a promotional video for BookFest@Singapore 2019, showcasing featured authors, meet-and-greets, lucky draws, and exclusive deals. The video played on Suntec City’s massive 15m x 60m LED video wall—the world’s largest HD screen—as well as in POPULAR retail stores and across social media, ensuring maximum visibility. This event attracted over 500,000 attendees, making it one of Singapore’s largest book festivals.

Event Landing Page

  • I designed the mock-up for the BookFest@Singapore 2019 landing page with a user-friendly layout for easy navigation, custom icons and animated GIFs for better engagement, and mobile optimization for a seamless browsing experience.
POPULAR Bookstore - Event Landing Page
POPULAR Bookstore - Event Landing Page

e-Newsletter

  • The event e-newsletter was designed to effectively promote key BookFest highlights with clear, structured content for easy readability and an optimized display across desktop and mobile devices.
POPULAR Bookstore - e-Newsletter

NCCRC 2019

  • Created promotional materials for the National Chinese Creative Reading Competition, ensuring a clear and engaging presentation.
POPULAR Bookstore - NCCRC 2019
POPULAR Bookstore - NCCRC 2019

POPULAR RCA 2019

  • Designed visual assets to support the Readers’ Choice Awards event.
POPULAR Bookstore - POPULAR RCA 2019
POPULAR Bookstore - POPULAR RCA 2019

Back to School 2019

  • Illustrated a custom character and designed digital and print assets for seasonal promotions.
POPULAR Bookstore - Back to School 2019

What POPULAR Bookstore Says

Cindy used her excellent design skills to deliver spectacular outcome. I am confident that Cindy’s design skills and personal qualities will make her a powerful asset for her future career. She constantly shared new ideas in team meetings, self-motivated to value-add tasked projects, and good in time management that consistently meet deadlines. Her positive attitude towards challenge and cheerful personality always motivated the team.

Creative and Design Manager

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