Happy Yunlin township guidebooks displayed at a tourist information counter | Howdy Creative

One City, Twenty Faces: Integrating Yunlin County's Township Communication Design

Brand Identity

Howdy Creative produced public-sector communication materials for the Yunlin County Government (雲林縣政府), translating the diverse local stories of Yunlin's 20 townships into a clear, easy-to-read visual language that raised the visibility of local revitalization efforts.

Challenge

Public sector information is often complex and broad, which tends to create distance from the audience it's meant to reach. The challenge in this project was integrating wide-ranging content spanning Yunlin's 20 townships into one communication piece that reads clearly and effectively, without falling into a dry list of facts that fails to catch anyone's attention.

Goal

The core goal was to move beyond a conventional government pamphlet, using visual design to make the information approachable, so the material worked as more than a one-way announcement and instead sparked curiosity and resonance among local residents, raising the visibility of local revitalization while building a real bridge between the information and the public.

Approach

  1. Adopted 'systematic visual integration' as the core strategy, treating the communication materials for all 20 townships as one unified communication project.
  2. Turned each township's map outline into a 'story window,' giving readers a familiar shape to enter through as they got to know each place.
  3. Grouped all 20 townships into four regions with corresponding colors, presenting a series that stayed both independent and cohesive under one shared framework.

Outcome

Communication materials for Yunlin County's 20 townships were completed using one consistent regional color system and story-window framework, allowing local revitalization content that had previously stood alone township by township to be communicated to the public through a single, coherent visual language.

  • Year2025
  • Client雲林縣政府 (Yunlin County Government)
Yunlin County Government brand identity key visual | Howdy Creative
Overview of covers for all 20 Yunlin townships, color-coded by the four regional zones | Howdy Creative
Overview of covers for all 20 townships, color system for the four regional zones
Physical mockup and back cover design of the Yunlin township booklets | Howdy Creative
Physical mockup and back cover visual of the booklet series
Flat-lay display of the Yunlin township booklets, close-up of the Mailiao and Kouhu township covers | Howdy Creative
Flat-lay display, township map outlines and local landmark detail
Photograph of the Huwei and Happy Yunlin master volume covers, using township map outline silhouettes
Full set of township booklet covers
Two-page spread layout of a Yunlin township booklet, showing landmarks and caption text
Interior two-page spread layout
Wall display collage of the Huwei and Douliu township booklet covers
Collage display of the booklet cover series

FAQ

How do you organize sprawling, cross-township information for a government communication piece?
A unified visual framework, such as a regional color system paired with a shared layout, can integrate content from different townships so each one keeps its own identity while still being read within the same design language, avoiding fragmented, disconnected materials.
How do you keep local government communication both approachable and official?
Howdy Creative's approach is to translate dense public information into visual narratives people can relate to, for example using map outlines as an entry point into each story, keeping information accurate while making it feel less distant to readers.
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