Hands Collective

13/02/2026

Ending the Year of the Snake 2025 by "slithering" into the top 4 hottest agencies in Vietnam. A challenging yet resilient year for the Hands Collective team. Ready to "gallop" ahead in the Year of the Horse 2026.

Kết thúc năm con Rắn 2025 với việc "trườn" vào top 4 Agency nóng bỏng nhất Việt Nam. Một năm đầy khó khăn nhưng cũng đầy nghị lực từ tập thể Hands Collective. Sẵn sàng "phi nước đại" trong năm con Ngựa 2026.
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Hands Collective
Brand Consulting | Design | Web Development
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.handscollective.com

09/01/2026

Exciting news to kick off 2026.

Among hundreds of top-tier branding projects worldwide, our work has been selected for the 2025 Annual Review by Brand New by UCllc — not just once, but in two different categories, representing some of the best creative work from around the globe.

Following in the footsteps of pioneering studios in Vietnam, we are proving that Vietnamese design is not only meeting global standards, but also resonating with a much wider international audience.
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Hands Collective
Brand Consulting | Design | Web Development
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.handscollective.com

12/06/2025

Second project featured in . Thanks for sharing our work.

Link to the project: https://www.behance.net/gallery/219194663/TiredCity

23/05/2025

Being shortlisted at D&AD feels almost impossible. Winning any kind of pencil at D&AD is beyond our wildest dream. Yet today that dream comes true with our very first Graphite Pencil ✏️.

Everyone knows winning at D&AD is really damn hard, which is why it feels surreal. We are the only studio representing Vietnam this year, and the first to ever win a Graphite Pencil.

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Strategy: Thịnh Nguyễn
Type Designer: Dương Trần, Two Nguyễn
Packaging & Case Designer: Trang Ká
Designer: Quyên Chu / Linh Trần

21/05/2025

Our typography design for TiredCity has been shortlisted at D&AD—the most prestigious and highly selective creative awards in the industry.

Being the only representative from Vietnam this year, 'thrilled' doesn’t even begin to describe how we feel!

07/11/2024

The trophies have arrived!

Winning 2 trophies from the prestigious Dieline Awards in the same year was a bit unreal for us as a small consultancy. We tried our best and we are going for more!

09/10/2024

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Thịnh Nguyễn - Giám đốc chiến lược của HC nhận được vinh dự trở thành giám khảo của giải thưởng Transform Awards khu vực Bắc Mỹ.

Năm 2003, chính anh cũng đã vượt qua rất nhiều các ứng viên tài năng khác trên khắp Châu Á để nhận được giải thưởng Chiến Lược Gia Thương Hiệu của năm của Transform Awards, và trở thành người Việt đầu tiên dành được giải thưởng này.
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Last month, Thinh Nguyen - our Strategy Director joined Andrew Thomas and several talented industry leaders for Transform Awards North America 2024 as a Special Recognition Judge.

Just last year, Thinh surpassed many other talented candidates from all of Asia to be recognised as the Brand Strategist of the Year by Transform Awards, making him the first Vietnamese to get this achievement.
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Hands Collective
Brand Consulting | Design | Web Development
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.handscollective.com

11/09/2024

We are shortlisted for Pentawards - People's Choice Award.

Besides getting 2 nominations this year, one of our project get an additional honor by the community. Vote for us at PENTAWARDS Instagram on the 13th of September.

11/07/2024

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Dự án đầu tiên của Hands Collective tham gia giải thưởng PENTAWARDS 2024 được lựa chọn là một trong các dự án bao bì mang tính bền vững được yêu thích bởi trang tin sáng tạo Creative Boom.

PENTAWARDS là giải thưởng lâu đời và danh giá cho cộng đồng thiết kế bao bì khắp thế giới với hơn 2000 bài dự thi từ 60 quốc gia trong năm 2024. Hands Collective tự hào khi có hai dự án được shortlist cho giải thưởng này.

Đây là sự nỗ lực rất lớn của HC trong việc tạo ra các sản phẩm thiết kế với tiêu chuẩn quốc tế, và cạnh tranh ở các hạng mục vốn là thế mạnh của các studio từ các quốc gia phát triển.

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Our very first shortlisted work for PENTAWARDS 2024 got featured on Creative Boom.

This shows incredible effort from our team to produce world-class designs and compete in a category that is traditionally dominated by studios from developed countries. We hope to inspire more brands from Vietnam to start investing in sustainable design and turn it into a true competitive advantage.

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Hands Collective
Brand consulting | Design | Web development
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.handscollective.com

Projects with seaweed cutlery, woolly envelopes and edible packaging were shortlisted in this year's competition, recognising global packaging design excellence. The Pentawards annual packaging de...

21/05/2024

Shortlisted for PENTAWARDS 2024.

A successful year for us as we keep showing Vietnamese design and creativity to the world. A bit worried as this is our very first year participating in global design competitions and we were grateful for the recognition we have received.

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Hands Collective
Brand consulting | Design | Web development
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.handscollective.com

09/05/2024

What is better than winning a Dieline Award? Winning two Dieline Awards obviously.

Our visual identity for Eggyolk won the Silver D for the beverage brand identity system, while its sustainable merchandise packaging won a Wooden D in the Plastic Free Category

These categories are traditionally very popular and remain some of the most competitive. This year we went head-to-head with some of the biggest global brands in the beverage industry and managed to be one of the winners. This is a testament to the potential of Vietnamese brands and the incredible talent of Vietnamese creatives.

A big thank you to our lovely client Eggyolk Coffee our creative partner ONI Production and all of our talented strategists and designers.

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Dieline Awards, now in its 15th year, remains one of the world’s largest global packaging design competitions, with more than 1,400 submissions from 27 countries this year. Dieline Awards recognizes the best and brightest designers and agencies creating product packaging worldwide, raising awareness of the enormous value of brand packaging design.

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Hands Collective
Brand consulting | Design | Web development
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.handscollective.com

15/04/2024

Our project for Eggyolk Coffee has been shortlisted to win an award in The Dieline Awards 2024 🏆! This is a huge achievement for us.

The competition accepted over 1,500 submissions from 35 countries this year. Our submission is now at least top 5 in its category alongside global brands, including Coca-Cola and Stella Artois.

Read the featured article here: https://thedieline.com/blog/2024/1/11/eggyolk-coff000ee