Work done in ‘08 when I was with Qube:
The project was John O’Sullivan’s poem anthology, Odd Poems & Slogans. Q (the Boss) was patient with me. I was fresh out of SMU and didn’t have any formal design background. He had to explained the usual creative work processes (grids, master page layout, technicals, etc..) as [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘design’
October 20, 2009
[work] Odd Poems & Slogans : collaged journal layouts
August 22, 2009
[early exercises] transformation // piracy scraps & plasticine
Two exercises that I did in the first few months of school : A transformation/morphing exercise for Design Fundamentals , and a Piracy scrap-collage and plasticine translation for Perceptive Skills.
exercise one.
TRANSFORMATION: windmill to duck
The brief was to transform one object to another in 12 steps. Each image should be seen as a gradual step forward/backward [...]
May 22, 2009
Verner Panton: I like you.
5 reasons why I like this Mr. Panton:
His use of colour, colour, colour.
During the 1950s, he customized a Volkswagen into his mobile studio.
The Flying chair & the Living Tower.
When he was a kid in his tiny village of Fünen, he wanted to become a artist, despite being not very talented at drawing/painting.
They called him an [...]
July 8, 2008
Peter Callesen’s Papercuts
How do you visualise the pattern of an intricate 3D model on a blank, white sheet of paper?
I have no idea. Origami may have been my forte when I was 8 years old, but that’s not the same. The work Callesen does? Serious eye-opener.
Just take a look at this castle (that I would very much [...]
June 30, 2008
früjch me baby one last time
The last poster I did for früjch. Feeling the definition of bittersweet. Always thought it was a sappy word, but am feeling it now…Sappy me.
This poster began as wanting to do something colourful to cap off the final day of früjch and being visually-loud enough….
(…)
Ah yes, the title “Früjch Me Baby One Last Time” [...]
June 24, 2008
SCANNED: Face Your Pockets
Gum wrappers, shillings, a crumpled piece of tissue – Are the things in your pockets cool or ew?
Over at Face Your Pockets, anything goes. They just want to see what is in it. Weapon of choice? The scanner.
So dig up all that hidden junk, lay it bare, stick your face amongst it and press that [...]
June 21, 2008
M&Ms of Jargon #4: SIGNATURES
Learnt about this sometime last week when Aliyah (the senior designer at qube) was talking to me about the publishing process of John O’Sullivan’s anthology.
Aliyah: “Maybe we could play around with different paper stock for the signatures……”
Me: ?????
Inner me: (Isn’t signature that name you sign on a contract with a grand flourish to look happening and rich….)
______________________
M&Ms [...]
June 17, 2008
The Silly Goose
Fell in love with The Silly Goose at concierge’s exhibition of quirky knickknacks and lifestyle items during Singapore Design Festival 2007.
I seem to have an affinity with hanged (hung?) geese. Will explain later.
It costs S$17.00 . That is a tad pricey for a bookmark, but hey, the visual satisfaction totally makes it worth it!
There are other designs (see above [...]
June 3, 2008
Furniture Design Award & FL!P Singapore
I was at the National Museum yesterday, finishing up my community service (O Singapore, how I serve thee) and the Furniture Design Award (FDA) showcase was going on.
The theme for FDA 2008 was “TENSION” , while for FLIP Challenge it was “EcletiCity- where participants had to mix & match two different types of wood(red oak & poplar).
To [...]
May 26, 2008
My dream bed: Shawn Lovell’s The Tree
One day,
when I find that
leprechaun gold
at the end of a rainbow,
(or I marry some rich banker,
hawker or …………..j/k, Jon)
I’M GOING TO BUY THIS DREAM BED!!
In the meantime, dear Lord, if I’m good enough this year – which I always strive to be anyway, eh? – do say you’ll send ‘ol Saint Nicks down with this [...]
