GROUP A – INTERACTIVITY Group Members Alice, Clara, Daphne, Dion Read more →
History of Design: Hyperessay (Process, Final)
[ Introduction to Kara Walker ] [ Introduction to Darkytown Rebellion ] With this final hyperessay assignment, I decided to focus on an artwork belonging to the contemporary ages — Kara Walker’s Darkytown Rebellion (2001). With this installation art, the artist brings about the issue of, while also raising questions regarding racism and race… Read more →
Project 2: Field Trip Research
To start off project 2, Michael arranged for our class to visit Singapore’s National Design Centre. The field trip helped us to observe the various types of design practices that has taken place in our country, from past to present. There were many disciplines displayed there including; Visual Communications (VC), Product and Industrial Design (PI), Fashion and Accessories (FA),… Read more →
Project 2: Visual Research
While conducting research online on the existing Singapore Design Week posters for the upcoming Project 2, I found two which I had taken a liking to. Attached below are posters, which I felt, had helped to embody the spirit of Singapore Design Week in a positive manner with as little words as possible. The poster… Read more →
Deconstructivism: Post Presentation Essay
Jacques Derrida, a French philosopher, was known for his criticism in regards to the relationship between a subject and its intrinsic meaning. This was applied within the literature field, as he deeply questioned the idea of self-attaching and associating meaning to text or information that had no prior, fixed definition. Derrida decided to coin this philosophical concept as, ‘Deconstructivism’,… Read more →
Graphic Form: Semester 2 Gallery
Dog Walker Professional Food Eater + Food Truck Express Gift Factory Worker Window Cleaner Link embedded here! Cover Spread I Spread II Spread III Experimental Zine Sticker Pack Physical Copy Sticker Pack Digital Copy Read more →
Locale II Zine: Process & Final
With this second part of the project, Locale, our objective was to completely abstract the knowledge that we already gained while collecting research for the first part. ————————— FIRST ATTEMPTS Initially, the thought process which I had for each spread within my zine involved various themes that had no connection with one another. The only thing… Read more →
Locale I Presentation: Research & Final
FINAL PRESENTATION PROCESS: Modes of Research Primary Research Personal interview questions with those at the site itself Crowd count within significant sites at SCAPE Evaluating clothing & accessory prices Description of SCAPE’s infrastructure: how is it designed to facilitate certain behaviours Secondary Research Researching SCAPE’s directory provided on their website and categorising the shops into broad groups Online… Read more →
Image Making Through Type: Process & Final
In this post, I will be discussing about the overarching concept revolving my final submission for Project 1, Image Making Through Type. This post will also include some sketches involved with the project’s process, as well as some work in progress images that had been captured along the way. ————————— For this project, we were tasked to… Read more →
Image Making Through Type: Artist Research
In this post, I will be sharing the artist and his works which greatly influenced me for my first final project: Image Making Through Type. The artist which I will be introducing is John Ed De Vera, a multidisciplinary designer based in Manila, Philippines. However, his notable strength would definitely be through paper cut as an artistic medium… Read more →