Author Archives: Denise Wong
Typographic Portrait Problem: Research
MOVEMENTS
The Bauhaus style favours function over form, hence many of its designs feature clean and powerful typography is a integrated graphical element in an artwork.
Looking at the pictures above, they seem to be architectural in nature (due to its overall geometrical layout and angles). They also make use of simple-to-read fonts (of both upper and lower case), which aligns with Bauhaus’s principle of form follows function.
DADA‘s typography is unconventional (as with the entire movement); there is often a combination of various serif and san-serif fonts with unorthodox punctuation and symbols.
As the movement was seen as a protest response to the outbreak of ar in the period, many of the artworks can be interpreted as rebellious and angst-filled from its chaotic layouts.
TYPOGRAPHY WORKS
(By Patrick Cabral)
(By RUS KHASANOV)
Works that consist of parts of fonts and alphabets to form images.
(By Gabby Manotoc)
MY NAME IS DENISE… AND I AM PERANAKAN
Nyonya porcelain ware – often painted in flamboyant colours that is characteristic of Peranakan artworks.
Some recognisable motifs of Peranakan culture are the peony and phoenix, which represents fruitful marriage and fertility. Another interpretation of these symbols could be the representation of the straits of Chinese immigrants.
(http://www.fom.sg/Passage/2009/07nonya.pdf)
Traditional Cherki game
Similar to Mah Jong, nyonyas and babas would play this popular card game to past time. In many cases, gossiping came hand-in-hand with the game.
(http://www.peranakanlife.com/baba-nyonya-culture/games-past-time/cherki)
Batik cloth
The batik sarong is a wrap skirt worn with kebaya that comes with an array of vibrant colours and intricate patterns. Dye is applied by brush. The finished product is seen to be lighter and richer in colour as compared to Javanese batiks.
Peranakan (Majolica) tiles
These tiles were used for different decorative purposes (interior, exterior, tombstones, etc.). Art nouveau inspired, they were mainly shipped into Southeast Asia from England between the 19-20th century.
(http://www.qua.com.sg/2013/11/history-peranakan-tiles/)
Horrible Handphone Haiku
A week (that’s 7 days) with my smartphone:
Buried in my phone
Oblivious to all things
Until dinner comes
I stare intently
Clutching my phone intensely
Cat plays piano
Stuck in a frenzy
of furious fast texting
Ow, cramp in fingers
Immersed in a game
Plants pitted against zombies
Head first into pole
In order to work
I must put down my smartphone
No one can do both
BZZ BZZ BZZ BZZ BZZ
BZZ BZZ BZZ; turns off group chat
notifications
This is a haiku
of a week with my smartphone
And it ends like this
Assignment 3: Ego
2D Assignment 2: Nursery Rhymes
2D Assignment 1: Lines
I like 2D and I cannot lie
You other brothers can’t deny.