YAPS ON DESIGN


  • Feedback - Work in progress

    “Very interestingto see your design development. Will you have a copy of the original story as well? Will it be called the same name? You may need to extend her dreaming sequence. Also flesh out the scence similar to what Shaun Tan does, lots of atmospehere in smaller scenes.”

  • Action - Week 17

    Task 4: Reflective Process Summary Due
    Task 5: Work-in-Progress Presentation - Tuesday @ 12.30pm

  • Design & Layout

    Two nights ago Daryl and I came across a crowd of people at the Kinokuniya Sydney book store.
    It was the release of Shaun Tan’s new book Tales from Outer Suburbia. Being fans of his previous books, especially The Red Tree, we joined the crowd. We could barely see nor hear him, but this event reminded […]

  • typetalk

    Last night I attended the Typography - AGDA NSW Nuts & Bolts at the Australian Museum.
    The night featured two speakers - Stephen Banham of Letterbox, Melbourne and James de Vries of de Luxe & Associates. It was a truly eye-opening event.
    Although typography is not a focus in my project, there was one aspect that I […]

  • Editing the story

    Kaye suggested that with my chosen story that I re-write in today’s context.
    This brings much relief for me as up until this point I was still having difficulty in settling a story. The story which I found was most appropriate was A Butterfly’s Dream retold by Cheou-Kang Sie. The book features beautiful illustrations and this […]

  • Action - Week 11

    Task 2. Contextual Field Presenations
    Task 3. Research Essay Due
    Ex 9. Experiential knowledge and knowing – a personal audit
    Write a summary of skills you have, are currently getting, and will need to acquire for your project.
    How do these impact overall on the potential scope and outcome of your project prototype
    hw. Write up ex 9 in journal

  • Harland’s Diagram

    A few images used in my Contextual Field Presentation.
    Idea Generation
    Image Creation
    Word Interpretation
    Media Realisation
    Communication Culture Society
    Industry

  • Action - Week 10

    Ex 8. Imagining your audience – audience information
    hw. Include findings on audience in journal
    Finish Task 2: Contextual Field Presentation
    Finish Task 3: Research Essay

  • Small informal discussions

    There were six participants involved in the informal discussions. Their ages ranged from 21 to 28. They are all of Asian background (4 Chinese, 1 Filipino and 1 Vietnamese) and were either born in Australia or had migrated to Australia at a very young age. Generally, as a result of growing up in Australia and […]

fiBlog.

Ok, so it haven’t blogged since high school and I get very embarrassed when my old blog is mentioned.

This one, however, is different. It’s a documentation of my major project for my final year in B Design (Visual Communcation) at University of Western Sydney. It’s a design blog, so expect design wank. A lot of it. But I do love a bit of design wank. After all, design is something I love very dearly. Bring on the wank!

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