“IF DESIGN IS A SHARP STRAIGHT LINE, THEN ART IS A WIGGLE WITH EMOTION,” DESCRIBES TAIPEI-BASED CERAMICIST AND GRAPHIC/SET DESIGNER HSIAN JUNG CHEN.
HSIAN JUNG CHEN
Category: DESIGN
PUBLIC DIALOGUE
AT TIMES THE FACILITATION OF PUBLIC DIALOGUE REQUIRES ONLY THE RIGHT SPACE.
TOUCH!
GRAPHIC DESIGNER PARINDA SAKDANARASETH CREATES BOOKS THAT CAN BE READ VIA BOTH VISUAL, TACTILE AND AESTHETIC LANGUAGES…
THE UNPRINTED LETTERS
WHEN ONE THINKS OF TYPE, PRINT IS UNDOUBTEDLY CLOSE BEHIND – BUT FOR UNI_FORM DESIGN STUDIO, THEIR INTEREST LIES IN EXPLORING THE POTENTIAL OF TYPOGRAPHY OUTSIDE OF ITS TYPICAL USES…
THE ALPHABET PRESS
ART4D SPOKE WITH CLIFF LEONG AND ZEEJAY WONG OF THE ALPHABET PRESS, A LETTERPRESS STUDIO BASED IN KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA AIMED AT “CREATING INTRICATELY UNIQUE LETTERPRESS WORKS THAT PUSH THE PROVERBIAL ENVELOPE.”
ECHO YANG
ECHO YANG DESCRIBES HER WORK AS “SILENT, DETAILED, STRUCTURAL, SENSORIAL AND EXPERIMENTAL.” ART4D SPOKE WITH THE TAIPEI-BASED GRAPHIC DESIGNER ABOUT A FEW RECENT PACKAGE DESIGNS, BOTH OF WHICH DRAW FROM THE MUSIC THEY ENCLOSE TO STEER THE DIRECTION OF THEIR DESIGN.
STUDIO BIKIN
FOR KL-BASED STUDIO BIKIN, SPEAKING THE LOCAL DISCOURSE IN TERMS OF CONTEXT, MATERIAL AND TECHNIQUE ALLOWS FOR REAL LIFE DYNAMICS TO SET IN
CRAFT TRENDS IN ASEAN+ 2016
Having been staged for another successful year, Craft Trends in ASEAN+ 2016, a seminar highlighting trends in the realm of craft by The Support Arts and Crafts International Centre of Thailand (Public Organization) under the theme “Looking Back Looking Forward”: The Future Tradition of Craft Brands in Asia, was recently held in Bangkok.
GAME CHANGE
WHEN A TYPEFACE DESIGN STUDIO TURNS PUBLISHER, THAIS SEEM TO HAVE MORE VARIETY OF TYPE AND GRAPHIC DESIGN BOOKS TO CHOOSE FROM