ESZTER CHEN IS A VISUAL ARTIST BORN IN TAIPEI, RAISED IN L.A., AND CURRENTLY WORKING BETWEEN THE TWO. CHEN CREATES WORKS THAT UNFOLD THROUGH BOTH PATTERN AND PERSONALITY, EXPLORING BOTH HER COMMERCIAL AND PERSONAL PRACTICES THROUGH DRAWING, PAINTING, MIXED-MEDIA AND SURFACE DESIGN.
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BODW 2016
THE CITIZENS OF HONG KONG NOT ONLY VALUE DESIGN FOR ITS AESTHETIC ASPECTS, BUT ALSO AS A CRUCIAL MECHANISM THAT HELPS TO PROPEL THE ECONOMY JUST AS MUCH AS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING DO.
365 DAYS : LIFE MUSE
AN INTERDISCIPLINARY AND COLLABORATIVE ART PROJECT REALIZES A MODEL STUDY FOR NONGPO COMMUNITY’S FOREIGN LABORERS THROUGH DIALOGUE AND THE CREATIVE PRACTICES FOSTERED BY 22 PARTICIPATING ARTISTS.
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MATERIAL ENCORE
GREEN OFFICE PARK 6 BY INDONESIA-BASED ILATAAJ MANIPULATES SCALE, POSITION AND ORIENTATION TO REALIZE AN OVERALL SPATIAL EXPERIENCE DEFINED BY BOTH FINISHES AND SHAPE REPETITION.
THAI MANGA COMIC SEMINAR
WHEN IT COMES TO THE IDENTITY OF THESE STORYBOARDS, THE CONTEMPORARY PHENOMENON OF THE INDUSTRY IS AN INTEGRATION OF STYLES TRANSCENDING CULTURAL BORDERS.
RECIPE BOOK OF PHAK CHI
THE POPULARITY OF CILANTRO OR ‘PHAK CHI’ IN JAPAN OVER THE PAST YEAR GOT MANY PEOPLE THINKING THAT PERHAPS THE JAPANESE WERE BORN WITH A STRONGER SENSE OF SMELL THAN MOST OF US. BUT THE REALITY IS THEY ARE THE SAME.
INSPIRATION HALL
THE HKTDC INNODESIGNTECH EXPO HELD ALONGSIDE BODW WEEK 2016 RECENTLY WELCOMED THE START OF SOMETHING MORE — MORE IDEAS, MORE CONVERSATIONS, AND MORE DISCOVERY.
KEVIN LIM
art4d TALKED WITH KEVIN LIM FROM LUMP COMPANY LIMITED, THE TEAM BEHIND THE DESIGN OF EAT ME RESTAURANT AND THE RECENTLY LAUNCHED AND SUCCESSFUL BUNKER.
SILENCE OF THE PAST
LUIS BARRAGAN IS ONE ARCHITECT WHO CREATES SPACE THROUGH A PROCESS CLOSELY LINKED TO THE MIND AND SOUL, LEADING TO THE CREATION OF PEACEFUL SPACES AND FORMS THAT HAVE INSPIRED MANY BUILDINGS IN THE WORLD INCLUDING THE COURTYARD HOUSE DESIGNED BY ONGARD ARCHITECTS.
KIRSTEN TAN
AN ARCHITECT AND AN ELEPHANT ON A JOURNEY OF SELF-DISCOVERY THROUGH THAILAND IS THE PREMISE OF THE STORY BEHIND POP AYE, THE DEBUT FEATURE FILM BY SINGAPOREAN FILM DIRECTOR KIRSTEN TAN CURRENTLY ON ITS WAY FOR SCREENING AT THE RENOWNED SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL IN 2017. ART4D SPOKE WITH TAN TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HER CREATIVE PROCESS AND HOW POP AYE CAME TO BE.










