work

  • 2013

    The project, Mystery for Wedding: jewelry box “Memento”, is initiated with a Design Core 400-level class, DESN 420: 2D Core Design Studio VII 2D Core Design Studio VII. The focus of this project is packaging design. The objective of this whole semester project is to test the box aesthetics and as an initiator of memories, how to navigate the drawer of the box (open/close) and explore mystery, and consider how I might approach each....

  • 2013

    The logo for the whole semester project: Mystery for Wedding: jewelry box “Memento” represents wedding, marriage and love. The symbol of infinity refers to something without any limit. A circle represents perfection and completeness. A straight line is like a path that a couple spends their time together. I used double infinity symbols, one circle and straight lines in the design. The logo represents forever, perfection and a path. The colour palette will communicate love,...

  • 2013

    In the project, Mystery for Wedding: jewelry box “Memento”, besides the packaging I also designed a wedding jewelry set. Over the summer, I had a hand-on experience of comprehensive wax techniques at a jewelry workshop in Taiwan. Also, the company asked me to come up with new idea for wedding jewelry set and packaging. I accepted this offer and decided to pursue this idea as my grad project.

    The Transformers is a combiner, which combines the body parts into...

  • 2012

    This project, Hand-off Communication, is initiated with a Design Core 300-level class, DESN 320: 2D Core Design Studio V 2D Core Design Studio V. Vancouver Coastal Health oversees many hospitals in the Greater Vancouver area and beyond. Serving over a million people in BC, they have a huge role in healthcare leadership in the province. One specific example of an area where poor communication has resulted in sentinel events is during shift...

  • 2012

    The project, Aquarium, is initiated with a Painting 200-level class, PNGT-210: Painting: Intermediate. This project is to use an object to replace canvas. I chose glass bottles. My concept of the project is to create an aquarium. I used six glass bottles, blue stained glass paint, shells, stones and small paper fishes. When I exhibited Aquarium, they were parallel. Moreover, I turned bottles upside down. I glued shells on side of the glass bottles and small stones on the...

  • 2012

    The project, Dream, is initiated with a Science 200-level class, SCIE 204: Computer Science Computer Science. It is an animation screen saver. I used butterflies, flowers and a flower clock. The butterflies are flying and the flower clock moves, which is winding. The minute hand and hour hand of the flower clock are moving. It is like a real clock. The concept of the project creates a dream place, such as paradise. When Dream of Paradise...

  • 2012

    The assignments and projects, Drawings, is initiated with a Drawing 200-level class, DRWG-212: Drawing: Anatomical. What I learned about the symbiotic relationship between human skeleton and muscle enhances my understanding of surface anatomy and develops skill and confidence in drawing the figure in each class. It helps me when I design an accessory. I will consider where it is ergonomic or not.

  • 2012

    The infographic, Identity Employment Volunteertime, is initiated with a Design Core 300-level class, DESN 320: 2D Core Design Studio V 2D Core Design V. We had an opportunity to have Vision Critical as our client. The Client provided us with their research on online users and the age differences between them. We received data sets that include two sets of columns, "MSC_media_Facebook_frequency" and"MSC_media_Twitter_tweet_freq". These sets of...