work

  • 2012

     

     Typography is like fabric. It is the weaving in and out of various typefaces, weight, and spacing, to essentially form aesthetically pleasing and legible content, let it be display or body texts.

    "Type Weave" is a self-directed project, which uses a metaphorical approach to help us understand the characteristics of some common typefaces. A type of fabric is juxtaposed with a typeface based on similar characteristics and attitude.

  • 2011

    Fall 2011 semester graduation project.

    Street food has become a unique representation of Hong Kong’s well-known street culture. It is local and authentic; it is a distinctive aspect reflecting Hong Kong’s past while following current culture.
    Efforts have been made to preserve old Hong Kong traditions and culture, yet Hong Kong is constantly under rapid modernization and Western influence.

    My design solution is based on exploring Hong Kong’s street culture...

  • 2011

    This is my design submission to the Applied Arts Magazine Contest. The requirement of the contest was to submit editorial designs for the following pages: the cover, contents page, editor's page, featured article, two articles from the Departments section, and one featured company portfolio.

    Since this issue revolves around celebrating fresh talents through showcasing student work, my design concept is to "dress up" the conventional idea of students producing amateur and...

  • 2011

    This ebook design is a group project in collaboration with the Museum of Vancouver to create an ebook for its Bhangra.me exhibit that runs from May 5th, 2011 until January 1st, 2012.

    Quoting Museum of Vancouver, "Bhangra is a Punjabi folk dance and music that combines lyrical couplets, a strong dhol drum beat, and flowing, graceful movements. What we call Bhangra dance today is really a collection of different folk dances that originated in the Punjab region of Pakistan and...

  • 2011

    The Academy of B.C. Children's Hospital (ABCH) is a group project in collaboration with B.C. Children's Hospital that involves building a new framework for their existing website.

    The design problem is that there is a massive amount of information presented in a rather dry and static way, and we do acknowledge that a hospital website needs to be highly informative. How could we present this material in a manner that encourages the interaction of exchanging and receiving this...

  • 2011

    Established in 1990, Top Gun Group is one of the largest restaurant groups in Vancouver, British Columbia. It currently manages 6 restaurants: Top Gun J&C Restaurant, Garden City Hot Pot, Top Gun Hot Pot, Richmond Sushi, Kingsway Sushi, and Rhino's Kitchen.

    One of the projects I was in charge of during my internship at iPro Interactive Marketing Inc. was to do web design for Top Gun Group. The brand logo and colour scheme were left unchanged to maintain Top Gun Group's well...