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BUG WANG’S
VERSION 2010
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I was born in 1983 in Taiwan, neither an artist nor a designer. I have been associated with art for more than 20 years. I just graduated from Pratt Institute from their Graduate Communication design program. I am a thinker and a doer. To observe and explore the phenomena underneath the surface of things are my profession. My desire is to apply my observation experiences and my works to influence people’s behavior and uplift their physical and mental life. Here is the thing: My working visa will expire in the next summer. That means I only have a few month in this United States of America. Every second staying here is a wonderful gift. Therefore, I am keenly looking for an optimum company with vision and welcome me to work for them. I am enthusiastic to endeavor all of myself to get involve working and experiencing in United State. I will do my outmost and committed to the task in hand. If you are interest in working with me, please feel free to contact me at iambugwang@gmail.com or visit my website-> bugwang.wordpress.com/
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Bug Wang
85-19 grand av., elmhurst, new york, ny, 11373 t. +1 415 823 9374 e. iambugwang@gmail.com http://issuu.com/bugwang
Education! pratt institute. new york, new york ms. communication design national hsin-chu university of education, kaohsiung, taiwan be. fine art and craft education Technical skills! photoshop, illustrator, indesign, acrobat professional, mac & pc proficient Language! english, chinese, taiwanese Selected activities! willoughby windows installation, downtown Brooklyn, ny. 2009 international taipei arttoys exhibition, taipei101,taiwan. 2006 relax coffee logo design and mural works, taiwan. 2005 solo exhibition, what i say is it, NHCTC art gallery, taiwan. 2004 subsidized by hsinchu cultural department as a street painter, taiwan. 2004-2005 Selected award! excellence, arttoys design award. 2006 excellence, hsin-chu arts awards. 2005 excellence, art exhibition of NHCTC anniversary celebrations in oil painting & digital media. 2004
Experience! intern, ad hoc art, brooklyn, new york spring 2009 - present Assist in gallery and business duties, like exhibition installation and opening, graphic design and image vectorization for print and silkscreen printing. intern, 3iying, new york, new york spring - summer 2009 develpoed identity for print and web, reorganized former works into a system and managed the market research team specialized in millenium females. art director, skb18 online magazine, taiwan & new york 2006 - present design magazine and promotion material; interview people in art and design fields; create illustrations and photography for use in relation to skb18. intern, soaring- cloud art center, kaohsiung, taiwan 2006 set up exhibitions, planed and taught poster typography courses for college student and designed crafts for seasonal events. volunteer of taiwan avant-grade documenta exhibition, taiwan 2005-2006 navigated diverse visitors, educated and exposed them to avant-grade art. vice president, art & design department student association,taiwan 2004-2005 managed and host art events (competitions, exhibitions,etc) for the department. designer, digital jam studio, taipei, taiwan summer 2004 created illustrations and design works for use in various projects. organized and hold local activities such as graduation ceremony and culture documentary. instructor, animation comic game club of cheng-te High School, taiwan 2004 specialized as an comic teacher for student ages 16-18 and developed lessons for varied comics projects.
My left brain
My right brain
I would rather invite you to
just take a look at my works than
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how much am I enthusiastic about
DESIGN. Enjoy!
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Inside spreads of SKB18 issue 10
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SKB18 Online magazine Issue10 Object: Cover design, editorial layout Description: The shape of the bundle of ball point pen is the shape of Taiwan in geography. We invite contribution in this issue. Various pens represent diverse voices from different Taiwanese. All of them gather together and become this issue.
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Guys puberty contour map
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Girls puberty contour map
Puberty CD cover design Object: CD cover design Description: Age and the body’s outline have some subtle relationships. Just like voiceprint, everyone has his or her own body contour map. CD packaging
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Bus stop caption
Fragrance ads Object: Poster design Description: The fragrance can’t be seen but can be perceived. This is the main idea of this poster.
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promotional piece3: Gift card with transformed logo
Shanhai Water Resources Foundation(SWRF) Object: Logo design, business card, stationary, promotion pieces
SWRF logo, primary color and secondary colors
Description: SWRF is a nonprofit organization that focuses on saving and protecting water resources. The aim of their identity is to bring the relationship of water and nature together. As for the promotional pieces, I designed different conditions of water and used them in patterns or collages that draw people’s interest and attention as well as reminds them of the importance of water.
promotional piece2: Shopping bags with raining patterns
promotional piece1: Glass with water collage (the outline of this collage is a Chinese character-“water”)
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Museum poster
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temple art
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Museum of Taiwan Temple Art Object: Logo design, business card, poster, ticket, stationary, banner Description: This was an assignment from my visual communication class. We needed to design a Museum’s visual system. The challenge of this assignment was that I need to come up with a solution that could represent the complicated exotic culture in the plain way without losing its spirit. Therefore, I extracted the most significant parts of the temple and made them into a logo. In the image poster, I also utilize this idea and incorporated the stamp features to show the difference of visible and invisible treasure of the museum.
Museum entrance ticket
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The Quirky Address Book Object: Book design and Illustration Description: This was a group project in my communication seminar class. We were asked to discuss a special ritual and do some research of the theme we choose, assemble and design it into a book. Our team was collecting different people’s special habits. In order to bring the result together, we made it into a phonebook. So this book will sort people not by their initial name but by their quirky rituals. In this book, I was responsible for the color palette, illustration and type treatment in all the front dividers.
Outlook of the quirky address book
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Inside spreads of the quirky address book
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Different tints of purple for seperate meal time
Menu and inside spreads
BELLA LUNA Italian Fine Restaurant Object: Menu design Description: Purple and gold represent elegance and luxury mood in this restaurant. I used assorted tints to represent seperate meal time.
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ACRIA 2007Annual Report Object: Annual report Description: The most significant feature of ACRIA (AIDS COMMUNITY RESEARCH INITIATIVE OF AMERICA) is the research. In order to emphasize this, I apply images of cells to represent specialized research and to direct the reading flow as the visual element. Purple-red color stands for ardent and urgent; gray represents professionalism and modesty. Inside spreads of ACRIA annual report
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Associated color theory
Analysis of colorful works in design
Analysis of colorful works in art
Space planning and 3d rendering for patient room
Thesis cover
Graduate thesis Object: A research book of studies in the relationship between color, shape and human’s inner health in the space. Description: This was my graduate thesis finished in 2009. It concentrated on using design for uplifting people’s mental health. In the final of my thesis, I found that this theory should be apply to the place that need more positive energy such as the hospital. By using the proper colors and shapes that bring the comfortable illusion to people in the space; making them feel relax and peaceful.
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Five pictures above ---> There are many colorful things already exist in nature that can bring human kind positive reaction
This design is piled up by colorful hexagon chips. Every hexagon is 3 inches height in the space. This color palatte is designed for patient room. ( Main color: yellow,green, brown, white ; Theme: forest, sunshine, animals, flowers )
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The design for emergency waiting room ( Main color: blue, indigo ; Theme: rainbow, cloud, water, bubble, animals, sunshine )
Case study of design elements using in the public space
Shape for stacking and hexagon using in the design
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3d rendering for emergency waiting room
Five pictures below --> Patients and their family deserve to have better hospital spaces and color plans to release their stress.
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IT IS NOT JUST A PEN --SKB18 SKB18 is an online magazine that four friends and I established in 2006 in order to let our creative spirit keep glowing after graduating from college. All of us are editors. We take turns to publish our magazine on the 18th of every month. Each month’s editor will decide a theme and we create works by the theme. In order to separate our magazine form others, we choose the most common and cheapest media--ball point pen as our core material. We believe creativity should not be limited by technology and specific tools. Our content also includes interviews of creative people all over the world in a variety of different fields such as graphic design, architecture, art, illustraton, etc ) We also invite others to contribute their rendition of the magazine theme of the month. This part is the extraction of my works in the magazine. See how the little pen did in SKB18!
SKB18 ONLINE MAGAZINE
I like digging nose
ISSUE7
SELF PORTRAIT
I like to be absent-minded
Self portrait --I thus spoke “Everthing I do always comes back to me” ---Stefan Sagmeister There is a saying that no matter how great an artist can paint, when he draws a portrait, it will look like himself eventually. Even the famous painting “Mona Lisa” does have Da Vinci’s self reflection in it. Therefore, in order to create a realistic portrait, it’s better to draw a self-portrait. The process of drawing self-portrait is the process of projecting one’s inner images outside.
I am a painstaking thinker
SKB18 ONLINE MAGAZINE
Those have four limbs Things seem to be perfect at the first sight but the truth is not like that. We always see things in the way we want instead of it’s actural appearance.
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THOSE HAVE FOUR LIMBS
SKB18 ONLINE MAGAZINE
Men and Women Do you know that a pen has a gender? Do you know the pen you use everyday is a male or a female? There are some clues for you to make out the gender of your pens. 1. By sexual characteristics 2. By color impression 3. By the height of the heel 4. By the length of hairs 5. By the outfit If those methods don’t work, I can just say: Even humans are hard to distinguish their sexuality, let alone the pen!
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MEN AND WOMEN
Distance -The distance between Manhattan and Taiwan Distance is a numerical description of how far apart objects are. In the point of view as a foreign student, the distance between Manhattan and Taiwan is close, but also really far.
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DISTANCE
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MY WISHES
My wishes Wishes are a desire that people always want but they can’t always get; therefore, they always make. My wishes are that people can realize their wishes as soon as possible.
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FAREWELL
Farewell -- A Kiss Goodbye Farewell can be one may not want to say goodbye mentally, but is physically necessary to do so. A goodbye may be for a few hours or forever. Although a kiss goodbye can happen just as sudden, it tells everything and infinitely more powerful.
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ISSUE20
FLY
Fly Fly, sometimes it is because there is no way out.
PHOTOGRAPHY I do snap shots. My camera is just like my little gun. Shoot every moment that I cherish. Light, people, space, sky, the changing world~ Most of my targets are those sweet strangers. Thanks for Photoshop, I can weed out and add in some flavors on my “prey”. So, bon appétit!! If you love them, you can also go online to see more -->http://www.flickriver.com/photos/bugwang/
Thank for your time taking a look at this portfolio! If you are interest in my works or ideas, please don’t hesitate to contact me at --> iambugwang@gmail.com or visit my website --> bugwang.wordpress.com/