Recollections of GD4

This is my process book. It documents all the journey I’ve walked thus far.

Life’s a learning journey,but my aim is not at the finishing point of this journrym but the process of it.

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[ ] BRIEF

to taste kimchi and rose jam and map down the process of how it tastes in our mouth.

All explorations were done using crayons. The idea was to just draw freely with reference to how kimchi tasts in my mouth.

Let’s start with Kimchi... [ TOP ] The idea of having kimchi being sour at the beginnging (yellow spots), and then as it moves on gradually the sourness is lost and the taste of sweet cabbage surfaces (red spots). These spots are randomly appearing in my taste bud (black background)

[ LEFT ] As i personally love to eat kimchi, these are the bits and pieces of how it looks like to me, colorful as it symbolises my joy of having to consume it.

More explorations...

As messy as it may seem, this is how the myraids of taste of kimchi tastes in my mouth.

Everything’s just a fusion and it seems like my taste bud is so overwhelmed by it that it likes it so much.

Free swirling tastes that flaunt itself in my mouth, the beauty of Kimchi’s unique taste.

Final Image The idea of Kimchi having the very distinct taste when it reaches my taste buds. Molecules of its taste are intense at the beginning (top) and slowly fade out, but not completely, even after awhile (bottom). These molecules were colour coded to symbolise its qualities: green for the freshness, red for the spicyness, and yellow for the sourness.

Next up is the Rose Jam...

[ TOP ] This is the immediate drawing I did after tasting it, massive use of purple to represent the spphistated sweet taste that it possess.

[ LEFT ] How the taste of Rose Jam is strongest at the beinning (top) and it just fades off to nothingness towards the end (bottom) Hues of pink and purple were used to represent sweetness and in a way, elegance as well.

[ RIGHT ] This is the immediate drawing I did after tasting it, massive use of purple to represent the spphistated sweet taste that it possess.

[ LEFT ] How the taste of Rose Jam is strongest at the beinning (top) and it just fades off to nothingness towards the end (bottom) Hues of pink and purple were used to represent sweetness and in a way, elegance as well.

Final Image The idea of Kimchi having the very distinct taste when it reaches my taste buds. Molecules of its taste are intense at the beginning (top) and slowly fade out, but not completely, even after awhile (bottom). These molecules were colour coded to symbolise its qualities: green for the freshness, red for the spicyness, and yellow for the sourness.

As the night fall, The silhouette of a man stands tall With his ears against the door, Trying to discern if anyone’s home at all.

He picked the lock steadily, And entered with such audacity.

Combing the isolated house for money And holding stacks of dollar notes satisfactorily.

Returning to a dilapidated house, To face his 4 children, parents and spouse.

All struggling to fight hunger’s grip Anticipating the man’s late night trip.

Brought to the table a sumptious meal Sparks of yellow happiness is what they feel.

Stealing is what he did, Providing for a family is what he needs.

Into a life of hardship he was born Like a sweet looking rose with thorns.

A 2 sided story which gives a chaotic notion Accented strokes of red in random motion, Providing for his family with his ill gotten gains, Eventually got caught and his reputation is taint.

Taste of rose jam, sweet at first but fades gradually Nothing lasts forever, even the sweetest thing amongst all entity.

The Story of

Rose Jam

As the night fall, The silhouette of a man stands tall With his ears against the door, Trying to discern if anyone’s home at all.

He picked the lock steadily, And entered with such audacity.

Combing the isolated house for money And holding stacks of dollar notes satisfactorily.

Returning to a dilapidated house, To face his 4 children, parents and spouse.

All struggling to fight hunger’s grip Anticipating the man’s late night trip.

Brought to the table a sumptious meal Sparks of yellow happiness is what they feel.

Stealing is what he did, Providing for a family is what he needs.

Into a life of hardship he was born Like a sweet looking rose with thorns.

A 2 sided story which gives a chaotic notion Accented strokes of red in random motion, Providing for his family with his ill gotten gains, Eventually got caught and his reputation is taint.

Taste of rose jam, sweet at first but fades gradually Nothing lasts forever, even the sweetest thing amongst all entity.

Here are some scanned in pages from my sketch book.

[ ] BRIEF

to come out with a exhibition proposal based on what we have came out with the kimchi and rose jam food tasting.

This is my set-up for the exhibition proposal. I put them on top of colour papers because the entire explorations started off with experimenting with crayons.

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Twistbehind

Sweetness imagine

create

remiscience

Diner’s

Chandelier

[ ] with this marks the end of the food tasting project.

SOCIAL ISSUE PRESENTATION

a collaborative work with Yibo.

[ ] BRIEF

to think of a local singapore issue that has its need to be addressed upon and do up a presentation.

As our society becomes more urbanized, every new innovations has its call for efficiency, cleanliness and convenience.

All these inevitably attribute to the loss of the beauty in the ‘rawness’ (simplicity) of things.

Target Audiences: Young adults between 20-30 years old Venue: Along Orchard Road Duration: 1 week Date: Mid June – End June 2012 Objective: To bring the nostalgia and the human touch back to the way we shop for groceries nowadays.

Deliverables 1 Site-Specific Installation

Deliverables 2 Umbrella with designs on the underside.

Deliverables 3 Recipe book that talks about where to get the ingredients in the wet market.

FRONT OF COVER

INNER SPREAD

BACK OF COVER

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3 CALENDAR

[ ] BRIEF

to think of something unique to singapore and mark the passing of the 12 months with its unique factor.

Scanned images from my sketchbook.

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DICTIONARY

[ ] BRIEF

to think of something unique to singapore and mark the passing of the 12 months with its unique factor.

These are the collective work which i did for graphic design 4 class. Life’s a learning process.