THEDESIGNer SHOWCASE
GRAPHIC . PHOTOGRAPHY . VISUAL
KANAS, TIN YAM W LEUNG
WHAT YOU WILL SEE...
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SOME ABILITIES, SOME IDEAS SOME VISION & ME
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Instead of calling myself an artist or a designer, I would be more incline to refer myself as an information architect – a person who builds impression and plans feeling to trigger people’s senses and memories. Even a logo delivers complex feelings when it applies to different media. Business card, for example, a simple piece of paper, could involve multiple layers of senses, such as visual, touch and smell. It is the different compilations of these senses that allow audiences to experience the design as a whole. Graphic design is not simply graphics. Designer creates images that can reach viewers’, mind, feeling, emotion and creates a the right feelings.
photography, photo retouching to digital painting. Quality and
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ideas are already well developed. “A candy needs to be warped nicely so to attract people tasting it”, whether on art or design, craftsmanship and beauty always play an important role to the draw desirable attentions from the audience, then I am not sure graphic design, and photography is the media I usually use. Year 2000 was a disappointment when I return from the States far from vibrant, and it was considered a luxury service, which business owner would rather save up than pay for design. After I decided to do something different, something that might give me a new perspective on life – to be an air host. I spent three
and no idea is a bad idea”. I quitted what most people my assistant for three years. Although I understand that the creative try.
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PREFACE stylists for magazines such as Elle (decoration), Vogue (China)
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GRAPHIC LOGO noel chu
2 proposed logo base on client’s idea of 2 wedding rings
the business started.
*A-D are theatre play titles it’s oh so queer apex
owner of the dental group wanted a clean logo. with the requirement: no teeth shall appeare.
marz secondary graphic: the moustache was designed to suit the trend in gentleman fashion.
hk civil liberties union
HKCLU is formed by a group of volunteer lawyers. they pledge to defend and safeguard the civil rights and suggested. instead of using goddess and give out a
fung shiu master keiko help in creating a logo that is well fung shiu calculated design progress aesthetic and requirement got to balance well to have this wonderful complex icon.
ningbo lighting plan project
this logo is specially designed for ningbo new town light and shadow between building and water since the in ningbo new town.
homosexual world. the idea of the design was to deliver into the title.
boeing boeing
based on a very famous modern french play about a of a pilot's badge.
martians a newly designed title. “martians” in the play symbolized people who have different love experience. i tended not with a touch of a space feeling to stand the title out.
the negotiation
focusing on type fonts, i used both serif and sanserif chinese type to express the idea of two different parties that tried to negotiate for a common ground. v
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THE COMPARTMENTAL CABINET developed from the Chinese herb cabinet concept, this set of course cards were designed for a life coach. my observation client thought the same way too. she would recommend course/s information to patients doctor prescript medicine. therefore I created this box set contains all courses information for her to prescript.
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client belives in new age, so the course cards were categorized meanings and colors.
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this secondary graphic of life begins and on going. instead of using one solid color, the version here is a feeling. the coach provides totally cards combines the ring of
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understood as a thread. In the novel, all pages are connected through a yarn from beginning to end of novel. author’s favourite color orange was used as white. and to deliver a more memorable feeling, the paper textural was selected to give
YARN
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visual presentation in urban planning and landscape design has long been dominated by the western culture and style. i explored the possibilities of such representation by inserting elements from
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DIGITAL PAINTING modelling and photoshop always a great fun direction affect shadow and refection requires a lot of attention in detail. those are as well where the fun comes from.
media:
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photograph of the completed site
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EXHIBITION
in 2007 hold the shanghai international architect association had an exhibition the show. the idea of the logo was from the chinese
exhibition panels were also formed and patternlized base on the shape of the chinese calligraphy “human�. all panels were set above ground with metal support to send out the feeling of building in progress.
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trapped in a mine, waiting to be rescued. with limted food and water, hunger had turned them into men-eat-man beasts. the visual concept was humanity and the change of personality. direction, photography and graphic design were done all by myself in this
COMMERCIAL (Below) postcard set for promotion
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(UP) the main visual, also the character created by overlaying all the actors’ faces. it symbolized the idea of a personality hidden within.
everyone has a different level of phobia. what if there were medicine for every phoblia?
stay as the way we were?
people face their challenge in things they don't
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was trying to visually express the state of mind under different situations.
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digital photography has always be one requires me photographing landscape in different site and places. Barcelona, Spain. these pictures were explore a different angle of Spain.
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