“Don’t Throw Away” is an autobiographical narrative that explores the de/romanticisation of family life and memory, through the use of object storytelling. As I sift through my grandparents’ old stuff in hopes of uncovering truths about their past lives, I am confronted with lost histories, estranged relationships, and my own unmet ideals. What does it really mean to remember someone, and what is left after everything has been ‘thrown away’?
A speculative graphic language project uncovering the root influences of Y2K aesthetics, explaining how these influences shape the trends of visual language and its impact on society at large. Presented through counterfactual artifacts of a 2000s Singapore Tech Expo, this project focuses on exploring what Singapore’s tech identity & its products could have been like and how it could have influenced visual culture of the 2000s.
Life goes on. Once in a while, if you decide to pause and turn around to look back, you will find that life is, full of beautiful moments worth savouring.
「素时锦年」 is an illustration series about reviewing the past and savouring the memory through Chinese childhood inspired by my childhood memories from Shanghai, China.
Languages are a means of communication with their own writing systems and character structures. However, when these visual differences are made more obvious with the inconsistent typographic choices between the English and Chinese language in bilingual posters, it obstructs how information is understood and navigated when these languages are placed together.
Anchored on the pillars of education and archival, Types Unite aims to investigate how the English and Chinese writing systems can form a cohesive visual system for designers to be more sensitive while designing bilingual posters for Singapore, a multilingual society.
In the face of life transitions, young adults are particularly susceptible to loneliness, which may lead to a deterioration in physical and mental health. By encouraging young adults to connect with themselves, their community and the surrounding natural environment, Oasis aims to provide resources and tools to tackle both external causes and internal emptiness. This digital platform is an all-in-one companion that facilitates mood tracking, friendship establishment and nature-related experiences that nurtures social and nature connectedness.