Topics surrounding the female vagina can cause embarrassment and discomfort to many young women. As a result, discussions about gynaecological topics can be challenging for them. Leading to a lack of knowledge related to vagina health and other gynaecological issues throughout the journey of womanhood. In Singapore, gynaecological wellness topics have not been included as part of the school educational curriculum. There is an insufficient open educational platform for young women to equip themselves with the knowledge to take charge of their gynaecological health.
Therefore, this project aims to design a range of educational materials for young females in Singapore to raise awareness of symptoms, detection and prevention methods of various intimate female hygiene and gynaecological issues. The project hopes to promote open conversations about gynaecological wellness in Singapore and provide accessible resources.
Sauce isn’t just something you add to a dish to enhance its flavour or to give it colour, it is also an imaginative women’s fashion label that adds vibrant, fun prints to your everyday outfits! Say goodbye to repetitive fast fashion and hello to cheeky, whimsical fashion pieces you’ll love for a long time.
Through the combination of fashion and graphic design, Sauce aims to dress working adults in joy, demonstrating that sophistication and playfulness are not mutually exclusive. Through Sauce, I aim to show that it is possible to look good and have fun all in the same outfit.
言(language)＋葉 (leaves)＝言葉 (spoken word) explores how words and nature can be used as forms of expression. The project uses waka poetry as inspiration, studying the words and meanings of the poems written up to a thousand years ago, and visualizes them into illustrations that aim to transcend time and language. According to the Kokinshu compilation of poems, waka poetry is that which flows from the poet’s heart through contact with beauties of nature or events of human life. These words intrigue all kinds of interpretations and meanings intended or not, by the poets.
This project is a personal interpretation of those words – visually and through translation of language, and a method of expression to convey the possible nuances intended by the poets. The illustrations and editorial aim to stimulate the imagination and emotions of the viewer, such that even without an understanding of the language or contextual knowledge of the culture, they are able to form their personal interpretations of the original waka poetry.
Nil to Nowhere is a slice of life, graphic novel series comprising three short narratives, where the character designs and identities throughout the series are generated through a set of questions that have been inspired by the process of alter-ego creation found in real life. Nil, the space grab driver and the main character throughout the three books, is my personal alter ego who I created using this method. He begins taking on the odd jobs of his passengers for extra cash, leading to misadventures, featuring the alter-egos, designed using a framework of questions inspired by alter-ego creation, in taxi trips across the galaxy.
More Than Meets The Eye explores the dog-eat-dog society where people often make superficial judgements, landing themselves in difficult situations. The animalistic trait of ‘camouflage’ is used as a metaphor for the notion of prey vs predator, which mirrors the societal structure of human life. The motifs of prey and predator were curated through the basis of similarity, creating an illusory experience that demonstrates the unassumingly contradictory nature of these similar patterns.
The patterns seem to blend together uniformly from a distance, but closer inspection reveals each animal’s true form. The stripes of a tiger and the stripes of a zebra camouflaged among each other, yet their purposes are different — one uses it to hide, while the other uses it to hunt. It prompts people to reflect upon their own circumstances and serves as a reminder to be wary of their surroundings. In the dog-eat-dog world, you might not know who the real enemy is — to look closely.
