From stores and vendors selling rows and rows of pirated CDs and DVDs, art-house movie groups, to luxurious and plush movie theatres, you can watch just about any movie in Jakarta – although I have a feeling there’s a bit of censorship around. Cheap, air-conditioned, and comfortable, going to the movie theatre is an inexpensive … Continue reading Two thumbs up for Megaria
Author: Vincent
Java Love
Conceptualized and designed this logotype on a fictional coffee brand from Kenya as part of an online graphic design course on typography and logo design. Only two things were given for the project was a brief and a two-week period to complete the logotype. The process included coming up with the concept, researching type and … Continue reading Java Love
Perpsectives from August
It’s been a busy August so far. First, there’s getting use to being married, then there’ the traveling, moving around, settling-in, and adjusting to a new culture/country. I’ve been exposed to an overflow of visions, perspectives, colours, cultures, people, and thoughts. One things is for sure, life is a surprise – when you think you … Continue reading Perpsectives from August
Jumpin’ Jakarta
After a quick 20 hour flight, I arrived in Jakarta, Indonesia. One of the first things I thought while waiting in line at immigration was that I’m in one of the most populated countries in the world (over 200 million) . At most airport immigration points I’ve been to, there’s usually a longer line of … Continue reading Jumpin’ Jakarta
Voigtlander Poster
As part of a graphic design project on photography, I wrote the copy, photographed, designed and art directed this poster for a Voigtlander lens I recently bought. The concept was to practice photography in a studio setting and to take the photograph and put it into a advertising format. The main photograph was taken in … Continue reading Voigtlander Poster
A small and low-key affair
Some people might want to call it a secret, but we wanted a low-key affair in Canada. Everyone (a party of 6) arrived at my brother’s house at around 6pm. After a nice dinner that included tasty sushi from Fuji Sushi, a couple bottles of rosé from the south of France, a 30-minute ceremony with … Continue reading A small and low-key affair
Obedient
This logotype was created for a personal graphic design project. The brief was to produce a logotype that captured the represented the meaning of a word. Mind maps, typography research, and sketching were used to conceptualize and design this logotype, before using illustrating on the the computer.
Marketing with a bit of a conscience
UPDATE (4 March 2014): I just found the presentation we put together for the final project of the course on how to provide safe drinking water to South Sudan. Download it here. I’ve enrolled in a three-week course at New York University on using marketing and communications for social/environment/development issues… basically – taking what Coca … Continue reading Marketing with a bit of a conscience
Logo for Timor and Signs in NYC
If you’re wondering about the photo above, yes, that’s NOT New York… that’s Timor-Leste and that’s the logo I designed for an Asian Foundation project on Community-Police Partnership (the one on the far right). The whole process was an experience and interesting working with Asia Foundation and their local partners on figuring out how to … Continue reading Logo for Timor and Signs in NYC
Sightseeing in English is a weird feeling
One of the strangest feelings I had when we first came to NYC was being a tourist in an English-speaking country. It was strange to not have to argue, bargain, or explain myself in another language other than English. I was so use to trying to converse in another language (very limited French, Thai, Tetun, … Continue reading Sightseeing in English is a weird feeling