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Thought/Things: Getting away with it; notebooks

gordon — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:20:08 +0000

The truth is, I think many designers don’t get away well enough by being designers. If anyone who wants to be a designer, either fake it well or make sure you have sufficient skills/brains/eye for detail/interest/indulgance/ into the world of graphic design. Part of your personality as a graphic designer will show in the things you carry and wear, even drive. Some things don’t come cheap unfortunately, but it might just help sell your services a little bit better…

One way to get away with it is to have cool notebook covers:

The book on the right is where I use the very traditional way of writing down quotations given by suppliers/printers:

A classic Charles Mossant advertising poster on the cover of a notebook will surely add some level of sophistication…

Rejected logos sometimes made cool covers:

And of course, the elegant Moleskin (kind-of in my case…):

Well, I might be wrong, sometimes, designers carry boring notebooks with brilliant sketches and ideas inside. But hey, its about what’s in the inside right?

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Of course, you can be strictly consistent in your notebooking, Michael Beirut style.

Work: Rokok Pokok

gordon — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:00:41 +0000

Dedicated to an ex-lecturer. Thank you for being an inspiration.

Typeface: Trade Gothic, what else?

This art piece currently sits comfortably in our clients meeting room, facing one of the directors I think.

Work: Antalis Paper Fantasy

gordon — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 18:39:06 +0000

Here are some pics!

Not to forget that this event is a collaborative effort among the client and also a group of very dedicated people working together. They are: Paul+Pris, Jiad Li, Micky Tan & her runway trainer friend, all the designers who individually contributed their trees and many others. Also, the entire project was headed by @hooiwan and @bodonation, follow them on twitter.

Pictures taken from www.paperfantasy.com.

Work: Paper Fantasy (2) wip

gordon — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 14:25:03 +0000

More images for the upcoming Antalis Paper Fantasy Exhibition. One thing you should know is that the interior design is done by Paul + Pris. Check out their website to view some beautiful works.

This is actually a lantern. With a light bulb installed inside. When lited up, the watermarks will be visible.

Work: Paper Fantasy (1) wip

gordon — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 17:02:55 +0000

Some amatuer shots on wip for an upcoming paper exhibition by Antalis Malaysia, called Paper Fantasy.

Features a collective collaboration of works from various graphic designers, interior designers and a even a local fashion designer! More updates after the exhibition.

Also, please follow @hooiwan on twitter, she’s one of the main persons in charge on the exhibition.

Work: Kancil Awards Annual 2009

gordon — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 03:57:05 +0000

132 pages, printed on Cocoon Offset 100% Recycled 120gsm (text) and Conqueror Silver Iridescent Silver Mist 250gsm (cover) from Antalis, printed by Percetakan Okid. Pictures by Daniel. Designed by Zhi-Ni. Hire her somebody.

Also, check out kancilawards.com

Work: Kancil Results out!

gordon — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:57:15 +0000

Kancil Awards 2009 results: This is my first year at the Kancil Awards dinner presentation after so long. I really enjoyed the ambiance; it was really energetic. My guess is that if it were a design show awards, probably bored like soft-rock-metal (most designers are cold-blooded introverts).

Here’s two of my personal favourite entries for this years Kancils:

Work: Kancil Awards Covers

gordon — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:24:43 +0000

Had a portfolio photoshoot two weeks ago.

2006 Annual.

2007 Annual.

2008 Annual.

2009 Annual coming soon. Hopefully before Christmas.

Work: Kancil Awards 2009

gordon — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:49:15 +0000

Nothing much to say about this years Kancils. Been an interesting year as many changes have been introduced especially in terms of judging. The typeface is AG Buch.

Kancil Call for Entries Poster above. Introducing the all new format of 10 Golden Kancils to be won this year.

Kancil Student Call for Entries Poster. The copy is a dummy. (Notice the huge margin on the left?)

Of course there are other permutations of the way the Kancils leap over one another. (Dummy copy again for the above) And finally, the website. Don’t forget to log in this Friday at midnight to view all the winning works! And good luck to all of you who hope to win something.

Work: Teh Tarik RM1.00

gordon — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:06:30 +0000

Cheap or not?