Legacies

2023

Legacies features five short films for cinema by New Zealand artists Edith Amituanai, Martin Sagadin, Pati Solomona-Tyrell, Sriwhana Spong and Thai filmmaker Ukrit Sa-nguanhai.

Commissioned by CIRCUIT Artist Moving Image and curated by Dr May Adadol Ingawanij, the project developed from a series of propositions put to the artists by Ingawanij about the potential meaning and resonance of the term ‘Legacies’.

“Legacies as: the pre-modern artistic, cultural, linguistic and religious heritages of the place and land that you were born into and raised in; through to the legacies of colonisation, and the spectres of nations and nationalisms; the legacies of the modern art/film histories; the narratives and ways of knowing that shaped you, and that bring an ambivalence and a desire to undo.” – May Adadol Ingawanij. From this starting provocation, each artist was invited to make a short film which articulated the artist’s own personal sense of what a Legacy might be.

Staged at ADM Gallery, Nanyang Technological University, School of Art, Design & Media, we crafted a three-dimensional, super scale identity that uses a single point perspective to echo the weight, and sense of uncertainty that the works within the exhibition might conjure amongst visitors.

Visitors are fully immersed as soon as they enter, via the bold palette of yellow and black and the large exhibition graphics that spread from floor to ceiling and across perpendicular planes which provides a little extra punch in the treatment of the space. The artwork write ups are also typographically arranged to emphasise certain words and phrases which echos the branding of the exhibition, hinting at the shifts in perspective viewers might experience whilst encountering the films.

ADM Alumni Show 2023

2023

The ADM Alumni Show 2023 is part of the Nanyang Technological University, School of Art, Design and Media’s ongoing efforts to engage and showcase its illustrious alumni who have made waves in the industry. Held in conjunction with the ADM Show 2023, it also serves to create an aspirational connection between the generations of graduates with its current students.

This edition of the show, titled In Collaboration, is centred around the stories of ADM Alumni who have banded together across the years as collectives, and collaborated on projects across a range of disciplines Through their stories, we get a glimpse of their collaborative process, showcasing how different disciplines can come together to generate new ideas and spark creativity, develop unique concepts, explore new themes, and push the boundaries of their respective fields. The show also aims to showcase to industry practitioners and the general public on the adaptability and multidisciplinary nature of ADM graduates, encouraging visitors to think about how they can apply the principles of collaborative creativity in their own lives and work.

Participating alumni collaboratives are AS IT IS, Death of Typography, Masonry Studios, Semicolon, SERIAL CO_, & THEBOOKSHOW.

Curated by Roy Wang.

ADM Show 2022

2022

The year 2022 has seen the world adapt to new ways of living & thinking as it emerges from the pandemic. ADM Show 2022: & Beyond presents the works of design and media graduates from the Nanyang Technological University, School of Art, Design and Media, questioning the status quo and how society can be driven towards enacting new solutions conceived through creativity and beyond.

Drawing upon our vast experience in designing for the school, and this being its first major event held in the heart of the city since the start of the global pandemic, we set out to create a brand identity which supports this bold vision. Utilising typographic strategies through repetition, depth, layering and movement, we created a visually striking three-dimensional, super-scale identity that is constantly adapting and morphing into whatever space it is applied on across all print, digital, video and spatial mediums. The bold, intense nature of the black exemplifies the geometric beauty of the identity whilst set against the joyful and exuberant neon yellow and magenta, helping to establish an expressive and evocative visual personality for the show.

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Accolades
iF Design Awards 2025 – Winner
Taiwan International Graphic Design Awards 2023 – Distinction
Red Dot Design Award 2023 – Winner
DNA Paris Design Awards 2023 (Communication Design)– Winner

The key ethos of “& Beyond” is expanded to form pathways and huge environmental graphics within the exhibition space, directing visitors to the various venues on site. Through an innovative use of the brand colours as a tool to demarcate spaces, which in turn creates narrative windows, the colours paint the corridors and functions as containers for the two separate Design Art (yellow) and Media Art (magenta) pathways. This flexible and experiential approach also allowed us to create immersive experiences like a spectrum entryway that commands the front-of-house, as well as psychedelic stairways which links the two floors of the exhibition space. The result connects directly to the visual identity and also creates a sophisticated harmony for exhibition experience.

A full fledged digital experience was launched to accompany the physical exhibition. The landing page serves as a visual echo to the theme of “& Beyond”, drawing visitors in to the content pages, which were designed such that they formed a colour coding system for easy navigation. We also wanted to turn user preference into engagement by incorporating targeted filter modules as well as a 'Favourites' system, where users could generate shareable links from portfolios they found interesting.

Teens & Kin

2022

Teens & Kin is an exhibition presented by the Mind Science Centre at the Mind Art Experiential Lab (MAELab) which puts the spotlight on youth mental health in Singapore. With a particular focus on the relationships between youth and family, the exhibition brings together thoughtful infographics, artwork commissions, and activity areas that share insights into challenges to adolescents’ mental health, and avenues for tackling these challenges. By offering a nuanced take on the mental health challenges affecting youth today, the exhibition hopes to combat stigmatisation with knowledge and earnestness.

We was approached to design the exhibition and create an exhibition identity to represent the research presented along three key areas: The Shape of Youth, A Unwavering Optimism and A Family Affair. Approachability was a key guiding point for our branding process, as we felt it was quintessential to present data in a unique fashion that had personality; imploring visitors to delve deeper. This led us to explore an abstract illustrative method and develop a friendly, colourful identity that would work well across all the curated content walls of survey studies, infographics, artwork commissions and activity areas, sharing insights into adolescents’ mental health problems, and avenues for tackling these challenges.

Curated by John Tung.

Responding to the theme of the exhibition, new artwork commissions by Singaporean artist Mary Bernadette Lee and Singaporean Youths from the West, led by Boon Lay Garden Primary School was also unveiled at the exhibition. Over the course of multiple workshop sessions conducted by Lee, the artworks produced by these youth offer meaningful insight into their psyche. Meanwhile Lee’s own parallel work, developed in conjunction with her own parents in a process mirroring the workshops, offers an artistic and heartfelt take on the role family has played in her life.

ADM Alumni Show 2022

2022

The annual ADM Alumni Show is part of the Nanyang Technological University, School of Art, Design and Media’s ongoing efforts to engage and showcase its proud alumni who have made waves in the industry. Exhibited within the ADM Graduation Show, it also serves to create an aspirational connection between the generations of graduates with its current students. We were commissioned as curators and designers of the 2022 edition, titled Beyond ADM.

Our starting point for the curation of works was to illuminate the stories and journeys of ADM Alumni who have gone on to pursue multidisciplinary careers which are not limited to the areas of disciplines in which they've graduated from, with the aim of cultivating a deeper understanding of cross disciplinary creative studies. The featured works and interviews are a reflection of the valuable lessons that they have picked up along their careers, celebrating the possibilities of creativity. Ultimately, we want to spark questions on how strength could be found where differences exist through the spirit of collaboration

Participating alumni are Chen Xi, Harng Foong, Tania May Leong, Chris Tan, Tisya Wong and Woong Soak Teng.

OVOL: The best packaging boards in town

2022

OVOL is a leading paper and material supplier in Singapore. We were commissioned to design a poster to promote their newest range of environmentally friendly packaging boards which caters for everything from food & beverages packaging, boxing up ice creams, sending items in the post, packing medication to luxury cosmetic packaging and everything in between.

By stacking examples of packaging done using this paper range into the shape of an award trophy, we provided a charming juxtaposition to the tagline: The best packaging boards in town. We boldly went for a 'blank canvas' look, resulting in an imaginative and powerful visual theme for the poster.

DamnKohl.com

2022

Dan Koh is a book editor, film producer, independent writer and a long-time friend of our studio. We were thrilled when he approached us to help craft his website which was made up of equal parts digital experience and repository of his works.

An important consideration for us was to create a tone of voice that represented his persona; above all things and his works, his desire to be a human first — to connect, to share, to live, to think, and to be. We utilised a series of primary coloured backdrops and bitmap icons across the site to create a bright, fun, and truthfully nostalgic (Windows 95 aesthetics) look. Together, the elements help establish an appropriately earnest visual personality for Dan, a welcome antidote to an Internet awash with people who take themselves too seriously.

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ADM Gallery

2021

The ADM Gallery is housed within the School of Art, Design and Media, an iconic and prize winning, environmentally friendly building, located at the heart of Nanyang Technological University campus in Singapore. ADM Gallery presents exhibitions of practicing artists and designers from Singapore, Southeast Asia and beyond the region. It features works of contemporary art and new media, as well as research-focussed curatorial projects that intersect with fields in the technology and the humanities.

As long time collaborators with the Gallery, we was asked to redesign and completely overhaul the look and feel of the Gallery website and its communication touchpoint which is a showcase of all its past and present shows and its resources. We crafted an expressive brand symbol formed by three symbols of A, D and M, serving as a mainstay animated navigational tool throughout the website. With 'Sleek & Modern' as the guiding colour way principles, an earthy grey tone was applied across the side-scrolling gallery which allows viewers a comfortable focus towards the materials available.

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CIRCUIT#2

2021

CIRCUIT#2 is the second edition of an online exhibition curated by Dance Nucleus, which features digital artefacts by 19 participants from 14 different cities of the Certificate Programme for Critical Practice in Contemporary Performance, also known as [CP]3. The materials in this online exhibition do not constitute completed works of art. ‘Artefact’ is a term used here to denote what is neither documentation of the artistic process nor artistic ‘product’, but may be used as a ‘third term’ as it were, to describe the different creative studies and propositions that help artists articulate their developing ideas with clarity. In exhibiting these artefacts, CIRCUIT#2 also seeks to propose new potentials for dance and performance in Asia.

When developing this digital experience, there was a desire for the identity to visually acknowledge the spirit behind these expanded treatments of research and creation, process and product, rehearsal and presentation. The site's mainframe is filled with vibrantly hued moving pictures of the participants artefacts, echoing the essence about potentiality the multi-faceted human experiences. The main navigation is informed by a carousel which directs one to each individual workbook featuring different mediums – photography, video, text, drawings, etc as varied ways of inscribing dance and performance.

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Write a Christmas Card 2021

2021

For the seventh edition of our studio's #WriteaChristmasCard series, we created a one-of-a-kind pinball machine card featuring a beautifully illustrated RoboSanta. There's nothing more satisfying than pinball landing exactly where you want it to be. No matter how old you are, you should never stop having fun. Live a little, and have a Merry Christmas! #ToTheMoon

#WriteaChristmasCard is our studio's yearly self-initiated campaign to encourage people to send a handwritten note or a card to someone they care about for Christmas. Through the joy of receiving, we hope it in turn inspires the recipients to do the same.

Accolades
Graphis Design Annual 2023 – Gold