Collaborating closely with authors Manuel and Isabelle Der Hagopian,  “Pink Chilli in a Bowl” is a subjective survey of  forgotten places and time-honoured buildings in Singapore. A love letter to the city, the book’s form and content plays on the tensions between flâneur and archivist, weaving connections about the essence of a nation through the lens of food, history, and place with its grid-based design contrasted with intentional use of varying paper stocks.

Pink Chilli in a Bowl

IN/OUT is the event poster designed for the Gallery Night held by the OCT Art & Design Gallery, using immersive art to let people explore the exhibition on their own way.

IN/OUT is based on idea of what other possibilities the gallery could present to its audience for experiencing a temporary separation from the outside world on the night of the last day of the year 2023, bringing a brief moment of concentration and escape from the hustle and bustle of their lives, led to the development of a creative night on the theme of "Sleepwalking Nights".

IN/OUT

The new visual identity of Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) captures the history of our planet. Thirteen million moments in time — bones, butterflies, portraits, sculptures, textiles, art, culture, nature — from the past 4.2 billion years. Each object, each artifact, and each piece of art is like a single stitch along the vast timeline of our collective history. Designed to expand and contract, the system has been adapted for signage, wayfinding and exhibition banners. On their own, each piece reflects a moment in our history. When seen together, it represents the rich tapestry of our stories.

Rebrand for ROM, Canada's Largest Museum

An alphabet isn’t just a tool for expression, but an operating system for survival. 

The Fulani people are the world’s largest nomadic group. Their language, Pulaar, had no alphabet. Without one, the risk was that their culture would be swallowed by one that could operate in the digital world. In 1989, two brothers, Abdoulaye and Ibrahima Barry, began working on one. They called it ADLaM.

Microsoft worked with them and their community, to revise, optimize and digitize their updated alphabet – launching it on over 1 billion devices with Microsoft 365 – preserving their culture for generations

Curation by Ken-tsai Lee

Ken-tsai Lee

Typography Jury judge D&AD

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