Eunice Tan @euniceet-blog - Tumblr Blog

FINAL 25 RECIPES

This is my final design for the food assignment. It took a very long time to cut out each hole and each binding spine, however, I am fairly happy with the final result.

rachel-l-obrien

Amazing! We get pretty creative when we’re drunk and a little peckish

creativemunchies

Francois Trezin

Lovely neatly organised high colour conceptual photography for Elite Concepts. Print campaign to reflect the different personalities of 4 different restaurants in Asia, that are part of the innovate hospitality group.

rubytvesday-blog

A gorgeous and HIGHLY organised display of items that encompass the restaurant dining experience: the food, drink cutlery, interior decor and elements.

Reflection

Studio 1 has been incredibly fun this semester, with lots of given opportunity for explorations and interactions with other students. Though the “openness” of the brief had been quite challenging for me, I also found it interesting how my work has progressed along the way. During the workshop Andy also encouraged our class to work with each other, thus consistently having group discussions, peer review, and feedbacks in class. At first, I personally found it kind of awkward to present my ideas, since they were still so rough and probably doesn’t even make any sense, but almost just after the first class, I realised that I actually appreciated the feedbacks and help more than anything else. The ideas from others were creative yet often straight to the point and I found it fascinating how much I could learn from other people. I’ve also learnt to share more than keeping everything to myself, which I found quite common among creative students. In every class, we were led to explore different methods and ways to convey our ideas, each of them with an aim to stimulate our creativity. Being as conservative as I am, I have also gained the courage to explore more into the unconventionals, which I often most struggled with. Overall I am very happy with this course, it was super fun, open, meaningful and rewarding.

s3657478-blog

Week 11 - Lecture

Gemma Warriner

Twenty-Fifty

‘Twenty-Fifty is a visual exploration of the global food crisis predicted for the year two thousand and fifty – a result of the inability of the earth’s natural resources to meet future demand. The project presents a series of eight data visualisation posters, each exposing one primary issue responsible for this future crisis. It looks closely at population growth, urbanisation, food production, food waste, genetic modification, climate change, consumption trends and agrobiodiverty as the main influential factors.

Through sourcing and photographing food that is representational of my own data visualisations, the project intends to both challenge and educate consumers about how the future may unfold.’

(via: http://gemmawarriner.com/projects/twenty-fifty/)

Studio 1 Comm Design 2017 | food event

Food as creativity, food as friendship

What I enjoyed:

Seeing a lot, A LOT of amazing work, skills, talents, and creativity

How everyone worked so closely with each other

How everyone has gotten so much closer since day one

Last but not least, Andy serving free ice cream :P

The event wasn't anything big or fancy but think it was a really nice, cozy way to celebrate the end and the success we’ve achieved over the year. Cheers to Andy for being so understanding all the time! and to everyone else in this course: y’all just amazing :)

25 copies + Reflection

“I want you all to learn about production since you’re so used to making one amazing mock-up, but design is also about the production” - Andy

Personally, I think it’s really important to learn to consider the cost & time needed for our design and this has been a very good experience for a startup. Though the process can be quite time-consuming, the results were amazing especially when everyone in our class gets to keep each other’s work and to bring home a folder of different ideas. It was exceptional to witness everyone’s progress, from Week 1 where we presented our brief ideas in front of everyone to Week 12 at the food event where we see the outcome and results. What i see the most is the skills & talent and a lot of amazing amazing ideas. Absolutely love it!

kristinsoh

FINAL CARDS

Rather than a straightforward metamorphosis process, I decided that I wanted to make all the cards connect and have a smooth flow from one card to the other. The purpose of making it this way was so that I could document the whole process of whaling, and I found that this was more impactful in terms of the emotional impact it leaves on those who are viewing it. I wanted there to be a gradual change in the tone and mood from the first few cards as being very peaceful and harmonious to all the tragedy that happens towards the end.

Though I tried digitally drawing, I found that watercolour was still the best medium because I loved how I could control the opacity and transparency of the paint. Moreover, it also adds a very delicate and graceful effect which worked well for my topic.

To set the scene of my theme, the first few cards show whales swimming harmoniously together, where a monochromatic colour scheme was used to further create a sense of calmness. The mood and tone of my cards had a big turn on the fifth card where a whale was being captured by a whaling ship. The introduction of the bold colour red evoked tension within the piece and it was also very alarming. The choice of using the colour red was not only to symbolise danger but it was also a link to Japan.

The next imagery then shows a whale swimming towards a red dot, as though it is being captured by it. Again, this was to symbolise Japan’s involvement with whaling and their refusal to abide a 1986 moratorium set by the International Whaling Commission (IWC), an ‘oath’ different nations take to stop commercial whaling.

I chose to focus mostly on Japan’s infamous whaling habits mainly because there have been many who protest against it even their citizens. They claim that the small whaling fleet they sent out into the Antarctic Ocean to kill 333 minke whales were for a ‘scientific program’. Hence, on my fifth card, I have the words, ‘fake research’ written on the ship. To further emphasise my views and the views of many who are against it, I included protest signs in the seventh card.

After demonstrating the whole process of whales are caught and then killed, the last metamorphosis stage was to transform it into actual meat that people eat and serve at restaurants. The fancy plate of whale meat on the eleventh card was meant to show how a majestic creature from the sea is sold to become nothing but a food experience.

I chose to do very detailed illustrations of the whales and the whole process of whaling because I found that a realistic style gives more depth to these creatures and it definitely earns more sympathy because of that. The realism in these illustrations is confronting and could even be described as brutal, which was also what I hope to achieve because I want to impact those who are viewing it and create conversation through my imagery. Overall, I enjoyed making these cards because I found myself becoming more and more passionate about the topic after doing in depth research on it.

euniceet-blog

Love it so much Kristin! looks incredible!

mayahan

Hyper Realistic Fashion Brand Bread Bags and Pancake Purses by Chloe Wise: cast in urethane and intricately painted with a hyper-realism that constitutes a trompe l’oeil effect.

yellow-greenhouse-blog

Final Assignment

Final images of my finished assignment. All three variations came up well.

waitingzhou-blog

Food Culture Project

Drinking tea is a part of our life in my family, it is showing the moment when tea leaves are put in boiling water, from dry to wet, from fold to unfold, from compressed to blooming, from clear to colored… Now, this moment is frozen in these tea bags. The teaspoon is used as a handle here, the box is covered by a bamboo curtain splint, both of them are the representative of traditional tea culture in China.

I chose Chinese tea for my project topic, as tea has a long history in China, and my family is engaged in selling Chinese tea for many years so I get to know tea since I was young. We drink tea during many parts of the day such as at meals for good health or simply for pleasure. In other words, Chinese tea is meaningful for me and my family, Tea is very popular in China, particularly in the south of China.

owenbill-graphics-blog

what a great model making!! Awesome!!

anastasiaskl

Love the design!! Looks so cool!

kristinsoh

so good!!!

and.... the Final Design!!! | My Final Nasi Lemak recipe book :)

Food as love, food as culture

This recipe centres around the idea of unfolding to the surprise that is hidden inside, just like how a traditional Nasi Lemak is wrapped in a triangle with banana leaf. Not only my favourite food growing up but it also reminds me a lot of my childhood and the beauty of the Malaysian culture.

Behind the Scene Mess

Final production: Printing, Trimming, Folding, Sticking and repeating x 25

Printing on Napkin Trials

As I was struggling with a way to incorporate my recipe text into my design, Andy suggested me to try some different ways to do it while fitting the theme of my Nasi Lemak design. So I decided to take on the challenge of printing them on a napkin with my home printer.

Step 1_ choose the correct napkin texture

Step 2_ tape down 4 corners of a napkin onto paper

Step 3_run it through the print (was nervous about it being jam inside but it worked thank goodness)

Step 4_cut the tape away

Step 5_just stare at it

Time-consuming, but am happy with the outcome.

Perhaps there’s an easier way of doing this?

Malaysian History & Culture

31st August 1957 marks one of the most significant moments in Malaysian history -- Malaysia Independent Day (aka Hari Merdeka), where the nation was united regardless of race & gender to celebrate the freedom of the country. For those who don’t know, Malaysia has mostly consisted of 3 main races (Malay, Chinese and Indian) for a long time of history. Therefore the nation has gradually formed a unique way of living in compromising each different cultures, such as knowing more than 1 language, celebrating all three cultures’ celebrations and much much more. As shown through the images here, the local newspaper can easily be found in 3 languages and these examples that I’ve collected were published exactly during the time of Malaysia Independent.