From Chinatown, With Love 2024
From Chinatown, With Love (FCWL) is a collaboration between the W.O.W. Project and Abrons Arts Center to celebrate the integral role small businesses have in our neighborhood economically, culturally, and creatively. Rooted in the neighborhood tradition of gifting free calendars to patrons during Lunar New Year, From Chinatown, With Love embodies community reciprocity through art, relationship building, and mutual aid. Some of the best moments of this project have been the various meetings we have had with business owners, learning more about their histories and their commitments to staying in Chinatown.
︎︎︎Art Directors: Midnight Project & Amanda Chung
︎︎︎Design Assistance: Soumya Gupta & Oktay Akanpinar
︎︎︎Printed by lucky risograph, The New School, School of Visual Arts
︎︎︎Collaborated with The W.O.W. Project, Abrons Arts Center & lucky risograph
︎︎︎Exhibition Date : 01/27/2024 - 02/25/2024
From Chinatown, With Love (FCWL) is a collaboration between the W.O.W. Project and Abrons Arts Center to celebrate the integral role small businesses have in our neighborhood economically, culturally, and creatively. Rooted in the neighborhood tradition of gifting free calendars to patrons during Lunar New Year, From Chinatown, With Love embodies community reciprocity through art, relationship building, and mutual aid. Some of the best moments of this project have been the various meetings we have had with business owners, learning more about their histories and their commitments to staying in Chinatown.
︎︎︎Art Directors: Midnight Project & Amanda Chung
︎︎︎Design Assistance: Soumya Gupta & Oktay Akanpinar
︎︎︎Printed by lucky risograph, The New School, School of Visual Arts
︎︎︎Collaborated with The W.O.W. Project, Abrons Arts Center & lucky risograph
︎︎︎Exhibition Date : 01/27/2024 - 02/25/2024
Exhibition Design, Brand Design, Wayfinding Design
The Mystery Box
The Mystery Box project is a creative initiative uniting designers to rediscover their lost creativity and inject joy into their work. It's especially tailored for illustrators seeking to reignite their passion beyond their professional obligations. This series isn't just about crafting; it's about reigniting imagination. With a new theme every 2-3 months, artists collaborate to produce 25 limited edition copies, making each release a unique expression of creativity. Mystery Box aims to break routines, inspire uninhibited creativity, and foster a community of diverse artistic perspectives.
︎︎︎Art Directors: Midnight Project
︎︎︎Packaging Designer: Fen Wang
︎︎︎Printed by lucky risograph
Featuring artists and designers: Hyunji Jun, Soumya Gupta, Sue Kim, Jingyi, Dakota Sherman, Tal Levin, A Liang Chan, Jialun Wang, Mingxuan Shen, Oktay Akapinar, Luotong Zeng, Misha Yu, Ilan Galanti, Supatida Sutiratana, Fen Wang, Wiebke Meyer-Lüters, Xinyuan Qu, Farinaz Valamanesh.
The Mystery Box project is a creative initiative uniting designers to rediscover their lost creativity and inject joy into their work. It's especially tailored for illustrators seeking to reignite their passion beyond their professional obligations. This series isn't just about crafting; it's about reigniting imagination. With a new theme every 2-3 months, artists collaborate to produce 25 limited edition copies, making each release a unique expression of creativity. Mystery Box aims to break routines, inspire uninhibited creativity, and foster a community of diverse artistic perspectives.
︎︎︎Art Directors: Midnight Project
︎︎︎Packaging Designer: Fen Wang
︎︎︎Printed by lucky risograph
Featuring artists and designers: Hyunji Jun, Soumya Gupta, Sue Kim, Jingyi, Dakota Sherman, Tal Levin, A Liang Chan, Jialun Wang, Mingxuan Shen, Oktay Akapinar, Luotong Zeng, Misha Yu, Ilan Galanti, Supatida Sutiratana, Fen Wang, Wiebke Meyer-Lüters, Xinyuan Qu, Farinaz Valamanesh.
Brand Design, Package Design, Social Media Promotion Design
SUPERTRASH
The issue of waste management has become a global concern, and the world’s waste production is increasing at an alarming rate. To address this issue, the SUPERTRASH project aims to create awareness about the importance of recycling waste and making trash valuable. The audience will actively participate in the exhibition by bringing in their own pieces of trash or using trash collected by the artist through different industries to create their own unique characters, joining in the creative and fun exploration of sustainability.
The issue of waste management has become a global concern, and the world’s waste production is increasing at an alarming rate. To address this issue, the SUPERTRASH project aims to create awareness about the importance of recycling waste and making trash valuable. The audience will actively participate in the exhibition by bringing in their own pieces of trash or using trash collected by the artist through different industries to create their own unique characters, joining in the creative and fun exploration of sustainability.
Exhibition Design, Brand Design
NOT RIP
Not RIP encourages you to express your emotions and promotes forgiveness. You can curse someone with a charm to reflect your emotions and embark on a journey of self-discovery. This project will assist you in forgiving yourself and others who have caused you pain or hurt. Through this action of forgiveness allows you to let go of negative emotions and move forward with renewed peace and understanding.
Award Winner
︎︎︎Art Directors Club Young Ones 2023 Merit
Not RIP encourages you to express your emotions and promotes forgiveness. You can curse someone with a charm to reflect your emotions and embark on a journey of self-discovery. This project will assist you in forgiving yourself and others who have caused you pain or hurt. Through this action of forgiveness allows you to let go of negative emotions and move forward with renewed peace and understanding.
Award Winner
︎︎︎Art Directors Club Young Ones 2023 Merit
Editorial Design
House of Spice
Edition 2, 2022 Winter
There are very few things that add more flavor to food than spices. Each country has its own unique spices depending on the climate, culture, and even way of life. Many different ingredients go into creating the diverse textures, hues, and thicknesses of a spicy sauce. These sauces can be used as marinades, cooking glazes, and dipping sauces – bringing life to whatever it touches.
Our goal for this zine was to integrate different perspectives and cultures. Despite coming from diverse places, each of us has a passion for spicy food. The spiciness of the sauce elevates the flavor of the dish. We selected eight well-known spicy sauces from Taiwan, the US, Thailand, and Korea.
The cover is created using four different typefaces which represent the different languages and cultures. We used bright and colorful risograph printing to make this zine unique, environmentally friendly, and collectible. We matched the spiciness of each page's layout to the ranking of spiciness of the specific sauce. Along with displaying the prices in each country, we also displayed the various definitions and metrics. In the center of the book we have handwritten the large typeface that signifies "Spicy" in four different languages. And last but not least, all of the sauces are included in the lively pattern design.
︎︎︎Designers: Weiyun, Emily, Supatida & Yoonbee
︎︎︎Illustrator: Emily Roemer @roemerdesigns
Edition 2, 2022 Winter
There are very few things that add more flavor to food than spices. Each country has its own unique spices depending on the climate, culture, and even way of life. Many different ingredients go into creating the diverse textures, hues, and thicknesses of a spicy sauce. These sauces can be used as marinades, cooking glazes, and dipping sauces – bringing life to whatever it touches.
Our goal for this zine was to integrate different perspectives and cultures. Despite coming from diverse places, each of us has a passion for spicy food. The spiciness of the sauce elevates the flavor of the dish. We selected eight well-known spicy sauces from Taiwan, the US, Thailand, and Korea.
The cover is created using four different typefaces which represent the different languages and cultures. We used bright and colorful risograph printing to make this zine unique, environmentally friendly, and collectible. We matched the spiciness of each page's layout to the ranking of spiciness of the specific sauce. Along with displaying the prices in each country, we also displayed the various definitions and metrics. In the center of the book we have handwritten the large typeface that signifies "Spicy" in four different languages. And last but not least, all of the sauces are included in the lively pattern design.
︎︎︎Designers: Weiyun, Emily, Supatida & Yoonbee
︎︎︎Illustrator: Emily Roemer @roemerdesigns
Editorial Design