KIMBERLY TSAI Portfolio
Projects - All About that SHAPE - Aborigines in Taiwan - Ersilia, Invisible Cities - The Wizard of Oz - Design in Layers
- The Mix Up Workshop - Touch & Tilt - Dear Data Postcard - Four Wheels and No Brake - SEW WHAT, Garment District
All About that SHAPE This is a project for my post-bacc studio class. I visited the Walter Art Museum in Baltimore. When visiting the museum, I discover a nice collection of ceramic vessels with different shape, purposes, and were made in different area and time period. I want to show these diverse collections of vessels as my project and focus on the shape. I choose to use silhouette shape because each of the vessels has different colors and pattern, viewer might loose the focus on shape with too much visual information. For the communication media, I decide to make it like flash card for viewers to see the shape and information of each vessel. I name each container from the shape it looks like to reinforce the impression of shape. On the flash card contains short description of each collection with original name and time period.
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Rhyton with Griffins 3rd-2nd century BC Egypt
Black-figure Kylix with Sirens 6th century BC Attica, Greece
Figurative Bottle 200 BC-AD 100 Peru Incense Burner Stand AD 900-1200 Colima, Mexico
Barrel Jug 8th century BC Cyprus
Head Pot with Painted Design AD 650-800 Peru
Arrow Vase Imitating Guan Ware 1735-1795 China
Moon Flask with Shou Character 1736-1750 China
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Hadra Vase ca. 230 BC Egypt
Red-Figure Kantharos with Female Head 320-310 BC Apulia, Italy
Rosewater Flask ca. 1700-1750 Kütahya, Turkey
Aryballos with a Lion ca. 625 BC Corinth, Greece
Double-Chambered Vessel with Monkey ca. 600-900 Veracruz, Mexico
Red-Figure Rhyton ca. 450 BC Athens, Greece
Black-Figure Mastos with Combat Scenes ca. 530 BC Attica, Greece Vase in the Shape of a Gu 1720-1740 China
Teapot with Candlestick 1723-1735 China
Chirimoya Effigy Bottle 600-200 BC North Coast, Peru
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Aborigines in Taiwan This project I learn to use grid to design systematic icons. For this project, I choose Aborigines in Taiwan to introduce my unique culture back home with more people. I select nine tribes to work with. For the concept of the icons, I want to use their traditional clothes to represent each aboriginal tribe. Even people back in Taiwan sometimes confuse with each tribe’s clothing, so I want to take this chance to clear up the question and provide a platform for people to access the accurate information of aborigines in Taiwan. I use InVision to build up a website to apply my icons. Since the purpose is to provide some short and accurate information of aborigines, I want to make the website in the Snackable Content style. For each tribe, two information pages are included. The first page is talking about what the tribe is famous for, and the second page is the information about tribe’s festival. The festivals for aborigines are very sacred for them and are well known in Taiwan.
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Ersilia, Invisible Cities Invisible Cities include description of different cities in an abstract way. I chose Ersilia as my city to work on for studio project. For this project, I am required to choose 5 adjectives and 3 aphorisms to describe the city, and included all of them with the original article in the work. Ersilia is a city where people’s connection with each other is shown by different color of lines. When the city is full of threads and people have no more space, they have to migrate to a new place and rebuild their connection in a more organized way. At the same time, there is only intricate line left in the previous city location. Since lines build up the whole city, I also want to apply threads in my book with other experimental typography. I choose the form of accordion book so when viewers are reading, they can experience the moving action from the city by extending pages.
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The Wizard of Oz I chose The Wizard of Oz to work with. For this accordion book project, I experiment about typography. I’m using different font and arrangement to express the content of the book, and I also want to express the intensity and moving action on some pages. For this project, I get the chance to challenge the limit of readability and using typography as a material and medium for design.
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ButCity. when the Woodman entered the great Throne Room he saw neither the Head nor the Lady, for Oz had Emerald my jaws would rust again." of the a most But the Lion went away into the forest and found his own supper, and taken no onethe evershape knewof what it was,terrible for he Beast. It was nearly as big as an elephant, and the green throne vharddidn't mention it. And the Scarecrow found a tree full of nuts and filledlyDorothy's basket with them, that The Beast had a head like that of a rhinoceros, only there were five strong enough to hold itssoweight. she would not be hungry for a long time. She thought this was very kind and thoughtful of the Scarecrow, but eyes in were five long arms growing out of its body, and it also vhad five long, slim legs. Thick, she laughed heartily at the awkward way in which the poor creature picked up its theface. nuts.There His padded hands covered partBut of the it, and a more dreadful-looking monster could not be imagined. It was Dorwere so clumsy and the nuts were so small that he dropped almost as woolly many ashair he put in theevery basket. Scarecrow did not mind how long it took him to fill the basket, for it enabled himonly to keep thebut fire,that happened to be clean and was hanging on a peg beside her bed. It othy had one away otherfrom dress, as he feared a spark might get into his straw and burn him up. So he kept a good distance away from the was gingham, with checks of white and blue; and although the blue was somewhat faded with many washings, flames, and only came near to cover Dorothy with dry leaves when she lay down to sleep. These kept her very it was still a pretty frock. The girl washed herself carefully, dressed herself in the clean gingham, and tied her snug and warm, and she slept soundly until morning. When it was daylight, the girl bathed her face in a little rippling brook, pink and soon after they all started toward sunbonnet on her head. She took a little basket and filled it with bread from the cupboard, laying a white the Emerald City. cloth over the top. Then she looked down at her feet and noticed how old and worn her shoes were. fortunate the Tin Woodman had no heart at that moment, for it would have beat loud and fast from terror. But being only tin, the Woodman was not at all afraid, although he was much disappointed.
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Sketches
Design in Layers Design in Layers is a book design about the designer/scientist, Neri Oxman. She is an artist who applies different natural mechanism into design, and uses 3D printing fabrication. When design with program, we usually have lots of layer to build up one work, for 3D printing, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also about the stacking of layers. Hence, I want to also apply the concept of layers to the book. I print on tracing paper to express the overlaying of the design. The book is divided into three parts, each part is focusing on different materials, and I also use colors that are related to natural materials as a way of expression. Except using different paper and images to express layers, I also apply the concept with paragraph layout.
Pages
Pages
Pages
Sketches
The Mix Up Workshop Mix Up is the project after the designer book (Design in Layers). For this project, I have to come up with a workshop combines artists that are chosen by other classmates, and design a system for promoting the workshop. Since the artists have very different specialties, I want the event to be a mixing workshop. Like I used to study in biochemistry and now am pursue further for graphic design, I believe attending workshop that is different from our focus can bring in more creative ideas. Hence, mixing up with different artists is my core concept for the workshop and how the name is from. There are 7 artists in the workshop and each has their talent in different fields, in order to show the field, I choose different kinds of stroke as a system to represent. For example, the wavy stroke is for Biology, because it is similar to the structure of DNA; the dashed stroke is for Film, since it reminds viewer of the photographic film. For the poster, I include quotes from each artist and arrange information in different levels. With different font size and hierarchy, I want to enable viewers to see diverse information within different distance.
Website Link
https://invis.io/C29YZYFFP
Workshop Pos
few tricks to the eye, it’s a few tricks to the brain.
_
Neville Brody
graphic
“The limitation of the
natural world is the new beginning for design.
_
Neri Oxman
biology
“One person’s craziness is another person’s reality.
_
“Light is a form of language, respectively a carrier of signs and codes.
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Brigitte Kowanz
light “Work out of your work. Don’t work out of anybody else’s work.
Richard Serra
sculpture “In some ways, I am a
poet in a visual medium.
_
“I want people to be
inspired by my art for their own lives.
THE COLLABORATIVE WORKSHOP _
www.mixup.com
Jen Stark
pattern
March 13 -19 BOSTON, MA
2017
Ahn Sang Soo
typography
Tim Burton
film
_
ster
“Design is more than just a
Workshop Info Book
Workshop Inf
fo Book & Nametag
Workshop Info Book
Workshop Info Book Pages
Sketches
Touch & Tilt
This is an experimental project I designed for the Expanded Desig combine tactile with interactive design, the concept is also encou and interact with the artwork. For this project, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m using Arduino movement and communicate with Processing to show animation
I chose three texture, grass, sand, and water to represent three d Each environment will have a short GIF animation correspond to mechanism for the project is that audience will first use the keyb environment. I use first letter of each texture G (grass), S (sand), selecting switch. Texture is also applied on the keyboard to expre When a texture is selected, the LED light will light up on the corre as indication for audiences. Later, people can use the tool that I d playing of animations. I selected three different tools that are rela environment, and the function of the tools usually requires the â&#x20AC;&#x153;t Cane is for grass, Sand Shovel is for sand, and Fishing Pole is for the feature of three of them, and a tilting sensor is built in the too Arduino to detect the tilting action from audience. After selecting the tool the corresponding GIF animation will start playing, if the the animation will pause. Each animation is related the environm tilting of the designated tools. For grass environment, the tool is cane, when it is tilt, a flower will start growing. For sand environm shovel, and a sand castle will be built up when tilting the tool. Fo tool is considered as a fishing pole, it will catch a fish when it is t
gn class. I want to uraging people to touch to sense the tilting ns.
ifferent environments. it. The operational oard to select an and W (water) as ess the tactile concept. esponding texture are design to control the ated for their designated tiltingâ&#x20AC;? movement. Water r water. The tool combines ol and connected with g a texture, when tilting e tool is bring back to level ment and related to the going to work as watering ment, the tool is the sand or water environment, the tilt.
Demonstration Video Link
https://youtu.be/UmvOFh9r23E
Interactive Keyboard
Tilting Tool
Exhibition
Exhibition Poster
Sketches
Dear Data Postcard This is a project for data visualisation, and I got the inspiration from the book Dear Data. For my one-week visualisation project, I choose the topic about Indecision. Since indecision is about thought and is focus on my own problem. I use different radius to express the level of indecision. The way of decoding my data is listed on the back of the postcard. The topic I choose is A Week of Indecision. Since the indecision is made up in my mind and the problem is circle around me, I use arc to represent different problem, and apply length and distance from the center to represent the duration and severity.
Front
Back
Concept Ideas
Sketches
Four Wheels and No Brake This is an assignment I got at Parsons, we need to find out a subculture in NYC as our topic and design a 8-folded book. With my everyday experience I choose to talk about skateboarding. New York is full of skateboarders and park, I try to talk to skaters and visit skate parks to take photos of them playing skateboards. I capture their movement during jumping or rolling in bowls. Each skaters has their own personality and passion. Through this book, I want to show the beauty of this extreme sports.
Cover
Cover Spread
Inside Spread
SEW WHAT, Garment District This is a porject I get at Parsons. In this project we have to find a neighborhood in New York and come up with an event and promot it. This project is my first time applying graphic design in different object. I can try different things like folder, water bottle, and even print on fabrics. The massive work could be tiring, but I also get to know that grphic design can apply to anything we want. Just like Paul Rand once said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everything is design. Everything!â&#x20AC;? I choose the Garment District where used to be prosperous in 19th century. Since labor and production is cheaper overseas, the neighborhood experienced its decline. Nowadays, this area is still popular for fabric stores. I come up with an event to draw people to experience this fascinating area. At this neighborhood, it has a statue of sewing man and a statue of needle with button. It gives me the inspiration to come up with the name Sew What and combine the logo with the statue it has.
Logo
Invitation Card
Button Badges
Totebag