Typography: Special Task

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18.10.2022 - 25.11.2022 (Week 12 - Week 13)

Michelle Kong Chin Ling / 0347603 / Bachelor of Psychology
GCD 60104: Typography
Special Task (Type Design & Communication)


LECTURES

Lecture notes: Here

Physical Class:

Week 11:
After giving us the final feedback for our Task 3, Mr Vinod split us into pairs for the final special task. We had to choose whether we wanted to design stickers or ang pau. I chose ang pau and was paired up with Nabilah and Fion. We had 3 members due to odd numbers in the class.

Week 12:

Due to the election, we did not have class on Friday. However, Mr Vinod gave us his feedback on our designs through online meeting, Zoom.

Week 13:
This was our due week. There was no physical class due to personal reasons stated by Mr Vinod.

INSTRUCTIONS


SPECIAL TASK: ANG PAU

Drafting Process

Week 11
Since the upcoming year would be the year of rabbit, it makes sense for the theme to be "Togetherness". I wanted a design that symbolises togetherness in forms of rabbit. I started to think about what brings family together during Chinese New Year and dim sum was a staple of togetherness. So I made a bunny bao in a dim sum plate. Another idea I had was a bunch of bunnies gathering to eat food that was prepared in the middle.




Fig. 1.1: Bunnies Bao



Fig. 1.2: Family of Bunnies with lettuce in the middle


Week 12
After consultation, my group wanted to combine our designs together. Using Mr Vinod's feedback on my design, I added an additional carrot to symbolise what the rabbits would love to eat as well as making the bodies of the bunny to be more rounder.


Fig. 1.3: Family of Bunnies with lettuce and carrot in the middle


Week 13

During final compilation of our design, some of us were not happy with the outcome. We originally did not like the ideas of the stools at the side of the table, the bunnies were hard to see due to contradicting colours and the four bunnies were placed oddly.



Fig. 1.4: Draft of the ang pau design


Final Design

After several amendments, the final design looks much better compared to the draft. I removed the stools, and made the bunnies more visible looking. I scattered the coins to make it more like it was dangling or floating like bubbles.

Chinese Coins:
- represents wealth and abundance
- symbol of good fortune and prosperity

Chinese Dinner Table:
- decorated with chinese elements and five rabbits
- number '5' represents "发" meaning prospoer in chinese

8 Rabbits with a string:
- A symbol of togetherness
- number '8' is believes to be the luckiest number in China because '8' is associated with wealth





Fig. 1.5: Final design of the ang pau 




Fig. 1.6: PDF of the final design of the ang pau 


FEEDBACK

Week 12

Mr Vinod said that my first design does not give off the vibe of having a dim sum steamer. I had to add more elements to signify that the bao was in a dim sum steamer. The second design, he said the bunnies body should be more rounder and I should add a carrot in the middle. 


REFLECTIONS

Experience

I found it hard to work with a lot of people, especially when most of our ideas were quite good. I found it hard to say that the design looks bad and needs modification as I was afraid of hurting someone else's feelings. If we were to not use their design, it would mean that they were bad, when in reality, it was hard to incorporate their design to our existing ones even though their design were actually good.


Observations

People are very selfish beings as one of my members did not want us to use one of her designs because she wanted to do a personal submission even though we were asked to do it in pairs. I felt like it was a bit selfish of her to do her own personal submission as all of us could have done that, but we decided to submit it as a team. However, it was something that does not bother me to the extend where I would submit my own personal design since this was supposed to be a fun project.

Findings

When working with a group of 3 or more on a design, it will be hard to incorporate all of our ideas into a design. It is easier to work it as a pair and have people giving criticism and both of us would brainstorm to redesign. 

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