One important lesson I learnt at design school

Posted on February 18, 2019March 5, 2019 Posted in DesignTagged Advice, Art, Collage, Creativity, Design, Ideas, Journal, Learning, Life, Mind, paper collage, People, Quotes, Tim Foster, Together, Typography, Us, WeLeave a comment

One important lesson I learnt at design school

One key lesson I learnt from one of my greatest graphic design tutor Tim Foster was flipping or reversing if you may the word ‘ME’ to ‘WE’. The message was that in uniting or in collaborating with others takes us and our ideas further than we could imagine.

To add to that, there is popular African proverb that goes, “If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.”

This principle can be applied in all works and facets of life.

To go further, ‘WE’ go together.

It’s all about we, we, we!

Design, Art direction, Post
By Philip Abang

Art #2. Into The Unknown

Posted on November 7, 2018April 13, 2019 Posted in Dear ZedTears, DesignTagged Advice, Art, Artwork, Body, Conscious mind, Creativity, Design, Experimenting, Exploration, Focus, Forms, Graphic Design, Inspiration, Life, Mark Rothko, Mind, Power, Quotes, Scanography, Type, Typography, Unconscious mind, Us, WeLeave a comment

Art #2. Into The Unknown [Artwork]

“To me art is an adventure into an unknown world, which can be explored only by those willing to take the risks.” _Mark Rothko

Mark Rothko’s quote inspired my initial post ‘Art‘ and also this artwork. I created this artwork ‘Into The Unknown’ as an abstract representation of the conscious, subconscious, and the unconscious mind. The eye denoting the conscious, the subconscious represented by the abstract layers and patterns of type and forms floating in space and the unconscious are the ‘blacks’ found in every existing space.

There is a complexity about the subconscious and the unconscious mind, and human behaviour is influenced by the abstract nature of this complexity. The floating layers of information in the subconscious are a culmination of things seen, heard or experienced. In the unconscious mind lays a deep tunnel of things the conscious mind cannot conceive or comprehend. In it lays a wealth of uncharted knowledge, strength, weaknesses, potential, goals, wisdom, vulnerability, power, you name it.

Like Mark Rothko’s quote, exploring that space of our subconscious and our unconscious mind can help unravel our inner stardom and realizing our full potential. Being the hero of our story lay in how deep we are willing to dive, how deep we are willing to look from within to make our story a best seller.

Lest I forget, I created this artwork exploring with torn pieces of papers, sketch and ‘scanography’. I tried something different and the result is this digital collage. Let’s take an adventure into the unknown (our inner self) and see how we become a beautiful piece of art.

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By Philip Abang

Create your future

Posted on July 25, 2018July 25, 2018 Posted in Dear ZedTears, Hello Quotes!, Hello ZedtearsTagged Advice, Art, Create, Creativity, Design, Future, Graphic Design, Inspiration, Learning, Life, Management, Peter Drucker, Progress, Quotes, Typography, Us, We, WritingLeave a comment

Verse 40. Create your future

“The best way to predict the future is to create it.” _Peter Drucker

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By Philip Abang

Be Yourself Pt 2

Posted on June 12, 2018June 28, 2018 Posted in Hello Quotes!Tagged Art, Body, Character, Creativity, Culture, Design, Graphic Design, Ideas, Inspiration, Life, Mind, Progress, Puzzle, Quotes, Reality, Respect, Sports, Success, Typography, Us, We1 Comment

Verse 17. Be Yourself Pt 2

Be YOU, Be Yourself!

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By Philip Abang

Together

Posted on May 30, 2018 Posted in Hello Quotes!Tagged Advice, Culture, Diversity, Henry Ford, Life, Men, Progress, Quotes, Reality, Success, Together, Typography, We, Women6 Comments

Verse 14. Together

Henry Ford’s quote “Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success” highlights my forethought on Diversity = hence the picture reference. Nonetheless, it is immeasurable how far one could go with a unified front and as a team.

Like this African proverb states “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together”.

Success itself is a journey and requires a combination of factors to get there. Coming together, keeping together and working together are part of many strings to these factors.

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By Philip Abang

Diversity =

Posted on May 20, 2018May 31, 2018 Posted in Dear ZedTears, UncategorizedTagged Art, Character, Creativity, Culture, Design, Diversity, Embrace, Equal opportunities, Globalism, Life, Respect, Togetherness, Unity, Us, Vigour, We1 Comment

Dear ZedTears. Diversity = [What it means to me]

I was asked what diversity meant to me, so I thought I’d put this 0.17 second clip together.

Diversity to me is about embrace, the embrace of different race, ethnic backgrounds, gender or culture.

I have represented this by putting together different coloured pencils as a visual representation of different backgrounds from race, gender, culture or ethnicity, and certain keywords that reflect diversity from varied context.

I was thought to flip the word ‘Me’ to ‘We’ in design practice as collaboration, communication, working together as a team takes us farther than in isolation. Similar can be applied to diversity and other areas of life.

Diversity = Embrace. Diversity = We.

Design, Art direction, Post
By Philip Abang
Song credit: Keith Kenniff - Receives