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TITLE: Magical World
YEAR: 2012 CLIENT: FILO Films Inc PROJECT: In collaboration with FILO Films (First In / Last Out), I was responsible for the art direction and title design in the music video “Magical World” for the up and coming Dvondre (Pooka) Woodards. Driven by the lyrics, I wanted the main title to evoke the color of sunrise through sunset. To represent a shedding of the past, the type design mimics the stylistic contours of street graffiti but in a way that is not entirely overwhelming and unreadable yet complex and interesting. Go see it here. |
TITLE: Play Date
YEAR: 2012 CLIENT: madeinjazn PROJECT: Love is an emotion that communicates to us strongly, it is at times complicated but can also be simple, playful and imaginative. In old silent films, the idea of the title card is to convey the character’s action, dialogue, and most importantly the emotion. I wanted the title card designs to have this overall interweaving fluid structure. Since love in “Play Date” is a young unabashed playful romance, I wanted to title cards to represent an old idea (silent film vignettes) with a modern and young twist. Go see it here. |
TITLE: Business Card
YEAR: 2010 CLIENT: Personal PROJECT: Minh in Vietnamese, simply means "bright" and Wind simply means the "movement of air". I decided to use this similar concept of fusion to incorperate aspects from both my website and blog designs to create a personal printed business card. |
TITLE: Styleframes Pitch
YEAR: 2009 CLIENT: Zune HD PROJECT: These styleframes were conceptualized as a promotional video that will eventually be displayed in the Zune HD player. The core of the product is to convey the rich quality of HD contents, wi-fi network, and new touchscreen technology. |
TITLE: Right Blend
YEAR: 2009 CLIENT: Scott Natural PROJECT: This spot was designed by my director Nando Costa at Bent Image Lab. The animation treatment was inspired by Strata Cut technique to mimic the flow of paper stenciled. As a graphic artist, my contribution was to deliver 2D elements for the compositing department. Go see it here. |
TITLE: Steps
YEAR: 2008 CLIENT: Wieden + Kennedy PROJECT: As a studio intern, I had the privilege to design a series of identity concepts for the W+K's internship program. Most of these logo studies were based on the beauty of the building's interior architectural design. The t-shirt concepts were intended as a gift for each intern towards the end of the program. |
TITLE: Frog Ad
YEAR: 2008 CLIENT: Air Wick PROJECT: Bent Image Lab hired me as a freelance designer to deliver this print ad for the launch of Canada Spring 2009 Air Wick Aqua Essences. The project had also gave me an opportunity to work closely with a team of talented 3D artists. |
TITLE: Eat Local
YEAR: 2007 CLIENT: Ecotrust PROJECT: A poster i designed to promote Ecotrust’s Urban-Rural Partnership program, whose objective is to improve public understanding of local agriculture and increase the market share of locally grown food. |
TITLE: Brand Identity
YEAR: 2007 CLIENT: Purity Incense PROJECT: A small family owned business for Japanese imported incense approached me to design their company's identity. Since most of their products are from Kyoto, I thought about using the Sakura cherry-blossom as an outline for my overall concept. The logo design illustrates in a circular fashion because the cherry-blossom is an important symbol in Kyoto, it means life-cycle. |
TITLE: Lotus
YEAR: 2007 CLIENT: Conceptual PROJECT: An audio book designed to archive a collection of sutra chantings from all Buddhist traditions. What if old accient texts can be stored digitally, but still retain its beauty like a phycial book. The octagon shape from the outer package is derived from the Noble Eightfold Path. It represents the eight principles of teaching by Buddha. As the package opens, it blooms into a lotus flower which symbolizes "enlightenment". |
TITLE: Vosges Valley
YEAR: 2007 CLIENT: Conceptual PROJECT: Based on the vineyard name I was given, I came up with the overall branding direction and packaging design. The name "Vosges" derived from a type of white oak grows in France, I used the oak leaf shape as part of the overall design treatment. |
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| TITLE: A Frame in Cold Steel
YEAR: 2010 CLIENT: Wisemen Production PROJECT: My brother Jason Nguyen's senior thesis project was the actual planning and pre-production for his upcoming film in the classic film noir style entitled, "A Frame in Cold Steel". I was brought on board as an Art Director / Storyboard Artist for the project. The entire process took five consecutive months to complete. Take a look at the behind the scenes footage. |
TITLE: Owl Mom Ad
YEAR: 2008 CLIENT: Air Wick PROJECT: In a collaboration with Dave Manuel at Bent Image Lab, we were asked to deliver this print ad within only a few days. Part of the challenge was designing the paint-brush technique that could attract life-like feathers to the character design. |
TITLE: Here and There
YEAR: 2007 CLIENT: Personal (PNCA Thesis) PROJECT: The main emphasis of my thesis is to create a connection between my personal experience with coming to the U.S. and the experience of other Vietnamese immigrants in order to describe “hope” in a visual narrative. My story is not just about immigrating to the U.S. or about the war in Vietnam. It’s not about how we see ourselves as foreigners living in different soil. It’s about hope; our hope for a new home, a better life and embracing family. |
TITLE: Flight
YEAR: 2006 CLIENT: PNCA (Spring Gala Benefit) PROJECT: The wind is an element of nature but it can also function as a compass to guide us towards many places. To me, the wind will always represent "weightlessness", like feathers floating infinitely. The theme of “flight” gave me the ability to integrate with my interpretation through this memorable scenery. |
TITLE: Float Series.1
YEAR: 2005 CLIENT: Clackamas Literary Review PROJECT: This is an experimental piece that got featured on an annual issue of Clackamas Literary Review XII. Please support the publisher by buying a copy at your local convenience bookstores. |
TITLE: Float Series.2
YEAR: 2005 CLIENT: Personal PROJECT: 2nd series of the experimental piece. |
TITLE: Sasta T-Shirts
YEAR: 2005 CLIENT: Sasta Clothing PROJECT: I was asked to deliver a series of illustrations for the women’s streetwear clothing line Sasta. This was part of my summer internship in Vancouver BC Canada. |
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