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An Open Letter to Professor Emeritus Tan Sr...
By Rachel Leow. First published in The Malaysian Insider, 15 April 2015. Dear Professor Khoo, You may not remember me and anyway, if you saw me today you probably wouldn’t recognise me. I was just a young student back then,
Dossier: The State Of Design In Malaysia
The by-invitation roundtable discussion was chaired by Prof. Helmut Lueckenhausen and attended by board members of ico-D, Indigo Ambassadors, business and design educators, design associations and the executive committee members of wREGA. It is a discourse on
Visibility as Power – Mascot, Logo, and I...
Competing Visibilities (Part 2): Visibility as Power – Mascot, Logo, and Installation By Tan Zi Hao, 2013 To make oneself apparent is to demonstrate one’s prospect of power. Even a suggestive appearance of power is greater than
The Politics of Colour
Competing Visibilities (Part 1) – The Politics of Colour By Tan Zi Hao, 2013 Protestors dressed in yellow, green, red, orange, and black for Himpunan Kebangkitan Rakyat #KL112, held on 12 January 2012. Photo credit: themalaysianinsider.com Colour
Code of Professional Conduct
wREGA’s Code of Professional Conduct is a guide of professional practice for graphic design in Malaysia. It is an ethical standard which are accepted by all members of wREGA to instill integrity and to demonstrate respect of
Unravelling the story of Graphic Design in ...
A glimpse into the story of Graphic Design in Malaysia through the periods of colonialism, occupation and emergency. This article was written for Kuala Lumpur Design Week 2010.
The History of Malaysian Flag Design
The history and design chronology of the Jalur Gemilang
Yellow is the colour of…
Colours have always embodied symbolic and emotive meanings, whether in art, religion, politics or culture.
The Old Wooden Church
I am an old wooden church. You might even stroll past me without even a second glance. For if you look at me now, you might think I am nothing much to shout about. But I am
The forgotten women warriors of the Malayan...
Adrianna Tan examines the case of the women warriors of the Malayan Communist Party.
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