



Logo and typography experiment for BRAINWASH — a web application that helps you stimulate your mind in the dull hours of the day.

Logo design for a non-existent collective that focuses on Japanese design values — minimalism, cultural values, meticulous detail.

Books are linear. We read them from cover to cover, in which we indulge ourselves in the narrative exactly as the author has devised. A book, after all, is unknown territory until the author leads you by the hand, revealing essential elements at the author’s whim.

When I came to Hongkong I needed a Chinese name for my HK ID card. My wife coined me 偉森 (“Wei Sam”) because it resembles my name… vaguely (David Samuel Wieland). I had to be able to sign my name frequently so I practised and practised until I could do it without cheating.
This “mural” sketch is a representation of that process.
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A dramatization of what really happened to me. I was in the library for weeks to finish a project. By the end of the day I usually grew really hungry and took some cookies with me. But before I had even removed the crinkly wrapper, the library nazi already busted me. How did he even know I was eating?