Date

24th Feb, 2018

Time

2:00 - 3:30PM

Location

Spacemob, 8 Claymore Hill, Singapore 229572

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In LEAVE YOUR EGO AT THE DOOR, we speak to Jackson Tan (Artist, Curator and Creative Director of BLACK and Founding Partner of PHUNK) and Mark De Winne (Founding Partner at Parable Studio) about:

- Being proactive with your curiosities
- Breakdowns and breakthroughs on monumental projects
- Rethinking the model of how design studios evolve
- Nurturing and building future leaders of design
- The creative economy 2.0
- Brotherhood, fatherhood and imbuing spirituality into your creative process.


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SPEAKERS

Jackson Tan is a Singaporean artist, designer and curator. Creative director of multi-disciplinary creative agency, BLACK. Founding partner of PHUNK, an artist collective. Creator of Art-Zoo. Notable projects include the brand identity of SG50, to celebrate Singapore's golden jubilee. CREATIVE©ITIES, an exhibition that maps the creativity of Asia-Pacific. His works are based around his personal obsession of "finding meaning" from signs and symbols. His artworks are featured in collections and exhibitions, including SAM, MOCA Taipei, Venice Biennale and Fukuoka Asian Art Museum. 

http://blackdesign.com.sg
http://www.phunkstudio.com

Founding Partner at Parable Studio, Mark De Winne is passionate about typography, storytelling, and like any Singaporean — food. Overseeing the branding and graphic design output of the studio’s diverse range of commercial clients, Mark brings more than 10 years of experience in branding and communications design to integrate branding touchpoints across multiple mediums. As Singapore’s leading typographer, Mark believes that typography and type design are key to enhancing a brand’s message, creating the fine balance between aesthetic appeal, formality, and legibility. Mark’s ability to develop custom typographic solutions has given Parable an edge in its approach to integrated transdisciplinary design solutions. His work on the branding and custom typeface design for F&B client, Plentyfull, was awarded a Certificate of Typographic Excellence 2017 by Type Directors’ Club, New York.

http://www.parable.sg