Typographer, information designer, academic. Vice Principal, Hong Kong Design Institute.
Hong Kong
Joined January 2009
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新一集(in)visible (de)signs經已上架
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Episode 8 of (in)visible (de)signs is up, a reading of a blog post titled ‘On journaling’ originally published on 18 April 2022 spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e…
Listen to ‘Heinrich von Kleist: On the gradual completion of thoughts during speech’ on (in)visible (de)signs podcast
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Listen to ‘An ode to books’ on (in)visible (de)signs podcast
The podcast show will build on the ideas discussed on medium.com/invisibledesigns and nontxt.com, on typography, visible language and communication design, in English and Cantonese
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My former teacher at @BirkenheadSchl Neil Frowe gifted me this book 21 years ago. Neil recruited me to the school’s Publicity Unit six or seven years prior, when I had no clue what ‘desktop publishing’ was. And the rest is history. Thanks Neil!
#ilmigliorfabbro
It was both a pleasure and a privillage to be on @onthomas_tweet’s Unique Ways podcast. I fielded 20 interesting questions about work, life and meaning. Listen on Apple podcasts podcasts.apple.com/hk/podcas…
#uniqueways
#podcast
#praxis
#thirdculture
#inbetween
#design
#typography
Couldn’t sleep and wrote this rather random (off-topic?) post in (non)material text nontxt.com/couldnt-sleep/
New post at (non)material text: Hong Kong-born and bred @metapheric won first prize at the 2021 National Poetry Competition in the UK with his poem Fricatives nontxt.com/fricatives/
Keith Tam retweeted
Some people say you shouldn’t write in books, but I would tend to disagree. I think the doodles really bring a book to life! (The burning house is a personal favourite) [RESERVE—881.08-ANT]
Hourly parking straight ahead and on your right? Yes, but it’s a fluke. Those are hour and minute hands! Apparently arrows are not always indexical . . .
#infodesign
#symbols
#arrows
New post at (non)material text nontxt.com/exhibition straight from the exhibit at the ‘See words, _____________’ exhibition curated by typeclub.com, coming soon at hkdicommunication.design
‘If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it’ is a common adage for managers. Surprised that the actual quote is: ‘It is wrong to suppose that if you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it – a costly myth.’ – W Edwards Deming, The New Economics. nngroup.com/articles/campbel…
Keith Tam retweeted
What's your favorite thing about paper books? 📚 t.ted.com/Al7Xw8X
