September 21st, 2010 | by Cheryl | published in Thoughts, Writing
I stopped making random collages in Photoshop after my first year of university because after being trained to see the world differently, I felt I no longer had the liberty to make uninformed design decisions. I felt a greater responsibility because I had formal training and had no excuse to be contributing to visual pollution. [...]
August 20th, 2010 | by Cheryl | published in Writing
My new article for IDSGN. The first time I encountered Blissymbols was at the sound and moving image library at my university. My independent studies advisor and mentor, David Scadding, recommended that I borrow Mr. Symbol Man for research. I ended up loving the clicking noise and experience of watching a film reel, and above all [...]
July 6th, 2010 | by Cheryl | published in Explorations, Writing
A great thing about moving back to Hong Kong after four years, is being able to rediscover the city again as an adult and find new treasures. One of these is Wing Lee Street in Sheung Wan district–an old street retaining its original 1960s flavour–which gained a lot of attention after the award-winning movie, Echoes of [...]