++///// Benny Chan, New Zealand based Designer/ Visual Artist +++ Welcome to my portfolio blog ////

Thursday, 7 January 2010

STAND/OUT Magazine

STAND/OUT Magazine is founded and created by me.
I did 98% of all the editing, designing and photography and interviewing.



Check out my magazine on this link!! :)
http://issuu.com/standoutmag/docs/standout <-------



Big thanks to Clint, Angela, Nathan and Kestin and everyone in Rainbow Youth Aotearoa for their support.

Also senior lectures Bepen Bhana and Steve Lovett

and Dawn O'Connor of New Zealand AIDS Foundation for their support. :)

STAND/OUT © 2009-2010 Benny Chan

Saturday, 2 January 2010

Poster with the packaging

Poster with the packaging I did for my project.



Photos © 2010 Benny Chan

Condom Packaging #2

More condom Packaging that I designed for queer young adults for a uni project last year.







Photos © 2010 Benny Chan

Friday, 1 January 2010

Condom Packaging #1

Condom Packaging, designed for queer young adults that I did for a uni project last year.


They stands up




Stacks easily





Photos © 2010 Benny Chan

Tuesday, 22 September 2009

My Gallery Exhibition at TeTuhi Centre for the Arts.


"Illuminated Illusions"

Collaboration between Benny Chan, Soo-Eun Lee and Grace Tai
Projection Light and Tape.
September 2009 at TeTuhi Centre for the Arts (One of the important art galleries in Auckland)
Curator: Stephen Cleland, Exhibition Manager & Curatorial Assistant: Bruce Phillips.





Thats Soo-Eun Lee enjoying out finished work


Thats me up there! :) ^

During artist talk, Soo and I were answering questions and discussing about the installation. It was FUN!


Part of an exhibiton project called Mura o te ahi/The heat of the fire in the Te Tuhi Gallery in Pakuranga.

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Behind the scenes!!

Working in the public art gallery.












Photos © 2009 Benny Chan, Soo-Eun Lee and Grace Tai

Wednesday, 5 August 2009

Anti Littering Campaign

For my design project a while ago lol.






Anti Littering Campaign © 2009 Benny Chan

Tuesday, 4 August 2009

Vanilla Latte

I have submitted this to Nescafe a while ago. For the mug design competition.



Vanilla Latte Beside the Pool at Night

The inspiration for my special moment:

My Special cup moment is having a nice delicious Vanilla Latte beside the pool at night. =) The scenery is just beautiful and has become the inspiration towards my coffee cup design.

You can order my mug design on NesCafe Website for only NZD$19.95 each (Includes delivery) =)
OFFER AVAILABLE ONLY TO NEW ZEALAND RESIDENTS.

http://www.nestle.co.nz/cupspace/gallery.aspx?pg=1&s=Benny




© 2009 Benny Chan & Nestlé New Zealand

Monday, 3 August 2009

Oded Ezer Tribute.



This is my tribute to my favourite typographer of all time. Oded Ezer :)
Paper on Paper.

© 2009 Benny Chan

Sunday, 2 August 2009

Selling the red hoodie I've designed.

Advert for the Red Hoodie I've designed for the Little Red Awesome Hoodie Project. =)







Little Red Awesome Hoodie © 2009 Benny Chan

Saturday, 1 August 2009

Little Red Awesome Hoodie Project.

Little Red Awesome Hoodie is a modern-day fairy tale told by me, inspired by Little Red Riding Hood (obviously). lol!

A Few Pages of my book.




Quick Sketch Storyboard






Little Red Awesome Hoodie © 2009 Benny Chan

Monday, 27 July 2009

Otara Logo

There was a competition to create a logo for Otara Markets or something but the competition somehow got cancelled. lol. Well, this is what I have submitted. Flax Rose was the main inspiration.




This is what a Flax Rose looks Like.
Credit for this photo goes to Dana G.




Otara Logo © 2009 Benny Chan

Sunday, 26 July 2009

Jimmy Naton Project


Jimmy Naton Project is a project I did for uni a while back. Designing a logo for a fictional rock star Jimmy Naton. I use indian ink on paper to make splashes, then scanned into Photoshop.







The posters looks so good, it can cover up any graffiti. =)

© 2009 Benny Chan

Saturday, 25 July 2009

Random photos I took with my phone camera

Random photos I took with my phone camera. :)




Friday, 24 July 2009

Sound Waves Graphics

I had a drawing project and I wanted to draw graphics with sound waves.









Sound Waves Graphics © 2009 Benny Chan

Thursday, 24 July 2008

Lmao..

Something you dont see everyday..
Just a few days ago, my busdriver got pulled over because he was speeding, and when the police asked for his licence, the driver had forgotten to bring it with him.. Thats an extra fine.. I took a picture :P

To protect the identity of the driver, the face is blurred.



Tuesday, 15 July 2008

Hebrew for Winamp 5.5+ !!!


Thanks to the geeks at Kishkush.co.il :P Want to have Hebrew on Winamp but dont know how?


The instructions are all there on how to do it.


If you cannot read Hebrew,



Then, run the programe, and install it like as you would install any PC games..


Then go to "Preferences" on winamp, then "Localization", click "Winamp-he-il", then click "switch to" and pres OK :P


Done :P
This is a screen shot from my computer. Should be all in Hebrew like mine when right clickin.