++///// Benny Chan, New Zealand based Designer/ Visual Artist +++ Welcome to my portfolio blog ////: 2009

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 & NestlĂ© 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