ISTD : 3 in 1

  • Shin-E Chuah
A response to the ISTD (International Society of Typographic Designers) "The Rhetoric of Ekphrasis" brief.
Awarded entry to the society.
Focusing on the Red Orchid painting by Huang Shen, which was categorized as a "Three Perfections" painting as it includes painting, poetry and calligraphy. The transition between textual to visual and vice versa is a crucial element in communication process.
This is a publication that looks into the complicated relationship between texts and images and our perception of perfection, then and now.