Jean Vatchara is a communication designer recently graduated from the Royal College of Art with an MA in Information Experience Design. She has training and professional experiences in architecture, art direction and communication design. She has worked and exhibited in London, Barcelona and Bangkok.
Her design philosophy and practice revolves around addressing the human condition and other philosophical questions simply, using humour and levity. So far, her work has been interactive and visual.
During her time at the RCA, many of her projects, both group and individual has been selected for public exhibitions. Sonicbells, a product done in collaboration with SONOS has been exhibited in the Uglyduck in London and at Sónar+D in Barcelona. Another piece, the Common Cipher was presented at the Royal Academy of Arts as part of RALate Digital (Dis)connections in October 2015. Another project Robot Referendum has also been selected by the Science Museum to take part in the You, Robots exhibition in early 2017. Since graduation she has exhibited her Reflection Series in a duo exhibition with SENSEI Fine Arts in London.
Projects
- Bet You Don't Want ThatBet You Don't Want That is a project done in response to an anti gambling brief which is a creation of a campaign that would encourage people to quit gambling and inform them of the consequences. There are two big challenges — To speak to a huge group of people who are or would be gamblers. — Gambling comes in every form and cannot all be represented in one campaign. Bet You Don't Want That's approach to this campaign was to play with the relationship of the form of the playing cards, print
- Noble SAMENoble Development is a major real estate company in Thailand. It has a long standing motto of ‘Be Different.’ The concept of the annual report supplement this year is to go the opposite direction— with the title ‘Same’. It focuses on the paradoxical idea of the similarity of differences. My role in this project is mainly the copy-writing that ties together the book. The book has 7 signatures that are binded at random, therefore the copy-writing will have to work together when all the different lines are juxtaposed.
- TypoLyricsI was invited to participate in the Thai TypoLyrics exhibition in Granshan Non Latin Type Conference by Magma Brand Design. Typeface: Zood Phutorn Song: Lao Duang Deun / Duangporn Phasuk This is a song written in the beginning of the 20th century by a Thai prince who lost his love. It has been covered several times. [Excerpt from the official press release] “Slanted BABYLON deals with Non-Latin typefaces and be released at Granshan Non-Latin type conference in Bangkok (TH) in the end of July. Besides essays, interviews, a photographic science-fiction story and non-Latin typefaces which illuminate the theme, there is also a number of new Thai TypoLyrics in the magazine. These are also part of the touring exhibition TypoLyrics which takes place in Bangkok from July 20th to August 18th, 2013.”
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Work history
Freelance Designer
Freelance
I'm currently looking for internships and freelance work in the London area. I have worked as an art director and designer in Bangkok, Thailand for two years.
Designer
- Bangkok, ThailandFull Time
– Brand Design and development, Mark and Logo type development and it's applications.
– Installation Design, in collaboration with the 3-dimentional/ exhibition designer, to create exhibition and installations.
– Point of Contact for clients, Attending meetings, occasionally presenting and getting feedback directly from clients.
– Production co-ordination, collaborating with printers and other suppliers to get the work created in the best quality as possible.
Skills
- Advertising
- Print Design
- Art Direction
- Design
- Film TV
- Illustrator
- Indesign
- Office
- Photoshop
- Processing
- Typography Layout
- Copy Writing and Editing
- Html/css
- Illustration Painting
- Book Binding and Design
Education
MA Information Experience Design
- London, United Kingdom
Information Experience Design
Design for Visual Communication
- London, United Kingdom
Graphic Design
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