MADA Now

22–30 November 2019
Mon-Fri: 10am – 5pm
Saturday: 12–5pm

Monash University
Art Design & Architecture
900 Dandenong Road
Caulfield East, Victoria

mada@monash.edu
monash.edu/mada

Thang Do

Thang Do is currently a graphic designer in Melbourne specialises in branding and print. He shares the love for all things physical and tactile in design including print collateral, packaging, product design, and fashion. Thang embraced his love to produce serial material experiments throughout his Honours year concentrating on the quality of tactile experience in graphic design by showcasing the craftsmanship and material experimentation that we often overlook in a world dominated by digital screens. The series featured below are the few selected from his collection.

Contact:
Email: thang.trdo@gmail.com
Website: thang-do.com

Thang Do, Industrial Series

This series investigated the most common material from graphic design - paper and industrial design - metal, and combined them anatomically. The combination resulted in a unique silhouette that proves graphic design can be integrated and become part of the identity of other products on display.

Thang Do, Industrial Series

Thang Do, Landscape Series

The Landscape Series, exhibited at the PIPES gallery during the second semester, embraced the organic and asymmetrical shapes found in nature. The objects did not only provide a platform or supporting stand to the plants, but also embodied novel assembly techniques that change the way we think about the capability of paper three dimensionally.

Thang Do, Landscape Series

Thang Do, Lighting Series

Having not technically trained to work with lighting as well as programming them, I utilised the passiveness of paper in casting shadow and blocking lights to create interactions and moving patterns. The die cuts casting shadow on the object was inspired by stage design in the fashion industry where dynamic lighting and minimal setting are employed frequently.

Thang Do, Lighting Series