Interactive Media

• Alexandra Addlem
• Jacky Chan
• Katharine Javorsky
• Daron Liew
• Chi Liu
• Stephen Mok
• Airi Nakayama
• Jocelyn Ng
• Matthew Parsons
• Emma Pike
• Sian Power
• Sau Wai (Xuly) Siu
• Penny Spankie
• Gad Tan
• Lydia Tio
• Tung Tung Ka Han Gloria

Tags for This Work

• Abstract

• Fish

• Flash

Inspiration for This Work

In addition to the core design and multimedia courses I took at COFA, I also took a Marine Environment General Education course at the main UNSW campus. The course covered many aspects of marine biology with field trips to Sydney's coastline and aquarium. The whole experience was extremely inspiring and I wanted to capture this aspect of nature through abstraction.

This print belongs to a set of random generated graphics, created by passing libraries of graphics through a script written in Flash.

Student Biography

Gad Tan is a multi-disciplinary designer exploring the aesthetics of virtual environments. His design is largely influenced by the strict typographical layouts present in print media as well as being dictated by bold and strong presentation of positive and negative space. At the same time, he explores the infinite possibilities of random generated procedural artwork.

Over the course of university, Gad has peppered his time during vacations with work. In 2005, he began a short-term internship with Charlie Lim Photography (Singapore, Shanghai), working closely together with Charlie himself in conceptualising his interactive portfolio. A year later, he commenced a brief placement with The Asylum in Singapore where, he worked with some of the most influential names in design and a broad base of clients.

Gad views his personal work as formative research for new ways to communicate ideas professionally. He believes in simplicity and clarity, both in his design process and everyday life.

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