Yan Da Email & Phone Number

Yanda is an artist at heart, he designs, curates, dabbles into publishing, edits journals for The Design Society, design writes sometimes and even codes. He is the founder and creative director of DO NOT DESIGN and also runs DEAR, a media conglomerate comprising of a printed magazine, online and broadsheet. For the past decade, Do Not Design has helped brands and organisations to be a game changer for their industry—they have repositioned Singapore’s oldest architecture school, branded the identity of our Nation’s pavilion at Venice Biennale, rejuvenated a decade-old architecture festival for the public, curated content for Tiger Trading Store in New York, Temporium in Dunlop Street, and has also worked with ST Engineering, Love Bonito, Revlon, Luxola to DesignSingapore, National Arts Council and Ministry of Education.In 2011, Yanda curated ‘I have a room with everything’ – a graphic design exhibition dedicated solely to the art of print with the idea of bringing an empty room to life with rich and rare printed materials. Featuring the likes of such rare printed materials are works from design studios, publishers and publications all around the world.Curated items for Tiger Beer pop up store in NYC—http://thepeakmagazine.com.sg/2016/07/11-cool-things-to-know-about-tiger-beers-new-york-pop-up/—http://www.fastcocreate.com/3061570/how-tiger-beers-nyc-pop-up-challenged-the-stereotypes-of-made-in-asia—https://www.creativereview.co.uk/cr-blog/2016/july/tiger-beer-showcases-the-best-of-asian-design-in-a-temporary-store-in-chinatown-new-york/—https://hypebeast.com/2016/6/tiger-trading-co-nyc-pop-up-shopBranded Singapore Pavilion at Venice Biennale 2016—http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/hdb-homes-to-feature-in/2776496.html—http://www.todayonline.com/entertainment/arts/looking-singapore-inside—http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/singapore-returns-to-global-architecture-exhibition—https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXSHJaeOB3wPublished, content creation, curation and design for DEAR Vol 1: Lost & Found—http://magculture.com/dear-1/—http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/dear—http://www.dandad.org/awards/professional/2016/magazine-newspaper-design/24978/dear-vol-1-lost-and-found/Curation, design and installation for I Have A Room With Everything Too—https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1747073/room.pdf

Listed skills include Creative Direction, Graphic Design, Art Direction, Typography, and 10 others.