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Mobile Office Eco Hub Caravan

joseph.ku@kudesign.co.nz (Joseph Ku) — Mon, 26 Oct 2015 05:18:54 +0000

It has been a while since I last updated my site, apologies if I have left you hanging. Those of you who have been wondering what happened to the mobile office that I was building back in 2010, well this has been a restoration project that never seems to end, there is always something to…

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Chinese Calligraphy Exhibition

joseph.ku@kudesign.co.nz (Joseph Ku) — Fri, 05 Sep 2014 00:11:42 +0000

Master Tang was born 1921 in Ningbo City, he began studying calligraphy under his first mentor which was appointed by his father at six years old in Nanjing. He later studied traditional Chinese painting to further master the art. I was delighted to be asked to design for Master Tang, for the design of his…

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Christchurch Autumn Colour

joseph.ku@kudesign.co.nz (Joseph Ku) — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 00:37:54 +0000

There is this romantic pocket of time in the autumn season, dazzled with a beautiful and romantic palette of colors when leafs starts to turn. For some people, it’s an ugly sight with labor intensive autumn sweep ups, but for me it’s an eye candy, with beauty and poem in the air! Autumn is truly…

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Spring Thunderstorm

joseph.ku@kudesign.co.nz (Joseph Ku) — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 04:09:49 +0000

4/Sept/2012 – Rare electrical storm across the sky of Christchurch. First time ever have I ever seen such an amazing sight by the act of nature living in the city (other than the devastating Earth Quake). Clear sky on the Western side as you can see the blue sky reflecting off the windows of the…

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World’s Largest QR code

joseph.ku@kudesign.co.nz (Joseph Ku) — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 03:48:14 +0000

The Kraay Family Farm in Alberta, Canada has set the Guinness World Record for the world’s biggest QR code. According to CBC News, the 29,000 square meters QR code was carved into a field of corn and it could actually be scanned with a smartphone. To prove that it actually works, members of the family…

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Ijada Logo & Web Design Process

joseph.ku@kudesign.co.nz (Joseph Ku) — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 06:05:20 +0000

We’ve had great pleasure in the design and development of the new Corporate Identity System, and the new Website Design for Ijada Consulting Limited. Ijada is an unique advisory services and networking opportunities tailored especially for current and prospective clients in New Zealand’s education and migration industry. Ijada (pronounced eee-jar dah) is Spanish for jade/green-stone. …

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Mobile Graphic Design Office?

joseph.ku@kudesign.co.nz (Joseph Ku) — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 06:41:59 +0000

Converting an old caravan to a mobile design office? Caravans are generally pretty expensive, and I did not want to pull apart a good caravan for this project, this is when the older it is, the better! Dreaming of owning a caravan for quite some time now, after a bit of looking around this is…

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Graphic Design as Art – Part 4/6

joseph.ku@kudesign.co.nz (Joseph Ku) — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 23:56:16 +0000

50cm x 100cm, digital print on canvas Visual Works on Close Up Yiyi finally decided to choose Music over Medicine as her studies at the University of Canterbury. Music is what she is passionate about, but Medicine is something she is really good at; it was a difficult decision as my dad really wanted her…

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Graphic Design as Art – Part 3/6

joseph.ku@kudesign.co.nz (Joseph Ku) — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 01:34:49 +0000

Permanent UV ink on canvas, 50cm x 100cm, scroll bound contemporary Chinese style Visual Work – Sections on Close Up Chinese character for ‘Learn’ ‘學’. The bottom part of this character is ‘Child’, ‘子’, a child with knowledge on top of his/her head. Please observe the 2 crosses within the top brackets, I picked up…

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Graphic Design as Art – Part 2/6

joseph.ku@kudesign.co.nz (Joseph Ku) — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 13:10:46 +0000

Permanent UV ink on canvas, 50cm x 100cm, scroll bound contemporary Chinese style Visual Work – Sections on Close Up Chinese Pictograph for ‘Fly’ ‘飛’ As you can see the character is a drawing of a bird. Introduction to Chinese Calligraphic Scripts (Chinese Fonts) Chinese character for ‘Home’ ‘家’ 1. 篆書 Chuan-Shu (Seal Script) This…

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Graphic Design as Art – Part 1/6

joseph.ku@kudesign.co.nz (Joseph Ku) — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 15:08:16 +0000

When I say ‘Graphic Design as Art’, I mean there is no ‘Client’ involved in the process of making, and there is ‘No Commercial Value’ in the work produced, and most importantly, there is no one I need to please apart from myself! This is the visual representation of my written work completed in 2000.…

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Logo Design Process for Wagmu

joseph.ku@kudesign.co.nz (Joseph Ku) — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 12:29:05 +0000

I have completed a brand identity design for Wagmu.com. John (owner) approached me through my website, and asked if I could assist with the re-design of their existing logo. John has a website promoting diet tracking, menu planing, and nutritional analysis (www.wagmu.com), a wonderful service that John is providing! Design Brief Supplied by Client “Wagmu”…

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