Synoptic Office

Synoptic Office—The office of Caspar Lam & YuJune Park. Design we make, design we teach (@parsons_bfacd), design happening in NYC | Hong Kong.

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🚨 This Wednesday 11/28 — our final event in the Fall Speaker Series 🚨

@SynopticOffice (Caspar Lam & YuJune Park)
6:30pm GD Commons

“I don’t think it’s feasible for someone to call themselves a designer and just make posters anymore.” (from https://t.co/nwUAxBCmCE)

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Excited to be sharing our work @vcuarts tomorrow. Looking forward to meeting you and hearing your thoughts on design!
Poster by @typoison_ivy! 🙌 https://t.co/Qhcyu6FwjS

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Stumbled upon this in our research. The natural world meets pop art.
Flatfish Camouflage Experiments (1911):
In 1911, the Journal of Experimental Zoology by Francis Bertody Sumner, published his research on the camouflage capabilities of flounder. .
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Research day in studio—
A shaded colour wheel from the pen of British entomologist Moses Harris, featured in his The Natural System of Colours (1766) https://t.co/jo5QXgwsuZ

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Research day in studio—
Color wheel by Wilhelm von Bezold’s Farbentafel (1874) https://t.co/QURtJVtgt2

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Research day in studio—

Stumbled upon this color chart from 1746 by Jacques-Fabien Gautier illustrating his theory that the primary colors are black and white, with red, yellow, and blue being secondary. Colors were thought to be drawn out of the shadow… https://t.co/UXgvXZWokJ

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See you all tonight at @typedirectorsclub !⠀
NYC Salon May 22⠀
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm - "Reimagining Chinese Typography"⠀
https://t.co/hEI7r6xX5M⠀
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#synopticoffice #talk #event #design #typography #typeface #chinesetype #calligraphy #hanzidesign #vis… https://t.co/oMhtkvEJOE

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Let's talk Chinese Typography tomorrow at @typedirectorsclub !!!⠀
NYC Salon May 22⠀
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
"Reimagining Chinese Typography"⠀
https://t.co/hEI7r6xX5M⠀
⠀ https://t.co/8jcmuecqM3

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We are so excited for the upcoming talk at @typedirectorsclub !! #repost @typedirectorsclub
NYC Salon May 22 - "Reimagining Chinese Typography" with Synoptic Office. Caspar Lam and YuJune Park will be speaking about the processes used to design their la… https://t.co/shybODhXoy

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The abC (art book in China) art book fair returns in 2018! Applications are now open for the fair, which takes place June 29 - July 1, 2018 at M Wood Art Museum in #Beijing - Applications are open ☛ https://t.co/H1j0lBo6z3

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The 2018 UNFOLD #Shanghai Art Book Fair happens June 22-24, 2018 at O Art Center Shanghai. Exhibitors from around the world are invited to apply: https://t.co/bdZzX9Zrsg

Curated by @Bananafishbooks @Jiazazhi & Same Paper

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@Aetherpoint Thank you for having us! It was our pleasure!

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@danhhoang Thank you for having us! It was our pleasure!

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#designinspiration
Type specimen from 現代字體設計事典 (1995)
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#throwback #visualinspiration #visual #aesthetic #minimal
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A sneak peek of our menu graphic for The Diner—a modern interpretation of the classic American restaurant in celebration of the 25th anniversary of @surfacemag. Our design was inspired by the energy of neon lights. Space by @rockwellgroup and identity by… https://t.co/N6WYsutPuM

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Exploring the flow of language with our Swell Project⠀
Check it out at: https://t.co/OBXjWPVSge⠀
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#design #graphicdesign #visual #alphabet #typeface #typedesign #typography #monot… https://t.co/gTAFx4Q1jO

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A sneak peek of our menu graphic for The Diner—a modern interpretation of the classic American restaurant in celebration of the 25th anniversary of @surfacemag. Our design was inspired by the energy of neon lights. Space by @rockwellgroup and identity by… https://t.co/2vEgc6haKD

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Check out @maekan 's article on Chinese typography and Ming Romantic. Big thanks for Nathan Kan for interviewing us. We hope our conversation will spark many more interesting ideas about Chinese typography.
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#repost #📷 @maekan
A sample of English handwriting with Chinese traits. Check out our latest story with Caspar Lam of Synoptic Office (@synopticoffice), who shares the five-year journey involved in creating "Ming Romantic" an original Chinese typefa… https://t.co/4R8e51iZ69

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#inspiration
Crisply printed spread from an annotated reader of Tang dynasty texts 唐文評註讀本 (1941).
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#synopticoffice #inspiration #inspired #dailyinspiration #design #typography #typeface #chinesetype #throwback #visualinspiration #visual #aes… https://t.co/XwDG2xLg04