wREGA Anniversary dinner

The rare hand-stenciled logo was meticulously hand crafted on the cake by Koh himself ( talking about a dying art Koh.) 

On Friday 16 December 2008, wREGA celebrated its 8th Anniversary in a local Cafe in Phileo Damansara. I think this was one of the very few rare occassions where the Association celebrated an event of this sort. It was a very quiet affair attended by about 10 existing and newly joined members.

The Association could well be more than 8 years old considering the fact that it was first registered as a Selangor Chapter before it was re-registered as the official Graphic Design Association of Malaysia.

It was 10 years ago, where 7 of us designers  got together for the first time in a small cafe in Sri Hartamas and initiated this Association. Now if I can recall it was Me , Melissa Wong, William Harald Wong and a few others (damn can't really recall who the rest). Man, thats how long it was, and to think this was part of a design history. Got to do some research soon.

Anyway, the same question year in and year out that comes to mind - 'relevance of the Association with the times'

Past President Melissa Wong, current president Koh and past president Ken Tan cutting the anniversary cake specially bake by Mrs Koh. 

Among the attendees, Jay, Gina, Debbie, Kenneth Lam, Pooi to name a few.

Happy birthday wREGA . 

smalltalk on bukit antarabangsa

Last night at 'Ole Cafe' Changkat Bukit Bintang I presented an informal kakireka smalltalk about the recent Bukit Antarabangsa landslide. What was suppose to be a personal account as a designer reserved for my blog ended up as a public presentation to my fellow comrades in the creative industry.

At first I was quite sceptical on the topic with regards to its relevance but as I dwelt deeper into it I realised that it was actually an eye opener for our well being as responsible designers.

Thanks to Gary and of course Kenneth for persuading me into presenting this talk when we had our brainstorming session in Mid valley a fortnight ago.

Thank you for those who have given their relentless support to the smalltalk.

Its one way of realising our hope that designers be 'thinking' designer rather than just a 'visualising' designer.

click here to access the link to the presentation on pdf.

In conclusion, the talk ended with a question thrown at the audience on the willingness of us designers going down to 'ground zero' and contribute like the good people from the SPCA.

Design association

It was a momentus occassion when the Graphic Design Association officially launched their website on the 24th September at Ole Cafe in KL. Unfortunately, I had to attend the office 'berbuka puasa' and could not make it in time for the event.

Almost a decade ago, a handful of us founded the association and successfully registered the organisation in early 2001. It has come a long way ever since with many challenges encountered through the years .

Congratulations wREGA.

http://www.wregamalaysia.blogspot.com/