Hello, I’m Damien! A multiscript typeface designer, graphic designer and researcher from Singapore.
I work mostly with arts and (multi)cultural instituitions, which informs my type practice with historical and contextual
practices, so I am constantly learning and seeing new things.
I am currently teaching part-time at Lasalle College of the Arts.
CV as well as samples of corporate work available upon request.
Let’s have a chat! Drop me an email:
5daysurvivor@gmail.com.
Work Experience:
Magicfruit née in the wild (Freelance Graphic Designer)
Currency Design (Junior Graphic Designer & Freelance Graphic Designer)
Do Not Design (Intern)
List of selected clients:
Hanyi Fonts
National Museum Singapore
Digimuse (National Heritage Board)
Ministry of Culture, Community & Youth (MCCY)
Sun Yet Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall
Got To Move Singapore
Sivantos Group
Singapore Art Book Fair
Fei Siong Group
Indian Heritage Centre
Archifest
National Gallery Singapore
Asian Civilisation Museum
Talks:
History & Politics, Multiscript Typography in Singapore (BITS11 @ Bangkok)
Deriving Alternatives to Script Harmonisation: The Case of
Singapore’s Multiscript Environment (Typelab @ Typographics)
Type Design & Cultural Equity: Unpacking Singapore’s Multiscript Environment
(Lecture @ Temasek Polytechnic)
History & Politics, Multiscript Typography in Singapore (Typetalk 2024 @ Meta)
Education:
University of Reading—MA Typeface Design
UWE Bristol—BA Graphic Design
Temasek Polytechnic—Diploma in Communication Design
