Visit Palestine. Redone.

New poster: Visit Palestine.

I created this poster (top) in reference to the iconic "Visit Palestine" poster (bottom) from the 1930s. You can read about the original at Liberation Graphics.

Anti-Racism Book Cover Design

If you are interested in anti-racism and education, check out this great one-day conference happening in Toronto on Monday, Oct. 4 from 3-9pm at UofT Scarborough Campus, 1265 Military Trail, Rm AA-160 (Council Chambers).

p.s. I designed the book cover.

Pakistan Floods. Open Your Heart.

I have created a poster that I would like to give away to people who donate $100 or more as of today's date to a registered charity such as Global Medic that is providing direct on the ground support in flood ravaged areas. If you have made a generous donation and would like a poster, please get in touch.

A Space for Environmental Warnings.

My series of street signs called "Environmental Warnings" are up a A Space Gallery (Windows) in Toronto. The exhibition runs from June 17 2010 - July 31 2010. Read the write up here.

Considered yourself warned : )

No Bill 94

My poster in support of the campaign against Bill 94 in Quebec, Canada. Read more about this discriminatory Bill and the campaign against it here: nonbill94.wordpress.com/

Download a high-resolution 11" x 17" pdf of this poster for printing and posting.

Three Dollars An Hour

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Three versions of a recent poster I designed for a community arts event in Toronto. Which would you choose?

Transpulsation: New Asian Canadian Imaginings

Upcoming Exhibition: Transpulsation: New Asian Canadian Imaginings
Artists: Shelly Bahl, Will Kwan, Meera Sethi, Amy Wong
Curated By: Doris Sung and Jooyeon June Rhee
May 15 – June 12 / 2009
Opening Reception: May 15 / 2009 / 5:30pm-7:30pm
Gales Gallery / 105 Accolade West Building / York University

I have three works in the show and also designed the poster and catalogue.
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Holy Holi Besharam

Props to the Five-Percenters, Besharam Style

Left: NEW, Right: OLD

That is not a political statement! Really though, props to the fiver-percenters at Besharam parties :) May they rule the dance floor as they/we always do :)

The original evite (on the right) was homo-centred, but as it turns out, Besh is now "95%" hetero, 5% queer. Oh no! JK! So, the plea to the designer was "please add a woman in the middle" so no clubbers feel alienated. Fearing the clubbers would miss the threesome reference, I added a couple hot Bolly babes so ya'll could take your pick as to who you are LOVE STRUCK by :)

Much love to Besh who have been my most steady gig for the past 4 years.

Get with the 80s NOW

It's all around these days -- the 80s. Jagged edges, bold, saturated, bionic colours (or in the case above, strong primaries), and early digital pixelated graphics all come together in garish incohesion. Although many may still think the 80s is ugly, there's no doubt it's running the streets again. Blame it on MIA and her stylist, Cassette Playa. Ain't nothin gonna break a my stride!

Dance for Democracy!

This is the most recent Besharam evite I have created. Recognize the dictator? BESHARAM I say! BESHARAM (shameless)! Not only can we dance for democracy but we can also indulge in some wishful thinking! Who said revolt can't be fun?

Anti-Bling Wedding Cards

Over the last two years, I have had the opportunity to design three different wedding invitation packages for close friends and family. The three sets you see above were tremendous fun to design as the clients in each case were open to various creative possibilities including moving away from the standard "Indian wedding card" full of religious bling.

The RED wedding card is the most recent and brings together Indian and Celtic motifs representing the bride and groom. I digitally drew the "flower" motif that has been variously used in the card, insert, menus, table cards, thank you cards, etc. The couple was able to keep print costs down as we printed in one colour on standard card stock.

The HAND-PAINTED card was for a smaller wedding and therefore we I was able to include some hand-crafted elements such as watercolour on the hand drawn flower and the addition of red/pink thread to bind the invitation.

The MAUVE card made use of velum as a wrapping for the three pieces inside. As many guests had not seen the groom before they recieved the invitation, the couple wanted to include a photograph of themselves as an introductory gesture.

If you are interested in having a wedding invitation package designed, please get in touch with me.

Legal Biz Card

Here are two images of a business card I designed for a friend. In case you were wondering, all the digits have been x-ed out for fear of a lawsuit (!) Which card do you think the client went for? Considering she is a Barristor and Solicitor who has just opened her private practice, she decided to be less risqué. She went with the red/black version, although the purple/yellow version is much closer to her edgy personality. Nevertheless, the red/black has been catching a few, um, criminals, er, I mean eyes!