https://jonmak.com Jonathan Mak Sat, 06 Oct 2018 14:43:47 +0000 https://jonmak.com en https://jonmak.com/Coming-soon Sat, 06 Oct 2018 14:43:47 +0000 Jonathan Mak https://jonmak.com/Coming-soon Jonathan Mak Graphic designer No time to:Update portfolio (yet)Time currently spent on:Making people move HomeCourt Still got time for:FreelanceCollaborations hi (at) jonmak.comInstagram (not regularly updated) Facebook (regularly updated) Portfolio (regularly not updated) https://jonmak.com/Home-test Tue, 25 Apr 2017 01:18:17 +0000 Jonathan Mak https://jonmak.com/Home-test Jonathan Mak Graphic Designer All Print Animation Illustration Photography Hong Kong-based. Tries to make things that leave an impression.*Profile | hi@jonmak.com | Instagram | Facebook *When appropriate, and for the right reasons. https://jonmak.com/Love-in-the-Buff Wed, 26 Apr 2017 01:13:22 +0000 Jonathan Mak https://jonmak.com/Love-in-the-Buff Love in the Buff Poster redesign for Hong Kong director Pang Ho-CheungI was among the 10 designers invited to create a poster for Hong Kong director Pang Ho-cheung’s screenplay compilation boxset. “Love in the Buff” was my assigned film.The idea was to have a hand holding a cigarette, but swap out the smoke with a plane leaving a trail of clouds behind. It was meant to symbolize how the characters’ relationship began in the last film as smokers-turned-lovers, and how that evolves in the sequel, as they drift apart and back together after flying to Beijing. People I showed this to saw the hand as wanting to cut the white thread. Some even thought it was a sexual innuendo. Those interpretations suit the film, so they became part of the concept. <img width="702" height="970" width_o="702" height_o="970" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/18367fb3f8639e692f1d2c8fc639f2673fe97388bbed7c0d71aa1d3e45d209a7/01_home_love2x.png" data-mid="395120" border="0" data-scale="70" data-align="right" alt="Test captions" data-caption="Test captions" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/702/i/18367fb3f8639e692f1d2c8fc639f2673fe97388bbed7c0d71aa1d3e45d209a7/01_home_love2x.png" /> https://jonmak.com/Jon-Sequitur Wed, 26 Apr 2017 01:28:49 +0000 Jonathan Mak https://jonmak.com/Jon-Sequitur <img width="2048" height="1408" width_o="2048" height_o="1408" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b3222dc63ef8f5c4c5b1e59c24c17fca0065aac1e3929785d819ee93089d38f9/13248435_10153791131396374_5074241335155938843_o.jpg" data-mid="395121" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b3222dc63ef8f5c4c5b1e59c24c17fca0065aac1e3929785d819ee93089d38f9/13248435_10153791131396374_5074241335155938843_o.jpg" /> <img width="3400" height="2336" width_o="3400" height_o="2336" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/86c3a9e9f8a891668d0326d2c5ebf2c2cc34cca5139065bca0a5aab9a0d7b8c2/04-brochure-a4-vert-FACEBOOK-3.jpg" data-mid="395124" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/86c3a9e9f8a891668d0326d2c5ebf2c2cc34cca5139065bca0a5aab9a0d7b8c2/04-brochure-a4-vert-FACEBOOK-3.jpg" /> <img width="3400" height="2336" width_o="3400" height_o="2336" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/43154abc651cc5e88e50c17a0b22eb970618f60d16a9e3e005ee2076a9d3d8aa/04-brochure-a4-vert-FACEBOOK-4.jpg" data-mid="395125" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/43154abc651cc5e88e50c17a0b22eb970618f60d16a9e3e005ee2076a9d3d8aa/04-brochure-a4-vert-FACEBOOK-4.jpg" /> Jon Sequitur我的「個人展覽」現正在母校舉行。（主題解釋在最後兩段） Did not expect my first "solo exhibition" to happen at my alma mater.其實三月已經開始，今天再回校 sharing 才有時間拍照記錄。但學校保安嚴密，校友走進校門都被 security 很不客氣地審問，所以外人基本上無可能入內參觀，抱歉。 (大大的頭盔：之前天氣突然非常潮濕，令紙張皺起來和有點發霉。我係 proud of my work，但沒有時間／budget把作品裱好，今天搶救它們後還是效果麻麻。請不要為了恥笑我而強行進入。） 素來以有自知之明為榮（可能這才是終極沒有自知之明 but anyway），覺得過往經歷尚算值得分享，所以之前有回校演講，但把作品放在 gallery 讓我挺猶疑。認真學習和做設計只有五年，難道要搞一個「回顧展」？未夠班之餘，亦很怕為展覽強加一些牽強的主題或信息。 最後還是接受了。上一次展覽是眾多建築師校友的作品集，渺小的 graphic design 難得可以放在同學每天會經過的地方，希望讓有興趣的師弟妹日後投身這一行。 另一個理由比較自私：一個年輕設計師，無論說還在尋找一種風格，還是說不想讓自己被一個方向限死也是太普遍的話題，所以我也不說了。實質的問題就是，看著自己過往的所有作品作為一個整體，沒有一種自自然然地舒服好看的感覺。部分設計是挺滿意的，但放在一起就是有點問題。 所以，決定擺 exhibition，就是想硬著頭皮逼自己整理 portfolio。處理實體空間的能力很弱，希望自己做白老鼠，累積多點展覽設計的經驗。 主題來自拉丁文 non sequitur，意思是和前文後理無關係，不合邏輯的推論。小時候看到這個字覺得很有趣而記住了。變成 "Jon Sequitur" ，意思就是：你看到的是一些亂亂的，有點隨意和（希望是）有趣的東西，亦就是屬於我的東西。 因為不喜歡一般展覽很造作的 "theme"，倒不如承認自己的整理背後沒有什麼章法，只是覺得放得好看而已。亦正因如此，我的介紹特別說明這只是一些讓人感到有趣的 eye candy，希望沒有誤人子弟，扭曲他們對設計的理解... <img width="2048" height="2048" width_o="2048" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4c58ee9a2806df952b6217b7cc80a58c50bded61217a4f382d4428084017d2da/13243732_10153791131096374_7332762432307600051_o.jpg" data-mid="395122" border="0" data-scale="80" data-align="right" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4c58ee9a2806df952b6217b7cc80a58c50bded61217a4f382d4428084017d2da/13243732_10153791131096374_7332762432307600051_o.jpg" />