All of our Educators are practicing designers / artists — we have no full–time lecturers by choice. That’s because we believe in imparting real practical skills and worthwhile advice from real designers and artists to you. After all, nothing beats the real deal.
Profiles of Selected Faculty Members
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Sean founded pupilpeople in 2008, dealing with design and creative direction. The studio has been awarded and showcased worldwide. Most recently, pupilpeople was selected for Tokyo TDC Annual Awards “TDC Vol.23″, and featured in Typographics ti: Issue 265 (Type Trip to Singapore, 2011).
Sean has also cooked up a storm with eatery Kichn, where he was responsible for delighting the local food circuits with its minimalist menu and decor. He prefers strong concepts with precise and practical outcomes over design confetti.
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With over 15 years of experience in graphic design and advertising, Daniel Koh is an awarded integrated brands communications creative who has held senior creative positions at renowned international agencies— including OglivyOne and Tribal DDB— and worked with stellar brand names such as Levis, Cisco, DBS and Uniqlo. He has also served as a judge for the Creative Circle and the Crowbar Awards, is part of the sub-committee of The Design Society Singapore, and is board member of the Workers Development Authority.
He is part of the creative team behind Wander Wonder, a local-based menswear label, and is digital creative director at Euro RSCG, and founder / creative director of UNIT Studio. Daniel certainly is one very busy man.
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When not obsessing over typographic nuances, Randy particularly enjoys watching Dimitar Berbatov caress a football, and in the day time, is the Art Director at NYLON Singapore.
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By night, she transforms into a head-banging DJ as her alter-ego, Suki Quasimodo, and is part of the music intiative, FFF Girl DJ Bootcamp, which aims at grooming leading ladies in the music industry. Apart from her busy schedule, she loves to colour, knit, and occasionally, speak to cats.
TONG is the co-founder of theCOREViz, a boutique CGI and VFX studio specializing in creating photorealistic CG effects for print and interactive application, with an impressive client list that includes Johnny Walker, Guinness, ESPN, and STB.
With a former background as a professional photographer in multi-national advertising campaigns, TONG’s flexibility as a photographer shows in his unique combination of photo imagery, video, graphic design and 3D technology.
He continues to push the boundaries between emerging technologies and traditional creative disciplines, with his ardent desire to bring his clients’ stories to life.
Amanda Lee is the communications director and copywriter of design agency studioKALEIDO. She co-edits the literary journal Ceriph, and runs GRAPHEME zine lab with a creative partner-in-crime.
She holds a Bachelor Degree in Communication Studies (Hons) from Nanyang Technological University’s Wee Kim Wee School of Communication, and has written articles for The National Art Gallery, POSKOD.SG, and Shift (Japan). Her fiction pieces have been published in COAST, Der Greif (Germany) and Thought Catalog (USA).
Besides flexing her literary prowess in various platforms worldwide, her co-directorial experimental documentaries have been screened at the Singapore Short Film Awards. She is also instantly recognizable by her trademark hair-bun updo.
He started his creative journey in the fine company of internationally–acclaimed sneaker artist SBTG, and has since designed at globally renowned clubs Zouk and KU DÉ TA.
Co-founder of design collective Perspective, CK is constantly seeking a balance between visual and expression through his work, and for the next best fish soup in the neighbourhood.
Nicole Midori Woodford is an independent filmmaker who melds her love for photography and music with her curiosity towards human interactions.
Her short films have won numerous awards, including Best Film at Asian Film Archive’s Symposium, and Audience Choice Award at 2010′s 48 Hour Film Competition. Her films have also been featured and screened at film festivals, one of them being The Pusan Festival 2010. She holds a Bachelor’s in Fine Arts (Hons) in Digital Filmmaking.
As an avid lover of music and art, she previously worked as a designer in Australis Music Group, while spending her afterwork hours playing bass guitar for her Sydney-based band. She moved back to her motherland last year after living abroad for 6 years, and in true spirit of exploration, is on a mission to find the best Ba Chor Mee on the island.
Fluent and capable graphic designer and art director with over ten years of experience. Creative thinker, problem solver, deliverer of thought-process work.
Excellent sense of aesthetic and typography. Passionate. Always observing and aware of trends. Consistently pushing boundaries of graphic design, exploring processes and methodologies to create fresh and original works. Part of design collective, Susej.
Before founding MAKE, Daryl was a freelance art director at Oglivy & Mather Advertising, and art director at WORK Advertising.
She’s a graduate of London’s College of Communication’s BA (Hons) Design for Typo/Graphics programme, and has worked at creative organisations all over the world, including Pentagram in London and Asylum in Singapore.
After graduating with a Master of Architecture from the National University of Singapore, Vikas was a researcher and writer with Atelier MNN, with a focus on Green Design consultancy-related projects . He has also rendered services for WOW Architects and FuturArc, National University of Singapore, and RMJM Singapore.
Kenther was part of the creative team that produced several local and international awards shows such as SPIKES Asia, Crowbar Awards, Creative Circle Awards as well as Agency of the Year. He believes that creative people should see themselves as a life-long project where ideas are continually inhaled and innovations exhaled.
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Rizal is also a guitarist and has played with musicians from across the world. He still tours regularly and is currently playing with fusion jazz rock trio Karmakazi and acoustic trio Black Bean Friday.
