Learning skills by following Beyoncé.
Nothing magical. It just happened to be Beyoncé when I needed a rock star to grow my talent. This is not another crazy fan story; it is a story about how to take the chance, to grow and to learn from the best.
Beginner · Recognizing
In our early ages, we were all influenced by the ones around us. In my case, it was my elder sister who introduced me to this woman who, initially, didn’t really catch my eyes. The woman was Deena Jones in Dreamgirls, the 2006 American musical film depicting a group of African American girls chasing…
The story of creating a typography guide that passes through major bubbles in California College of the Arts.
What Starts It
I’m a graphic design student, and I live in a bubble. In this bubble, I spend most of my time with other graphic design students. This bubble lives in California College of the Arts (CCA), alongside many similar bubbles.
I remember I signed up for an ‘interdisciplinary’ learning journey when I applied to CCA, and I dreamed about it during my freshman year—to become a graphic designer that can do a variety of other creative practices. It’s a tragedy that most people set off into their own bubbles after their freshman year. Friends remain interdisciplinary but the…
Everything seems so wrong yet so right. Crossing the Pacific Ocean to the United States, I’ve never thought that I could go this far in my learning journey. This is my first journal in Medium, and I am dedicating it to Secret Project and those who’ve been supporting me as friends.
The first time I heard of Secret Project, I was a freshman in California College of the Arts. It was my new friend Weiwei Hsu told me that I should join this “cool thing.” Although I was somewhat confused, what she described as an eye-opening experience deeply intrigued me…
