Been a while since I posted. So this post is quite an important one for me. Another year. Another one.
Happy Birthday this time in 3D

I have been working on a Coke campaign that consist of a TV spot and print media. Going though quite a bit of iterations. Shown below is a mockup of one of the executions that we will be out soon. The idea is really simple : “Drinking Coke is like taking a roller-coaster ride/journey though Coca-Cola’s Spencerian logo.

I have been invited to be a judge of student’s work at this year’s One Show in China. The students were tasked to promote a Campaign by HP called “My computer my stage”. They were tasked with creating content that could potentially be ‘viral’ in nature. Attached below are some entries, Which I found were interesting. Bear in Mind these are kids who have not graduated yet.  OneShowChina

Client:HP MCMS3
Agency:Shanger
Title:Achive your dream
Designer:Ming Liu,David Wang,Ning Ji

OTHER INTERESTING SUBMISSIONS

http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTI5NzI5NzIw.html
http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/61xqRBRdAFg/
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTI4OTc4NTI0_rss.html
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTI2NTc1OTY0.html

Thought this was a pretty interesting take on the current state of the internet and where social media is taking it.

Social Media from dwayne koh on Vimeo.

The Converse spring  2010 campaign, here are some behind the scene images.The entire setup was shot at a warehouse somewhere in shanghai.

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Just saw my photography shot on FWA photo. Nice. This was taken in Portugal in May when I was there for the offf conference.

http://fwaphoto.com/#/2009-08-05/

The team has worked on the Converse Lyrics campaign for a while. Finally the audience participation component of the campaign has launched.”LET’S PLAY” is the tune QSBS (Queen Sea Big Shark) has written, the idea is for youth to write lyrics to the tune  the band has created. Sad that this idea is so small now, the initial idea was to get 10 bands around Asia to record a track each for a total of 10 tracks and get the public to write the lyrics to the tracks and release the music as a collaborative edition converse CD.Well, guess the budget didnt allow for it.Bummer…

More info here:
http://converse.com.cn/blog/cn/2009/08/19/782/

I had designed some furniture a while back for my new home. Today is the day to head out to the factory to check out the progress.  This place is kind of far out, about an hour and a half drive out of Shanghai Puxi area. Located in Pudong. I was told by the factory manager that this is the area where all the woodwork in Shanghai is done. When we got to the factory, it was in an area that was really isolated and only had a small street leading to the entrance. We were greeted by stray dogs and cats. Surrounding the factory were farms. Will definitely get lost if I were to go there on my own again.

The furniture is coming together really well, a little bit of changes and the finishing touches of lacquer will be added on next week. Will post the final look later. Excited!

FACTORY GROUNDS

WORKING AREA

Table Z -  Inspired by the now defunct skate brand. Jimmy’z.

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Running out of space for books. Designed and created this single block of wood that is very flexible. If you create multiples of them you can have unlimited configurations and other uses. Other than holding books, I have used it as a stool, a small table for food, a ladder, and a projector stand.. nice. It cost me 50RMB for each piece. The Spec’s are simple : the height is double the width. Depth is as deep as your widest book.

Ok, so sometimes in life you just spend money buying stuff without thinking much of it. It is after moving from Beijing to Shanghai that I realized how much crap I have accumulated. Just started a little project that will follow the items I purchase for 365 days. The point is for me to keep track of what I buy and see after 1 year how much of the purchase made is still of value. The point for you, will be to judge my character, who i am my, likes, dislikes and horoscope. You are what you buy…or so they say, go to flickr to check it out.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/22426181@N00/sets/72157619946554724/