evening kitchen light
button-up in the wind
man in car trunk
light in pocket
hand silhouette
man & dog
broken tv screen
Spoon as cabinet handle
footsteps & plants
walking flashes
Towards Ordinary Moments
How I design is also how I know the world:
through everyday human artiffacts, quirks,
contradictions and moments. Here are some of
those moments that I've archived.
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Personal Obsessions During Free Time?
I'd listen to Sufjan Stevens's Should Have Known Better, reading Wikipedia entries and following their hyperlinks, finishing the stack of books I bought on impulse but never got around to reading, and watching Wong Kar-wai's Chungking Express.
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Quang Mai is a craft-
focused designer
*he uses smileys as personal
branding for their dual
blend of internet textures
and human emotions*
who tries to zero in on human interfaces,
those laden with details of intent, care, and heart.
Inner Child: A Scribbler at Heart
My earliest memory as a small child in Hanoi, Vietnam is
of everyday artifacts—like a Thiên Long ballpoint pen, which
I used to scribble my drawings with lines and dots. Sincerely,
I think all good designs begin with a small, minute detail.
(P.S. My Viet, at-home name is Cóong, which means an inox
water holder, because of how round my head was when I was
born lol. And my real name means 'the only light'.)
Multidisciplinary Darlings
In my creative practice, I'm inspired by a great variety
of heroes: the monumental writer Anne Carson, the
great Taiwanese New Wave director Tsai Ming-liang, and
the abstract art maestro, Agnes Pelton!
Their arts, through a deep dive into human interiority, has
greatly informed me how I approach my works.
My Very Own Champions
If it weren't for my parents, bố Huy and mẹ Tâm, I would never have the patience, and
sensitivity required of a designer. I'm forever indebted to them for giving me an education
and for always believing in what I have to offer the world. Con yêu bố mẹ nhiều!
check out my resume here!
trained in information STUDIES
at uoft, & now going
to study HCI design at cornell!
(*・∀・)ノ
evening kitchen light
button-up in the wind
man in car trunk
light in pocket
hand silhouette
man & dog
broken tv screen
Spoon as cabinet handle
footsteps & plants
walking flashes
Towards Ordinary Moments
How I design is also how I know the world:
through everyday human artiffacts, quirks,
contradictions and moments. Here are some of
those moments that I've archived.
0:00/1:34
Personal Obsessions During Free Time?
I'd listen to Sufjan Stevens's Should Have Known Better, reading Wikipedia entries and following their hyperlinks, finishing the stack of books I bought on impulse but never got around to reading, and watching Wong Kar-wai's Chungking Express.
( ◜ ‿ ◝ )( . ‿ . )( • ‿ • )( ´ ▽ ` )ﾉ
Quang Mai is a craft-
focused designer
*he uses smileys as personal
branding for their dual
blend of internet textures
and human emotions*
who tries to zero in on human interfaces,
those laden with details of intent, care, and heart.
Inner Child: A Scribbler at Heart
My earliest memory as a small child in Hanoi, Vietnam is
of everyday artifacts—like a Thiên Long ballpoint pen, which
I used to scribble my drawings with lines and dots. Sincerely,
I think all good designs begin with a small, minute detail.
(P.S. My Viet, at-home name is Cóong, which means an inox
water holder, because of how round my head was when I was
born lol. And my real name means 'the only light'.)
Multidisciplinary Darlings
In my creative practice, I'm inspired by a great variety
of heroes: the monumental writer Anne Carson, the
great Taiwanese New Wave director Tsai Ming-liang, and
the abstract art maestro, Agnes Pelton!
Their arts, through a deep dive into human interiority, has
greatly informed me how I approach my works.
My Very Own Champions
If it weren't for my parents, bố Huy and mẹ Tâm, I would never have the patience, and
sensitivity required of a designer. I'm forever indebted to them for giving me an education
and for always believing in what I have to offer the world. Con yêu bố mẹ nhiều!
check out my resume here!
trained in information STUDIES
at uoft, & now going
to study HCI design at cornell!
(*・∀・)ノ
evening kitchen light
button-up in the wind
man in car trunk
light in pocket
hand silhouette
man & dog
broken tv screen
Spoon as cabinet handle
footsteps & plants
walking flashes
Towards Ordinary Moments
How I design is also how I know the world: through everyday human artiffacts, quirks, contradictions and moments. Here are some of those moments that I've archived.
0:00/1:34
Personal Obsessions During Free Time?
I'd listen to Sufjan Stevens's Should Have Known Better, reading Wikipedia entries and following their hyperlinks, finishing the stack of books I bought on impulse but never got around to reading, and watching Wong Kar-wai's Chungking Express.
( ◜ ‿ ◝ )( . ‿ . )( • ‿ • )( ´ ▽ ` )ﾉ
Quang Mai is a craft-
focused designer
*who uses smileys as personal branding for their dual
blend of internet textures and human emotions*
& tries to zero in on human interfaces,
those laden with details of intent, care, and heart.
Inner Child: A Scribbler at Heart
My earliest memory as a small child in Hanoi, Vietnam is of everyday artifacts—like a Thiên Long ballpoint pen, which I used to scribble my drawings with lines and dots. Sincerely, I think all good designs begin with a small, minute detail.
(P.S. My Viet, at-home name is Cóong, which means an inox water holder, because of how round my head was when I was born lol. And my real name means 'the only light'.)
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Multidisciplinary Darlings
In my creative practice, I'm inspired by a great variety of heroes: the monumental writer Anne Carson, the great Taiwanese New Wave director Tsai Ming-liang, and the abstract art maestro, Agnes Pelton!
Their arts, through a deep dive into human interiority, has greatly informed me how I approach my works.
My Very Own Champions
If it weren't for my parents, bố Huy and mẹ Tâm, I would never have the patience, and sensitivity required of a designer. I'm forever indebted to them for giving me an education and for always believing in what I have to offer the world. Con yêu bố mẹ nhiều!
check out my resume here!
trained in information STUDIES
at uoft, & now going
to study HCI design at cornell!
(*・∀・)ノ
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Currently: snapping random photos of light reflecting off windows 🪟 thinking about the possibilities of punctuations 🤔 reading Rachel Cusk's Second Place 📚 and over-journalling in my Notes app ✍️