Playground is a series of explorations, collaborations, personal projects, experiments, and unused works that I created throughout my career as a designer.
Covid Black Hole ⤵
I've been thinking about a way to express the impact covid had on us all. I remember when the pandemic first started, I thought the whole thing was only gonna last 3 weeks, but now look where we are now 3 years later. I think it's high time we all should treat this as the new norm.
Forms Against Function ⤵
Special Thanks: Frido Beisert
Do products always have to satisfy the users? What if products are designed to be useless? In this project, I explored product design in a counter-intuitive manner as a creative exercise, simply for the sake of making our experience with these everyday objects more enticing and engaging.
Forms Against Functions are a series of quirky inventions that you won't know what to do with. They are absolutely useless, but beautiful in their forms.
A Piggy Bank For Creative Strategists ⤵
Special Thanks: Frido Beisert + Matt Ravenelle
While working on a prompt: design a piggy bank, my friend and I had the question: What if we design a piggy bank for our class? So we worked together to make that a reality. We took out the outlet in the wall, and turned the classroom into a piggy bank, so that we can save up for our classmates's future ideas.
Parking Ticket Invitations ⤵
Special Thanks: Frido Beisert
To promote our class: Creative Strategies. I decided to do so by disguising the invitation as parking tickets issued by our campus securities.
Global Warming Campaign ⤵
Special Thanks: Dennis Lee
Animal agriculture is one of the biggest contributors to global warming, especially cattle farming. In order to promote the message, I designed a whoopee cushion with a special message.
Dumb Ways To Die: Rick and Morty Edition ⤵
Special Thanks: Dennis Lee
To promote the popular animated show Rick and Morty. So I decided to bring the gore and thrill from the show into real-life with a series campaign.
Last updated 09.07.21
By Sam Yen 🙂
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Playground is a series of explorations, collaborations, personal projects, experiments, and unused works that I created throughout my career as a designer.
A Piggy Bank For Creative Strategists ⤵
Special Thanks: Frido Beisert + Matt Ravenelle
While working on a prompt: design a piggy bank, my friend and I had the question: What if we design a piggy bank for our class? So we worked together to make that a reality. We took out the outlet in the wall, and turned the classroom into a piggy bank, so that we can save up for our classmates's future ideas.
Parking Ticket Invitations ⤵
Special Thanks: Frido Beisert
To promote our class: Creative Strategies. I decided to do so by disguising the invitation as parking tickets issued by our campus securities.
Global Warming Campaign ⤵
Special Thanks: Dennis Lee
Animal agriculture is one of the biggest contributors to global warming, especially cattle farming. In order to promote the message, I designed a whoopee cushion with a special message.
Dumb Ways To Die: Rick and Morty Edition ⤵
Special Thanks: Dennis Lee
To promote the popular animated show Rick and Morty. So I decided to bring the gore and thrill from the show into real-life with a series campaign.
Last updated 09.07.21
By Sam Yen 🙂
Come say hello!
hello@iamsam.info