Art, Architecture, Culture

Introduction
"What travel teaches us is that we are all essentially the same. There is not a 'them' and an 'us'; there is really only 'us.'" The stunning photographs capture the theme of places of visit. A good coffee table books serve a number of purposes: they're decorative, informative, and attractive.

Tasks:

Part I: You are required to do a literature research on places of interest of your site visit. From the literature review, you are to study the theme given and its connection between the historical, architectural and social aspects of the place. Documenting the right building, spaces and places with the right content is important in this project. You are advised to work closely with your tutor to ensure you are on the right track.

Theme:
1. Food Culture 

• Kopitiam 
• Street Food 
• Coffee Culture

2. Architecture

• Malaysian Architecture 
• Fusion
• Religious Places
• Spaces and People

Part II: You are to design a graphical expression of your findings in a postcard series with a proper packaging that complement the final postcard design. The postcard series will create awareness and educate your audience on the subject matter or focus of the study. This includes design & layout, purpose, content, writing style, colours and etc. You are strongly encouraged to meet with us regularly for further assistance. 


Postcard series:

Packaging:


Report:


When this project was assigned to us I was really happy that I can finally practice my photography skills, it's been a while I last took up my camera, walk around to take some good pictures.
When I encountered the theme, Kopitiam, I was thinking how about give it a try, therefore here I am choosing kopitiam. I am choosing this topic because I am brought up in Ipoh, which is the pioneer city of White Coffee. Since I was young, I already heard about Old town white coffee a lot, but its just that I didn’t know it was that famous until  it goes international. So I decided to do more research about it in order to successfully express the culture of Koptitiam in Ipoh.
I went back to hometown two weeks straight just to get some good pictures captured, I also did a lot of research before I go back because I want to understand the theme and get good pictures which match the theme.
After the final selection of pictures, I am overjoyed, I can't wait to get it all printed out as postcards, when all of us settled the settings for the printing, we went to print it all out, packaging and postcards. I am really satisfied with what I had done and I started to figure out proportions on how to capture quality pictures. It sharpened my skill and also made me realize how pretty my hometown can be, how Ipoh amazed the others by kopitiam culture.