Category Archives: design

PechaKucha Night Hong Kong

Written by ChowPourianLab. Posted on Sat Feb 4, 2012. Filed under design. No comments.
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Under the direction of HK-based design studio ChowPourianLab, PechaKucha Night Hong Kong is heading back to the grassroots spirit of the PechaKucha mothership in Tokyo. For those of you not yet familiar with PechaKucha (pe-chak-cha), it is a creative networking event which began in Tokyo in 2003. Now in 473 cities, the presentation format is [...]

Exhibition @ the Harbinger, May 18 – 21

Written by ChowPourianLab. Posted on Sat May 14, 2011. Filed under canada, design, events. Comments Off.
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New work by Sonia will be shown at the Harbinger Gallery (Waterloo, Ontario) as part of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts New Inductees Exhibition, May 18 – 21. COMMUNICATION BLOCKS plays with the interruption of an agreed system of communication. The English alphabet is converted from 26 letters to binary code and then re-coded [...]

Happy Rabbit!

Written by ChowPourianLab. Posted on Thu Feb 3, 2011. Filed under design. Comments Off.
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Gung Hei Fat Choi! Happy Chinese New Year and Best Wishes for a prosperous Year of the Rabbit!

Happy 2011!

Written by ChowPourianLab. Posted on Fri Dec 31, 2010. Filed under design. Comments Off.
Best wishes for a happy, healthy and wealthy 2011!

iClick

Written by ChowPourianLab. Posted on Mon Nov 22, 2010. Filed under design. Comments Off.
A nice, simple, 100% analog accessory for point-and-shoot digital cameras for which we created the identity: iClick – the attachable camera display mirror. Great for taking self-portraits or snapshots ‘around the corner.’

Los Logos Compass

Written by ChowPourianLab. Posted on Fri Oct 1, 2010. Filed under design. Comments Off.
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Some of Huschang’s work will be featured in Los Logos: Compass – ‘a competent classification of prevailing tendencies in design’ published by Gestalten. It will be released at the end of September. For more info, check the Gestalten website.

Design Mart

Written by sonia. Posted on Tue Aug 10, 2010. Filed under design, events, hong kong. Comments Off.
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ChowPourianLab is participating in Design Mart, at Innocentre from August 13-15. We will be at Booth 45, Foyer A, ground floor atrium. Hope to see you there!

Blog archive

Written by sonia. Posted on Wed Jul 28, 2010. Filed under design. Comments Off.
For posts prior to July 2010, please visit pigeonexpress.blogspot.com

UK > HK: Farrells / Placemaking from London to Hong Kong and beyond

Written by sonia. Posted on Mon Jun 21, 2010. Filed under design, graphics, hong kong. Comments Off.
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Always more than happy to dive into an art- / architecture- / design-related challenge, designing this nearly 300-page 17-year retrospective was my first appointment in HK. UK>HK: Farrells Placemaking documents the trajectory of architects / masterplanners Terry Farrell & Partners (a.k.a. Farrells in the UK, and TFP in HK) ‘from London to Hong Kong and [...]

Elected, Royal Canadian Academy of Arts

Written by ChowPourianLab. Posted on Sun Jun 20, 2010. Filed under canada, culture, design. Comments Off.
The Royal Canadian Academy of Arts has elected Sonia to its membership. Now in its 130th year, the RCA is the oldest visual arts organization in Canada, and “recognizes excellence and lasting contribution to Canadian culture in twenty disciplines.”