MANKUN GUO IS A VISUAL DESIGNER. SHE ENJOYS EXPLORING THE COEXISTENCE OF SIMPLICITY AND COMPLEXITY, FUNCTIONALISM AND ORNAMENTALISM.| MANKUN GUO IS A VISUAL DESIGNER. SHE ENJOYS EXPLORING THE COEXISTENCE OF SIMPLICITY AND COMPLEXITY, FUNCTIONALISM AND ORNAMENTALISM.|
2024LIFE OF FONTTypography, Coding, Prints | Typeface as living entities capable of self-evolution.
2024TYPELFEXITypography, Coding, Web | an online software for generating typefaces.
2022ON THE PAST PRESENT FUTURE OF THE PASTPrints, Writing | RISD degree project exploring memory and digitized past.
2022RISD YEARBOOKPrints |  Yearbook as a stage for on-site performance.
2022MO&VIO SERIFTypography, Type Design, Prints | Variable type family with extensive weight and optical sizes.
2021NIKE FLYEASEInstallation, Animation | For the launch of Nike FlyEase shoes at the Nike House of Innovation in Shanghai and Paris.
2023TYPO LABYRINTHPrints |. 2024 calendar notebook as Toneking’s customer gift.
2023A LIGHT BURNS A HOLE IN THE NIGHTIllustration |  Re-interpretation of tales behind children’s drawings.
2023SSSCANNNTypography, Prints |  Experimenting with flat-bed scanner to create type forms.
2022IN-BETWEEN MIND AND WORLDAnimation, 3D Modeling |. Exploring subjectivity and Objectivity.
2022NOTHING AND AT ONCE EVERYTHINGPrints | A series of visual researches questioning the existence of color white.
2021CONVEX CONCAVECoding, Prints |. Exploring voice as a medium of expressing emotions beyond languages.
2022LAWTRADES
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Coding, Prints |. Exploring voice as a medium of expressing emotions beyond languages.
A LIGHT BURNS A HOLE IN THE NIGHT

Year: 2023
Type: Personal
Category: Illustration, Exhibition

A Lamp Burns a Hole in the Night is a public exhibition aiming to unfold the imaginative yet often invisible tales behind children’s drawings. The first part of the exhibition showcases my collage pieces, taking kids' doodling and their oral narratives as the blueprint. The second part is an interactive space where children become the storytellers and take center stage. Printed as individual stickers, the collage elements become tools for young minds to create new narratives, encouraging them to add layers of creativity and make the exhibition their own.
ARCHIVE: DESIGN, ART
INFOMANKUN GUO