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.
2022RISD YEARBOOKPrints |  Yearbook as a stage for on-site performance.
2022ON THE PAST PRESENT FUTURE OF THE PASTPrints, Writing | RISD degree project exploring memory and digitized past.
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.
2023BIOSPHEREIdentity, Web, Prints | Sustainable solutions for global production.
2021CONVEX CONCAVEIdentity, Prints | Contemporary art exhibition held in Shanghai
2023A MERE THOUGHT OF YOU BREAKS MEWriting, Prints |book that catalogues nostalgia moments
2022LAWTRADES
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BEYOND WORDS

Year: 2022
Type: Personal
Category: Coding, Prints

Beyond words is an experimental project exploring the voice as a medium of expressing emotions beyond language itself. Collecting some love poems written by me and my boyfriend as the literary sources, I created a set of codings to visualize rhythms, intonation, and pace of reading through graphic elements. A poem collection with text removed is created to present emotional complexities lying behind pure literary experiences.


ARCHIVE: DESIGN, ART
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