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Duncan Sham

  • Illustration
  • Product & UI/UX
  • About

Meitu M8 Phone / Sightseeing

Meitu is a global innovator when it comes to mobile technologies. They are best known for their mobile devices and their photo/video editing applications, and their apps are installed on about 1 billion unique devices globally.

I was tasked to create a unique design for Meitu's new M8 Phone and it's packaging. The concept behind the artwork is “Travel and Exploration”, and the inspiration for this is purely based off of my love for travel and finding unexpected things in the most unusual places... during my explorations.

Because Meitu is a technology driven company, I wanted to incorporate augmented reality into the project... especially to bring a more immersive and interactive experience to the piece.

Credits:
Video created by: Davey Chin

Telefónica Index on Digital Life

It is a ground breaking tech report by Telefonica, which unravels a global index ranking 34 countries on the quality of their digital ecosystems. The purpose of this report is partly to challenge current views on how digital economies are defined, because it supports the view that the strength of a country's digital life is a multi-faceted ecosystem.

Client: Telefonica
Agency: Telefonica / Lambie Nairn
AD: Helen Parker

Fabric of life

Typographic design

Smart

Smart was having its biggest event in China, to promote their brand and showcase their latest car's.

The brief was to develop three unique styles of graphics that complimented each individual car within the given themes... Retro, Black & White and Street. The graphics were used as backdrops for the cars, animation, showreel and across other different promotional material.

Client: Smart
Agency: AcrossChina Communication Group

The city that makes or breaks you

Artwork for the "Wunderkind exhibition" in England.

The piece is based on New York City and the infamous quote that tags along with the city, "The city that makes or breaks you"

New York City Marathon

Commissioned by NYRR to create this illustration for the New York City Marathon 2019

Summer camp

Sunshine Studios (UK, Beijing based dance company) hosts a Summer Camp every year, where they invite top choreographers from around the world to teach at their camp.

I designed posters for the summer camp, that were slightly customized to each individual choreographer. 

It's Cake O'Clock

Typographic design

Curiosity & Exploration

A fun environmental design proposal, for Google's interior space. The playful area is designed for the Googler's to relax in, seek inspiration, as well as work in.

i am OTHER

'i am OTHER' is a platform created by Pharrell Williams for people to explore, nurture and showcase their creativity. I was very much inspired by their philosophy and ethos and created this piece, which they happily placed on their blog!

Exercism

I had the pleasure of collaborating with "Studio Output" to create a unique logo and quirky character, for an interactive installation for Beijing Design Week.

We took Beijing's iconic blue and yellow exercise machines and manipulated them in a way, where we were able to control and guide a character through a game. 

Client: Beijing Design Week
Agency: Studio Output
CD: Henry Proudlove

Dreams

CD cover for UK music artist, Solo. 

Lala land

Album cover for "The Get Along Gang" (UK based music band).

The piece is based on a surreal, musical wonderland (LaLa Land). Inspired by Salvador Dali's "The Persistence of Memory" painting. 

Believe & Achieve

Typographic design.

Hou Mei

Hou Mei, is a Hong Kong based company that provides top notch, healthy, gourmet dog food. 

Here are a series of fun and playful posters I created for them.

Client: Hou Mei
Agency: Kymechow
CD: Mat Cheung

Competition keeps you in condition

Typographic design

Speed of lightning

A fun, iconic sculptural piece. Half horse, Half lightning... and a whole lot of speed.

Taste is a matter of taste

Typographic illustration based on the phrase "Taste is a Matter of Taste."

Gap

Design and developed the brochure for Taiwan's first ever Gap store.

Client: Gap
Agency: Y&R Shanghai
CD: Kienhoe Ong

Typographic song lyrics

Music is such a great inspiration to my work.

Life is a journey

This piece is a typographic roadmap, showing different pit stops/crossroads we come across in life.

8 Years of love

The story of the piece is based upon the 'Plastered 8' store (Beijing based clothing brand) being built up in the raw city of Beijing. They are still standing 8 years strong, with a solid foundation of Chinese culture, heritage and the Beijing way of life. 

The Black & White series

An ongoing project of illustrations based on the theme of Black & White. 

Eye of the tiger

Illustration

History in the making

A paper cutout, typographic piece.

Hidden Agenda

Fashion Illustration of a Geisha.

Cry me a river

Typographic design.

McDonalds

Commissioned by Transistor Studios

SciShow

I had the pleasure of creating the typography within the YouTube logo lockup, for one of YouTube's highly rated web shows, SciShow. The lockup was placed on posters that were situated all over New York, from billboards, inside the subway stations... to bus shelters.

Client: YouTube
Agency: LoganTV
CD: Kenji Yamashita

Survival of the fittest

Typographic illustration.

Letter experiments

Letter's illustrated

The sky tells me there are no limits, and curiosity tells me to explore

Typographic illustration.

Utopia

Set design based on the theme Utopia.

Jing Fong Chinese Restaurant

Designed a mascot/icon to represent Jing Fong's (New York's biggest Dim Sum restaurant) brand.

We need to write the new rules

Typographic design.

Mayweather V Pacquiao

Typographic design. Mayweather V Pacquiao fight.

Framing the moment

Typographic illustration.

Life of the party

Sculptural piece, inspired by Jeff Koons' balloon sculptures. Taking an object such as a balloon which is light, fragile and filled with air... and giving it mass in a surrealistic way.

She said YES!

I asked… she said “Yes”… I created this piece!

Time is ticking

Illustration.

Lost on savage island

Inspired by the 'Street Art' in New York and Berlin, I decided to create a little street art myself.

Meitu M8 Phone / Sightseeing

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Meitu M8 Phone design: By Duncan Sham (Sightseeing)

Telefónica Index on Digital Life

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Fabric of life

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Smart

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The city that makes or breaks you

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New York City Marathon

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Summer camp

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It's Cake O'Clock

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Curiosity & Exploration

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i am OTHER

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Exercism

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Dreams

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Lala land

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Believe & Achieve

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Hou Mei

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Competition keeps you in condition

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Speed of lightning

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Taste is a matter of taste

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Gap

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Typographic song lyrics

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Life is a journey

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8 Years of love

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The Black & White series

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Eye of the tiger

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History in the making

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Hidden Agenda

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Cry me a river

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McDonalds

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SciShow

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Survival of the fittest

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Letter experiments

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The sky tells me there are no limits, and curiosity tells me to explore

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Utopia

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Jing Fong Chinese Restaurant

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We need to write the new rules

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Mayweather V Pacquiao

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Framing the moment

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Life of the party

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She said YES!

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Time is ticking

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Lost on savage island

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Contact | duncansham@gmail.com