Li Dan (Studio owner)
LiDan Illustration & Design Studio
Co Reg: 53143085E
8 Ubi Road 2, Zervex #04-16 Singapore 408538
Email:
[email protected]Tel: +65 62048315 ; HP:83326360
www.lidan-studio.com , http://danleee.blogspot.com
I am an illustrator and designer, and have set up LiDan Illustration & Design Studio in 2009 in Singapore. I obtained my Masters Degree in illustration from Edinburgh College of Art (Edinburgh University) in the UK in 2005. Bachelor of Arts in Graphic Design in China Academy of Art in 2003. I can adept at different illustration styles combined with different layout design, and had used many different media depending on the subject and purpose. My artwork and design had appeared in major publications, books, e-book, magazines and advertising companies in Singapore, Japan, China, UK, New Zealand, Australia and USA.
My art research has entered many art competitions in China, UK, USA, Singapore, Korea and Ukraine. Notably, being final fifteen short-listed for Victoria and Albert (V&A) illustration awards 2005 in the UK.
Education:
Dates Education details
Sep 2004 to Dec 2005 Edinburgh College of Art, Masters Degree in Illustration
Sep 1999 to Jul 2003 China Academy of Art majored in Graphic Design Degree: Bachelor of Arts
Sep 1994 to Jul 1998 Fuzhou Arts and Crafts School in Visual communications
Working Experience:
Dates Description of Work
May 2009 to Present Set up a company, LiDan Illustration & Design Studio. Few projects Portfolio:
1) We have done illustration and designed the picture book for Ministry of Education.
2) We have done illustration and graphic designed the picture book for National Library Board.
3) We have done illustration and layout designed the activity book “Eat Right Stay Healthy” for Health Promotion Board.
4) We have done illustration and designed the test book for Cambridge university press.
5) We have done illustration and graphic designed the magazine “global-is-asian” for Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy and National University of Singapore.
Dec 2008 to Apr 2009 Worked as a freelancer for publishing, magazine and advertising companies located in different geographical location (Singapore, Japan and USA)
Apr 2008 to Nov 2008 Worked as an Illustrator and designer at Panpac Education Private Limited in Singapore
Feb 2008 to Mar 2008 Worked as an art teacher in St Nicholas Girls School in Singapore (6 weeks, Part time, China traditional painting)
Jan 2007 to Jan 2008 Worked As an Art director at Fuzhou Newidea Planning CO.,LTD in China (Full time)
I was leading a team of five designers.
Jan 2005 to Jul 2006 Worked as a drawing teacher at the Alba Cathay Chinese School in Edinburgh (part time)
Aug 2002 to Sep 2002 Graphic designer, Hangzhou Westlake Advertisement Company (part time)
Oct 2002 to Dec 2002 A member of designers and painters of a large fresco named Silk Road for Zhejiang Yiwu Futian Ltd. The fresco area is 75㎡ (22m×3.3m), it displayed on the wall of front door at merchandise market in Yi Wu city
Referees
Jonathan Gibbs Illustration Department Chair, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, Edinburgh EH3 9DF, UK Email:
[email protected]Tel: +44 (0)131 2216134 Fax: +44 (0)131 221 6028
Hou Youmin Department professor, Visual Communication Design, China Academy of Art, Hangzhou City, China 310002
Email:
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