this freshmute

we are freshmute

2009-09-12T01:01:00.003+08:00

Currently,
every of us are working hard with career to achieve our dreams

no matter how,freshmute never end

Pipit Wonderful Market 2

2009-06-28T13:53:00.005+08:00

hi peeps!
it seems like our lovely bloggie is full of dust now..*hee*
kay,it's been a month since after we uploaded the trailer...
and NOW
we're here to blog again~

yeah!we are going to sell our tote bags on pipit wonderful market2 on this coming saturday..
as usual,COME AND JOIN US!

venue : Times Square KL
location : 7 floor
date : 4th July 2009 ( Saturday )
time : 12pm ~ 8pm

see you there
ciaoz.~

freshmute trailer

2009-05-21T12:35:00.005+08:00

trailer has been uploaded
we'll show you the full version on our exhibition
don't miss it!

exhibition

2009-05-19T04:17:00.008+08:00

come and visit us..

Annexe Gallery,2nd Floor,Central Market
26 May - 31 May 2009
11.00 a.m - 8 p.m

the creation of freshmute is going to be shown via video,photos and etc.
As mentioned ,the reason of creating freshmute is not only for merchandise purposes,but to take this opportunity to promote our spirit and expose ourself to the community.

here is the map to Annexe Gallery
map

lastly,thankyou PIPIT for helping us to promote,sob sob.so touch lar wei~=].
pipit forum

Dongtaidu music festival

2009-05-18T03:40:00.008+08:00

here are some pictures taken on the day in dongtaidu.

what we can say is underground music ROCKZ!

although we only sold a few bags(haha) on that day,but working in such an amazing environment is really cool lah wei~

wint magazine came to interview us.

what a vain group

progress 018

2009-05-18T03:14:00.007+08:00

we are like addicted in participating in flea market recently..haha
mainly because we can get to know more people in flea market..
some of them have sent us email to show thier support..we really appreciate that..

the day before dongtaidu

many of our designs are out of stock..
so we have to reprint..
from day to night.
know what?you won't feel tired if you're doing something you really love to!

as usual,free style..half naked again =.=

all of these are our packagings~

We're on NANYANG

2009-05-15T04:08:00.006+08:00

we're on coverpage..hohoho.~
finally,we have ripped the fruit of our labour =)

ANNOUCEMENT II

2009-05-15T03:26:00.003+08:00

hello people,finally we are here!
no more assignments as our excuses again. *blush*
alright,here we go.....//
another event we will be participating
>>>动态度音乐节

DONGTAIDU MUSIC EVENT

tickets are selling at RM 30(pre-booking) , RM45(buy on spot), RM25(students)

*more details in poster.click to enlarge*

the following info is provided by the organizer

动态度音乐节提供的小资讯：
出席音乐节者，可乘搭Monorail LRT 至 Maharajarela 站，行人天桥过对面；或乘搭Putra LRT 至 Pasar Seni 站，步行5分钟；驾车的可将车辆停放在雪华堂四周的路边，一般上没有麻烦，但不担保安全，毕竟是黄线。不放心者则可将车停放在雪华堂内的付费停车场，星期日RM2.5全日制，25个车位左右；雪华堂后方也有另一个付费停车场，收费在RM3-RM5之间，星期日全日制，车位较多。
音乐节现场
no smoking 禁烟
no litter禁乱丢垃圾
NO keeping mum!!禁沉默

lastly,we humbly request that:
for those who are attending this event..
kindly bring your own bags so that we can reduce the use of plastic bags..
Let's save the earth from global warming
>>>as usual,for those who are interested in our bags,meet you there!ciao~

Pipit-wonderful market

2009-05-15T03:16:00.008+08:00

here are some pictures during the day in wonderful market

pictures speak millions of words
excuse us for less captions..

yeah,we have shifted our booth straight from melacca to KL

achievement

2009-05-15T02:21:00.009+08:00

we know we are a little late..
this should be posted earlier...um
well,we'll skip all the craps and go straight to the point

we're on Dasein monthly newsletter and 东方日报.*hooray*
it was a blast~Mr She was one of the merit award winner in BECOME 1000+7 designs contest.
let us briefly explain about this contest..
BECOME is a world wide brand,it's known for recycle bags.
They participated in KL design Week,which we had mentioned in our previous post.
During this event,they organised a world wide contest.
2000 designs will be selected and 1000 designs will be in the finalist.Among this 1000 designs,7 designs will be chosen as the merit award winners.

Gratefully,Mr She is one of the seven winners.
Miss toffy,Mr elvin,Mr Kenji were the finalist..Not to forget our mastermind,mr edison.without him there we will not have copy writes on our designs.

*click to enlarge it*

here are the pictures>>
from left to right
SHE,ELVIN,TOFFY,KENJI

blog will be updated soon

2009-05-07T22:23:00.005+08:00

To our lovely readers,
we have been busy with our final project lately..

tons of photos are ready to be posted,but yet we have to prepare for our very last presentation,which is tomorrow...*finger crossed*

coming up we'll have a little update about:..
**we're on STAR
**we're on Dasein Newsletter
**we're on 东方日报
**Mr.She was one of the merit award winner in BECOME 1000+7 designs contest.Miss Toffy,Mr Elvin and Mr.Kenji were in finalist..(special thanks to the mastermind behind the fame-Edison Tan) XD
**Our Final Exhibition venue,date..
**Photos in Pipit Wonderful Market
**Annoucement about Dong Tai Du动态度...

WONDERFUL MARKET!

2009-05-02T16:27:00.004+08:00

WE'll SEE YOU ON

TOMORROW{sunday}...

at
BERJAYA TIMESQUARE {Level 7 , near Theme Park entrance}..

from
11 am to 8 pm

ANNOUNCEMENT

2009-04-20T02:26:00.010+08:00

hey peeps,we are back!
assignments have made us busy lately, so we couldn't update our blog so often..
we are terribly sorry for that..
we have participated in various events
and now we would like to announce that

WONDERFUL MARKET will be launching in Berjaya Times Square on 3rd MAY 2009
at 11 am to 8 pm..
For those who are interested in our tote bags,meet you there!
*click to enlarge it*

spot our bags!

all the best for our readers and us...
deadline is just around the corner....

**ps
to lomo kaki 樂魔一族,The Negative Effect trailer will be on screen in this event too...
don't miss it!
***p.p.s
mails checked every single day, e-mail us for any enquiry..
thanks =]

progress 017

2009-04-11T23:23:00.010+08:00

venue :: cap square{KL Design Week},Malacca Jonker walk
duration : two weeks time

here are the pictures,
Kl design week
this is how our tent looks like..

We appreciate every comment...

our lovely lecturers
Ms shanli,Mr Ben,Ms Deanie!!!

Mr.Alfred

Jonker walk
credits to our lovely JUNIORS!
thanks for helping us to promote
The best promoters,Miss toffy and Mr She*

People,can you see the crowd?

Mr edison

behind the scene,

Mr.kenji, Mr.edison, Mr.elvin

MIDC's students came to interview us..

Lastly
special thanks
to Mr Jacky for the assistance,
to Dasein for the sponsorship .

to readers:
it's time to take a short break from this project
we were deeply into this project since 2 months ago,until we have totally neglected other subjects...

Before we end our post.We would like to announce that,
"the progression of how we create a brand in this 3 months"
will be shown on this coming MAY
so,please don't hesitate to pay us a visit...

progress 016

2009-04-09T00:39:00.007+08:00

venue :: cap square{KL Design Week},Malacca
date :: 27 march - 28 march
time :: 2.00a.m(27th) untill 1.00 a.m(28th)
// setting up tent and booth for KLDW and Jonker walk
// selling bags

the two weeks holiday we've been waiting for is finally here.
we got our secret tent from the organizer of KLDW on 25th.

bad news!we screwed it up..
a picture speaks a million words, but,

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{believe or not,our memory stick corrupted and all pictures of the first day had all GONE}

the next day,we decorated our tent...
blank stared at the very spoiled tent for an hour and
finally we decided to cover all the stains and the dialogue symbols with paint

it seemed like paint didn't really help..

*tic-toc tic toc*
one, two, three hours had gone.
finally we had a conclusion ,the best {and only} way to solve the problem....

CUT IT OFF!

*umm much better

the third day!
we burned the midnight oil,spending the whole night just to tie the rope on our tent
poor little freshmute members.......
moral of the story is,skecth and plan before you start to do your design!

PEOPLE!!!!!!!
it was 3.30a.m....* dozing off

it's already 6a.m in the morning~
we went back to our hostel and get prepared for our next station,JONKER WALK
meanwhile,adrian and xim were still working hard on the tent.....*salute*

no joke,we nearly fainted

building the booth by ourself~

to be continue..
stay tuned for progress 017!

progress 015

2009-04-08T23:50:00.005+08:00

venue :: malacca jonker walk
date :: 31 march 2009
// survey

a week before our holiday,we went to jonker walk to look for the best location for selling our tote bags.

progress 014

2009-04-06T03:46:00.007+08:00

venue :: home
date ::
// experiment on silkscreen
// printing tote bags

due to some copy rights issues,

we had already ceased the production of "you'll never walk alone"

however,thanks for the remind. =]

// online purchase

2009-04-05T17:00:00.009+08:00

finally,Our tote bags are out!Here are some pictures of the bags. If you're interested in our tote bags, you may mail us to order,

or call us :
edison 012- 252 5609
adrian 016- 254 6793

ONLY RM25 for each
{prices are not subjected to shipping charges/postage.}
{COD can be arranged.do mail us for more infomation.}

01

designed by Xim

02

designed by Xim

03

designed by Xim

04

designed by Connie

05

designed by Connie

06

designed by Connie

07

designed by Tina

08

designed by Tina

09

designed by Tina

10

designed by She

11

designed by She

12

designed by She

13

designed by Toffy

14

designed by Elvin

15

designed by Elvin

16

designed by Elvin

17

designed by Edison

18

designed by Edison

19

designed by Edison

20

designed by Kenji

24

designed by Adrian

crew's profile

2009-04-05T15:39:00.015+08:00

// The leader = elvin seow
21years old
{ i am not outstanding but i am different }

// The assistant = she
21years old
{ i can make a lot of money }

// The photographer = kenji tam
21years old
{ i shoot for my life }

// The group members
toffy chan
21years old
{ i: live under the rainbow }

edison tan
21years old
{ i do what i like;i like what i do }

connie tan
22years old
{ my life,my stage }

adrian wong
22years old
{ i have my attitude }

xim
21years old
{ i dislike to talk }

tina lim
22years old
{ i wish i created "helvatica" }

progress 013

2009-04-01T23:55:00.007+08:00

venue: print making room
date: 19 march
// silkscreen labels

finally!!

progress 012

2009-04-01T23:23:00.005+08:00

venue: multimedia roon
date: 17 march
// proving bags' designs

progress 011

2009-04-01T22:59:00.010+08:00

venue: print making room
date: 10 march
// silk screen crew T
// proving bags' designs

progress 010

2009-04-01T22:39:00.008+08:00

venue: Klang, Kamdar
date: 8 march
// purchasing canvas

progress 009

2009-03-24T05:00:00.008+08:00

venue: hungry cafe
date 25 feb
//meeting

//conclusion

yayaya,meeting again and again...
we did a lot of discussion about quaotation of materials,how are we going to promote freshmute to the public in this short period,where to sell our products,and blah blah blah....

=] Well, we aren’t picky but high-demanding

progress 008

2009-03-24T04:12:00.006+08:00

venue :: the studio
date:: 24 feb
// arguement occured

//Conclusion

People, if you're thinking that argument can help to solve the problem, then you’re absolutely wrong!

How will a team without heart and soul going to be successful?
Everyone has different opinion and thoughts and ended up with two groups…what’s the point of making so much nonsense?
Discussion under table is the stupidest idea ever when you’re in a group…

After the two hours of “discussion”, we do hope that the problem is settled.

As the founder of freshmute, we never thought of it as completing our assignment but for FRESHMUTE.

progress 007

2009-03-23T05:38:00.009+08:00

venue:: klang
date:: 22 feb
// looking for new material
// redo mock up

//conclusion

The first mock up wasn't the one we fancy so we have to redo

a new mock up using a brand new material, canvas (thicker).

We went to our taylors for some opinoin.

progress 006

2009-03-23T03:53:00.007+08:00

venue::at studio
date::12 feb
//members newcoming
//improving logo
//discussion

//conclusion

Its been another busy day for us but we've got a good news when we have 2 new members who decided to join us. We're glad and welcome them.

Everyone of us has come out with 5 logos and finally decided which to use. We've discussed how to improve our final logo with them in our 1st meeting.

progress 005

2009-03-18T22:44:00.012+08:00

venue::classroom
date::10feb
//disscussing
//getting inspirations
//showing logo

//showing process
ATTENTION people!

our first mock up

2 sides function tote bag!

//conclusion
After collecting comments from our lecturers, friends and family,we finally got the conclusion.

First, the cost for our 2 sided tote bag is quite high.

Second, we felt that we should've found another type of canvas(tougher) instead of this. As you can see, it looks quite soft and girlish.

Third, the cutting of it, is far different from what we've expected and sketched.

So,people....how will the second mock up look like?

stay tune!

progress 004

2009-03-18T22:09:00.010+08:00

venue :: The Mall
date :: 5 feb 2009
//resgistering

//Conclusion
To make our project better,we went to register for freshmute.
*APPLAUSE*WE ARE THE BOSS NOW!
freshmute enterprise (001829444-X)

People if you are confused with the difference between enterprise and sdn bhd
here are some explanation we've found:
The main difference between Sdn. Bhd. and enterprise is S/B dept does not carry to the owner where enterprise,even the company is closed,the owner bare all the cost himself.in S/B,the maxi,u, you lost is thepaid up capital of the company,if your company paid up capital is RM,the maximum you lose is RM2,of cause all the asset of the company is also lost.
sabahan (taken from: http://www.photomalaysia.com/forums/showthread.php?t=71903)

for more details
http://www.readycompanies.com/DifferenceEnterpriseandSdnBhdCompany.htm

progress 003

2009-03-18T21:09:00.013+08:00

venue :: klang
date :: 4 feb 2009
// doing research for material
// asking for quotation

//comparing the prices and materials, and we found out..
there are so many types of CANVAS! =.=

//we were planning to do a 2 sides tote bag

// conclusion

throughout the millions times of meetings...
we've decided to take tote bag as a media to spread out our ideas...

According to our research,we found that tote bag is quite common in other countries. We went to some shopping complex,and realised there are many tote bags in the market.Sadly,it seems
like only a few display items are available and they are alwyas hanging on the higest position on the shelves.

In our country,tote bags are not that common among the people.we wish to bring them to mainstream.

Usually,tote bags are quite girlish...So,we want to design a cutting which is unisex.
There are plenty of aspects we have to consider about: the quality of cloths,price and so on...

progress 002

2009-03-11T20:11:00.019+08:00

venue :: classroom
date :: 3 feb 2009
// discussing
// showing progress
// showing logo

//conclusion

We believe that a brand with strong concept can touch people’s heart. Freshmute as a medium where no taboo to use art to express our own ideas.We insist design for “art” sake!
There are plenty of complains and opinions in everyone’s mind. When there is no way to release, DO DESIGN.

//the background of freshmute {CLICK ON ME}

progress 001

2009-03-11T03:14:00.014+08:00

venue :: library
date :: 19 jan 2009
// brain storming
// selecting theme

//Conclusion

Perhaps, the first idea is not always the best.
We were brain storming about what should we do for our exhibition, ended up we came out with an idea which was "what have graphic designers done for the environment?"
Human are surrounded by things which people pay less attention on, such as road signs, zebra-crossing, icons and so on…
As time goes by, we've been stuck on the particular of idea as the topic is wide and hard to perform.
Thus, we came out with our second idea, CREATING OUR OWN BRAND. As we’ve seen, there are a lot of graphic designers who own a brand. We wants to find out is creating a brand just a piece of cake?

Well, NEVER TRY NEVER KNOW!

About freshmute

2009-03-11T00:08:00.017+08:00

Freshmute is an experimental scheme which presented by a bunch of graphic designers who going to graduate soon.

//Under the absence of design ethos in this country,we questioned the value of our own existence.Therefore,we decided to create a brand,the meaning behind not only in merchandise trade,but we would like to take this opportunity to promote the spirit of us and let the community know more about us.

//What is the spirit of graphic designer? You will find out from our presentation.

//We belive that many graphic designers and artists are working with our common vision of idea.Therefore,we hope that through this project will serve to arouse the resonance of everyone.

Freshmute是由九位即将毕业的平面设计师所呈现的一项实验性计划 - 品牌创造实录.

//在这缺乏设计精神的国度里，我们质疑着自己的存在价值。进而，我们选择了创造品牌，背后的意义不仅仅于买卖商品如此简单，而是希望能借此向大众宣扬设计者的精神。目的就是要让这个社会知道我们，认识我们，以及了解我们。

//何谓设计者精神？此乃我们对社会以及身边所发生的事件所进行的反思, 再透过设计将我们的讯息传达给大众.

//我们相信许多的设计或艺术工作者都抱着与我们共同的理念；因此，我们希望可以透过此项计划引起大家的共鸣。

//然而, 整个过程将被一一记录在内, 当中包括了多媒体,录像,图像以及文字记录...经过编辑工序后将在我们五月的毕业展里呈现.

why Freshmute?

// Freshmute (noun) is taken from the pronounciation of Fresh Milk. Cream
is produced from fresh milk ~ this shows our desire to be the creme de la
creme of our society and of the future design industry.
"Mute"signifies our intentions to let our designs speak for itself. We
design not for design's sake, but to showcase our perceptions of the world
through our language - graphics.