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FOR DESIGNERS:

Dear white & non-Black POC designers
Where are the Black designers?
Decolonial Teaching in Action

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Anti-Racist Resource Guide: Become a better ally
A Radical Library (incl. books, texts, podcasts, & articles)
How to talk to people who disagree
How to support Black artists

Vivien Zeng

Plastic Foods

PLASTIC FOODS looks at plastic packaging and its effects on human health with a focus the harmful toxins and chemicals. Each product dives into the negative health effects of a common plastic contaminant. The following work is a satirical approach to raising consumer awareness and comments on the dangers of plastics to human health within the food and packaging industry.

Packaging
Identity
Social Practice
Information Design

About the designer

Hi! My name is Vivien Zeng. I specialize in visual identities, packaging design, typography, and motion graphics. My work integrates speculative and critical practices to create playful experiences that inspires whimsicality. It is my personal philosophy that it doesn't always have to be that serious, so let's have some fun!

Favourite typefaces?

Noyh and Americana!

BPA (Bisphenol A) is an industrial chemical commonly used in food containers and lining for canned good to prevent metal corrosion.
HDPE (High-Density Polyethylene) is commonly used for food packaging like cereal box liners. Considered a low hazard plastic with estrogenic chemicals, it affects growth development in young children!
PET (Polyethylene Terephthalate) is commonly used for beverage bottles and other thin plastics like microwaveable containers. It leaches toxic chemicals like antimony, especially in high temperatures.
Phthalates is a chemical additive used in plastics to make it more flexible, perfect for candy wrappers!
Polystyrene, more commonly known as Styrofoam, can also be found in rigid food containers such as takeout containers, yoghurt and egg cartons. It is known to leach styrene, a chemical found in second-hand cigarette smoke!

Recession Grads is a digital archive & exhibition set to showcase the work of the Graphic Design 2020 graduating class at OCADU.

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