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Works
2019
Dwarf
Identity and Promotional Materials
Client:
The Opera People
Creative Direction:
Bryan Angelo Lim
The Opera People
Creative Direction:
Bryan Angelo Lim
Dwarf is a contemporary opera performance adapting Alexander Zemlinsky’s Der Zwerg (1922) to a contemporary and more familiar context which sheds light on social inequality in today’s society. Dwarf follows the story of an ordinary male student with a poor background who’s casted by an elite girls school to be part of their theatre production of Der Zwerg as the fictional character—the dwarf. He becomes entangled in unrequited love, jealousy and begins to understand his place in society and similarities to the supposedly fictional character—the dwarf—as performance and reality becomes blurred.
Throughout the design, the idea of the grotesque is manifested via the variations of large, crude and distorted hand-drawn typography which is haphazardly placed in stead of an image of the dwarf; these act as the production’s logotype in the promotional materials. Appearing closely almost in an abstract form, an opportunity for epiphany is created as it takes a while to clearly see the title. This questions how society should take a second look to understand and reevaluate what the concept of class and stature in society entails.
A palette of bold and jarring colours set against a light grey background further creates a uneasy, disruptive dissonance in the design; highlighting the unnecessarily repulsive reaction that certain people within society may have towards others who might be different or live on the fringes of society.
A hand-drawn illustration of a dwarf is progressively revealed within the programme booklet when audiences come for the performance. However, it is made to be barely visible to subtly remind all of us that we should not judge people from their appearances.
Throughout the design, the idea of the grotesque is manifested via the variations of large, crude and distorted hand-drawn typography which is haphazardly placed in stead of an image of the dwarf; these act as the production’s logotype in the promotional materials. Appearing closely almost in an abstract form, an opportunity for epiphany is created as it takes a while to clearly see the title. This questions how society should take a second look to understand and reevaluate what the concept of class and stature in society entails.
A palette of bold and jarring colours set against a light grey background further creates a uneasy, disruptive dissonance in the design; highlighting the unnecessarily repulsive reaction that certain people within society may have towards others who might be different or live on the fringes of society.
A hand-drawn illustration of a dwarf is progressively revealed within the programme booklet when audiences come for the performance. However, it is made to be barely visible to subtly remind all of us that we should not judge people from their appearances.
A2 Posters ︎
Grotesque handwritten type is used to create bold abstract forms, magnifying the rough and raw details of the type.
Programme Booklet ︎
Social Media Graphics ︎
