1. oddshapes festival
2. PARALLEL PARKING
3. when sorrow being downloaded twice
4. oddsome anniversary
5. the odd, the even and everything in between
6. kaprica
7. BlackStarPastry
8. orichino archive

oddsome anniversary entails the documentation of individuals who were present during a particularly challenging period of zeyu’s life and is of a personal nature. the names and moments were rendered concrete as tracklist and ending credits, which were composed into tangible clothing later that can be disseminated, worn, observed and presented. 
ls tshirt1
ss tshirt2 clothing
2023-ongoing
photos © lennon cheng

‘...As students, designers are encouraged to make expressive, nuanced work, and rewarded for experimentation and personal voice...But then graduation hits, and many land their first jobs building out endless Google Slides templates or resizing banner ads. The disconnect is jarring – not because the work is beneath them, but because no one prepared them for how constrained and compromised most design jobs actually are. We trained people to care deeply and then funnelled them into environments that reward detachment...’

‘...At the same time, designers are expected to constantly curate a public-facing identity: to brand themselves, stay visible, and make it all look effortless...Personal branding became a kind of silent arms race, one where self-promotion had to be strategic but appear spontaneous...’

Goodspeed E (28 March 2025) ‘Elizabeth Goodspeed on why graphic designers can’t stop joking about hating their jobs’, It’s Nice That, accessed 03 April 2025.