Spotted! Djohan Johari
THE ART
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“I Am David Sparkle wanted a special packaging for the release of their first full length album,” Djohan Johari explains, “The band sees their songs as a narrative channel and hopes that it doesn’t stop at the click of the stop button, but carries on into the stimulation sight and sound, to simulate an environment for the story they are telling. It was my first job and I learned quite a bit about production processes. I was into books with French folded pages, and was attracted to the binding technique used in one of the book I was reading. I figured it’d be cool to have these two traits in a CD packaging and it’d be really nice to have the listener engaging in it, opening folds to find phrases and figuring ways to undo the stitches of the CD pocket to get to the music.”
About the graphic, Djohan says, “The graphic used was adapted from works I did for school. My fascination with words -their function to relay thought and emotions we have, and their form, like placements and treatments in a given space- spearheaded the project. I was messing around with some illustration techniques and it turned out pretty sweet. It portrays a sterile, synthetic environment narrated by thoughts we have in our head, but not necessarily communicated to others around us.”
THE ARTIST
Djohan Johari’s current projects include promotional material for upcoming shows for Japanese band Mono (3 July) and hopefully Envy in August. About himself, “I am taking a break from day jobs to catch up on reading and doing illustrations and design that mean something more than laying out a corporate brochure. I’m wondering why they aren’t making a Batman movie in Frank Miller’s vision, and I am also hoping that Ronaldo will stay on to build another legacy with United.”
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At the end of the year The Substation Moving Images Programme presents a special screening of all the audience favourites from each month's First Take. Come and watch the most popular films and cast your vote for the MOST favourite of 2008! Featuring: Flyer by Helmi Yusof, The Mitre Spell by Tony Kern, White by Tan Wei Keong, Comma by Ezzam Rahman, Di Manakan Ku Cari Ganti (Where Can I Find a Replacement?) by Shafiq Iskandar, Shut In by Pamela Pang, Electronic, I Love You by Sean Li-Wen Cheong, In Our Own Words by Melinda Tan, Tak Dong Cheng by Suffian Zainuddin. To see the full programme, 
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House will be hosting the Postcard Show II from December 5 to 20. It is an exhibition of postcard sized art and you are invited to submit your artwork. The only criteria is that your artwork must fit into a postcard size, i.e.: 10cm (h) x 18cm (w). Click 
9 Comments, Comment or Ping
Mellie K
I think the artwork’s rad. also i’d like to add the coalesce t-shirt is awesome x 10000.
Jun 22nd, 2008
zahir sanosi
the best! He is BATMAN.
Jun 22nd, 2008
heider
yes the best!mintak sikit tak boleh????????????
Jun 22nd, 2008
Amran Khamis
what legacy for 2009?
Liverpool is gonna whoop everyone’s ass.
once we figure out how we’re gonna do it.
Jun 22nd, 2008
speakcryptic
how sweet!
Jun 22nd, 2008
shannon
yayyy it’s djojojojohaaan. nice photo! and best art.
haha djohan, you talking about art. that’s new!
Jun 22nd, 2008
dewimarie
niceness!!!!!
Jun 24th, 2008
Norsham Husaini
good one boss!
Jun 25th, 2008
SANTOS BATHA
WOODLANDS MEGABEAST!!!
Jun 26th, 2008
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