— Bio
Tra Giang (Digital pseudonym: Gydient) - a queer Asian multidisciplinary designer who is a member of Fustic.Studio, a visual collective founded in 2017 (Fustic.’s Short Biography). She was born in Vietnam and is based in Germany.
Gydient produces contemporary, efficient, and gritty digital solutions. Her work was recognized by foremost organizations such as Art Director Club, Communication Arts, It’s Nice That, Adobe, Creative Boom.
For the last few years, she has been involved in several projects related to brand identity, type design, kinetic typography, visual design, AI and Web 3.
To embrace the latest technologies in the creative process, Gydient has been working in different areas such as doing research and experimenting with AI or attempting Web 3. She has been working in NFTs market since early 2021. After the 1/1 Collection Rice or Die, she entered RiceDay as a creative director.
— Selected Clients:
Creative/Design:
Adobe
Anyways.co
Dinamo
MN-Associates
Fustic.Studio
LeeDo Type
QIE Media
Typeone Magazine
Tech:
Amazon
Gatheround
Fashion:
Pull&Bear
The Smiley Company
Electronics:
Sonos
Art & Culture:
Neuvo Rico Film
Black Bar Mitzvah
Ngot Band
Soccer Mommy
Food & Drink:
Beck’s Ice
— !nterview on
Magazines:
It’s Nice That
Communication Arts
Type One Magazine
Creative Boom
Girlsclub.asia
Pangram Pangram
Diversity Type
Youtube:
Vietcetera
Her Design Stories
Spotify:
M.A.D Podcast
Tay Du Ky Podcast
— Recognitions
2022:
The Communication Arts Typography Annual 12 - Fresh Catergory
2021: Review of the Year 2021: Top 25 Graphic Design by It’s Nice That
2020: Featured on Idol Category
2nd Issue TYPEONE Magazine: Kinetic Type
2019: Art Directors Club New York (ADC)
Merit: Project Agent Orange Typeface
2019: Hamburg Department Design - Portfolio Exhibition
— Workshops
2020: Vietnamese Type Design at RMIT University Vietnam.
In GRAP2737 (Visual Vocabulary)
2019: Host Open Collab (online platform by Patrick Thomas) in Hanoi & Saigo
2021: Online Art Talk “Digital Art: Continuous Ramifications and Trends“
at Vincom Center for Contemporary Art
— Recognitions
2022: The Communication Arts Typography Annual 12 - Fresh Catergory
2021: Review of the Year 2021: Top 25 Graphic Design by It’s Nice That
2020: Featured on Idol Category
2nd Issue TYPEONE Magazine: Kinetic Type
2019: Art Directors Club New York (ADC)
Merit: Project Agent Orange Typeface
2019: Hamburg Department Design - Portfolio Exhibition
— Workshops
2020: Vietnamese Type Design at RMIT University Vietnam. In GRAP2737 (Visual Vocabulary)
2019: Host Open Collab (online platform by Patrick Thomas) in Hanoi & Saigo
2021: Online Art Talk “Digital Art: Continuous Ramifications and Trends“
at Vincom Center for Contemporary Art