12 Malaysian Graphic & Logo Designers with Promising Portfolios
Featured Image: Behance/Falah Naim
Graphic design is a rising enterprise in most parts of the world. With loads of multilingual typography designers emerging, we have but an abundance of skilled artists who are ready to revolutionize the print and online media in the 21st century. The Asian continent has no dearth of talented graphic and logo designers either. Today we bring you twelve such individuals with promising portfolios from the heart of Asia; i.e. Malaysia.
A large number of Malaysian creatives are coming forward with the help of design crowdsourcing websites. Crowdsourcing design may have been an alien idea a decade ago, but as of today, it is one of the most sought after practices in the online communities. Designers are getting exposure far and wide by starting their careers with international clients from the beginning. If you don’t agree, just sign up on a reliable design crowdsourcing platform and browse through the open contests. Competent logo designers from around the world set up their design portfolios and gain experience by dealing with multicultural contest holders. This helps them greatly in later years when they establish personal business as a polished designer.
Apart from crowdsourcing, you will also find some amazing Malaysian portfolios on different design websites, such as, Behance, Dribble, etc. Most of the artists we have selected can be found on multiple platforms. Check out their work!
1. Bel Koo
Bel Koo is a famous web/graphic/logo designer who specializes in website design, logo and identity design, wedding logo and wedding invitation. You can see her projects on her personal website as well as Behance.
2. Afdzal Ahmad
Afdzal is a self-taught graphic designer and an art director who takes his fill of inspiration from he works of other artists. He is based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
3. Shazana Rosli
Shazana is a graphic design student with interesting ideas. She’s based in AlorSetar and focuses on illustration and graphic design.
4. Iqbal Hakim Boo
Iqbal is a graphic designer who lives and works in Kuala Lumpur. His work revolves around digital arts, illustration, graphic design, and photo manipulation.
5. Faridz Ayish
FaridzHusaini (a.k.a. Ayish) is also relatively new in the graphic design world. He works as a digital designer for DraftFCB Kuala Lumpur. He has special interests in branding and typography.
6. Razlan Hanafiah
Razlan currently works as a designer at Bake 180. He is also a freelance designer and illustrator for print and screen. Identity design and web design are some of his major interests in the design industry.
7. Valen Lim Chong Chin
Valen Lim Chong Chin is a teacher at The One Academy, Penang, and lives in George Town, Malaysia. He is also a freelance graphic designer and illustrator.
8. Rames Harikrishnasamy
Rames has been working as a digital designer in the industry for past ten years. His work revolves around website design, photo manipulation and illustration. He also works from Kuala Lumpur.
9. Zachary Khoo
Zach is another graphic designer and illustrator from George Town, Penang Island. His work also focuses on typography design for which he takes inspiration from pretty much every cool artsy thing.
10. Gary Chew
Gary basically works in Singapore, but considers himself a Malaysian designer since he was born there. His passion for visual communication design has led him to work in branding and identity, graphic design, web design and packaging design.
11. Falah Naim
Falah Naim (a.k.a. IMMJN) is a freelance graphic designer, art director, and print designer, based in Penang, Malaysia. He is in love with geometric designs, vectors, lines, grids, etc.
12. Nekohold FM2
Nekohold FM2 is a designer based in Kepong, Malaysia. His work focuses on graphic design and character design. He is also a multilingual typographer.
You wouldn’t find many designers with proper online exposure from Asian countries. But, shortcomings like these cannot disparage the brilliance of their design and creative ventures. Malaysian graphic designers are skilled, talented, and rightfully praiseworthy.
Don’t forget to share your opinion about Malaysian graphic designers here. We’d love to hear your thoughts.
Hi there.
Great post!! I understand this comment is 2 years late, but I was looking up on Malaysian government websites and started thinking about why does it look soooo….. cluttered (this is the nicest way I could put it), and thinking about how some Malaysians definitely have good taste in aesthetics an are skilled in graphic and web design (sadly, I am not part of this group of people), yet the gov sites are still like so.
Do they not have the budget to have well designed sites, is it not of importance, or do the good designers not want to associate themselves with the gov?
I have great respect to everyone that designs any website, but I just think we/they could do much better.
It would be nice to know what are peoples thoughts on this matter.
Its called Genaration Y .. all they want is a functional website… thats what i thought
Nice article with great writing. I liked some of graphics designers portfolio listed in the article and i felt good that they are doing their creative work nicely. I am Freelance Web Designer & Developer, recently i have launched my website klfreelancedesigner.com please have a look and let me know how is my website. Thanks.