道可道Fashion道
>> by Ken-tsai Lee 

These posters by Ken-tsai Lee are part of a poster series designed for Zuni Icosahedron, a fashion show held at the Studio Theatre, Hong Kong Cultural Centre.

The show being a collaboration between fashion designer Vivienne Tam and Hong Kong director Hu Enwei, drawing from the Tao Te Ching. The collection is structured around “道” (Tao) for the upper garments and “德” (Te) for the lower, producing 81 combinations that mirror the 81 chapters of the text.

The visual system is built around a single device: Chinese characters deconstructed into their individual strokes, rotated and scattered across the white field at varying scales and angles, forming figures we easly recognize as models during a fashion show.
The word “FASHION” is set in a spaced, fragmented Latin typeface alongside the Chinese characters, treating both scripts as equally weighted graphic elements.

Ken-tsai Lee is an associate professor at the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology and a multidisciplinary designer whose work spans education, curation, and contemporary art.
He has exhibited and lectured across Europe, Asia, and the United States, contributing widely to the global design discourse.
Throughout his career, he has received numerous international awards and recognitions, establishing him as a leading voice in contemporary design.

24.03.2026

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