Poan Pan is a Taiwan-based freelance illustrator known for whimsical illustrations with a soft palette and coloured pencils. His work celebrates the movement and warmth of humanity, capturing the essence of awkwardness and quirkiness in everyday life.
Resonating with daily life's awkwardness, his illustrations reflect the quirks and nuances of human posture and movement. He inspires viewers to embrace their uniqueness and find joy in unexpected moments. With an optimistic colour palette, he conveys the magic of humanity, inviting others to appreciate the beauty in our imperfections.
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Selected Clients
Adobe, The Atlantic Re:think, AC Cars(TW), Cubitts, ChargeSPOT(JP), Cog Design, Ferment Magazine, FOCUS Magazine, Grammarly, The New York Times, WePresent, Weekendavisen, The New Statesman, Politico EU, Neue Narrative Magazine, So Young Magazine, Like the Wind Japan, Sojourners, Stuttgarter Zeitung Magazin, SWURL, RICS Modus(SUNDAY Creative), The Bulletin Magazine(RCSLT), and The Markup.
The Key Visual Design for:
(1)Taiwan International Human Rights Film Festival 2022
(2)2024城市跑庫文化運動會(Taipei, Taiwan)
(3)Illustration for 2025城市跑庫文化運動會(Taipei, Taiwan)
Awards
- Winner, D&AD New Blood: The Portfolios 2024
- Merit Award (Self-Promotion Category), iJungle Illustration Awards 2021
- Finalist , Healthy Scepticism Film Festival 2020
Art Residency
- Stupin無所事寺藝術駐留計畫, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2024
Featured(Click the title to read more...)
2025
- Poan Pan’s characterful illustrations capture the quirks of bodily posture and movement, It’s Nice That, 2025
- Illustrator Poan Pan on embracing change, community and the unexpected, Creative Boom, 2025
2024
- In Conversation: Poan Pan, Beneficial Shock!, 2024
2023
- 設計之星設計師訪談：Poan(Interview), Transform Design, 2023
- Illustrating in Photoshop with Poan Po-An Pan, Adobe Live, 2023
- An Interview with Poan Pan , Cubitts, 2023
2022
- Mentee Spotlight: Poan Pan, Ben O’Brien, 2022
- Porträt der Woche: Poan Pan , PAGE, 2022
- Po-An Pan's illustrations share the 'warmth and awkwardness' of what it means to be human, Creative Boom, 2022
- Intervista illustrata| Poan Pan in 5 disegnini, Artwort, 2022
- Back to Normality - il ritorno alla vita ordinaria secondo Poan Pan, Artwort, 2022
- AOI Mentorship 2022: Introducing Poan Pan, AOI, 2022
2021
- Degree Show, University of Arts London, Virtual, 2021
2019
- Selected, House of Illustration x Central Saint Martins #IllustratorAsJouurnalist, 2019
BA Graphic Communication Design
Central Saint Martins, UAL
October 2018 - June 2021
Foundation Diploma in Art and Design
London College of Communication, UAL
September 2017 - May 2018
BA Applied Foreign Languages
Shih Chien University, Taipei
August 2012 - June 2016