Poan is a Taiwan-based graphic designer and illustrator working across visual communication, editorial and commercial projects.
With an interest in everyday observations, human behaviour and the subtle oddities of ordinary life, his work brings together illustration and graphic design through playful compositions, expressive figures and a distinctive use of colour and texture.
Alongside collaborations with international publications and brands, Poan develops independent projects that explore the relationship between people, objects and their surroundings. His practice moves between commissioned work and self-initiated explorations, with a continued interest in drawing, visual storytelling and the possibilities of printed matter.
Based in Taiwan, Poan enjoys collaborating with creative partners around the world. Have a project in mind? Let's work together.
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Selected Clients
Adobe, The Atlantic Re:think, AC Cars(TW), Cubitts, ChargeSPOT(JP), Cog Design, De Morgen, der Freitag, 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), The Mortar, Mr Porter, The Markup and 秋刀魚.
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
- 2024 Winner, D&AD New Blood: The Portfolios
- 2021 Merit Award (Self-Promotion Category), iJungle Illustration Awards
- 2020 Finalist , Healthy Scepticism Film Festival
Exhibitions
- 2026 Before the Noodles Arrive, 秋紅肚房, Taipei, Taiwan
- 2025 An Afternoon in London Fields, MKCR, Taipei, Taiwan
Art Residency
- 2024 Stupin無所事寺藝術駐留計畫, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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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
- Illustrating in Photoshop with Poan Po-An Pan, Adobe Live
- An Interview with Poan Pan , Cubitts
2022
- Mentee Spotlight: Poan Pan, Ben O’Brien
- Porträt der Woche: Poan Pan , PAGE
- Po-An Pan's illustrations share the 'warmth and awkwardness' of what it means to be human, Creative Boom
- Intervista illustrata| Poan Pan in 5 disegnini, Artwort
- Back to Normality - il ritorno alla vita ordinaria secondo Poan Pan, Artwort
- AOI Mentorship 2022: Introducing Poan Pan, AOI
2021
- Degree Show, University of Arts London, Virtual
2019
- Selected, House of Illustration x Central Saint Martins #IllustratorAsJouurnalist
BA Graphic Communication Design
Central Saint Martins, UAL
October 2018 - June 2021
BA Applied Foreign Languages
Shih Chien University, Taipei
August 2012 - June 2016