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Ivan W. Lam received his Bachelor’s degree in Design with an emphasis in Visual Communication at the University of Calfornia, Davis, and currently freelances in graphic and web design in the San Francisco Bay Area.
As the mini-entrepreneur of the “I like naps.” shirt (or the Naps Shirt), the director of the imaginary autobiographical film “The All-Nighter,” and the co-creator of the Collabench, Ivan has always been interested in exploring as many areas of design as available. His passion, however, remains in visual design and programming.
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Ivan’s interest in design existed long before he knew what design was. Growing up _________ in school, Ivan had developed an unusual liking for _____, became fascinated by the ________ properties of this _______ medium, and often tried to ________ his own _____. His efforts eventually came to ________ when he ________ the entire, professionally _______ high school ________ as the ______ Editor in his ______ year.
In the ______ Program at __ _____, Ivan became aware of the _____ of ______ and absorbed as much _________ and _________ as he could. Initially, he developed a _______-equivalent _____ on the _______ movement and the ____-_____ ________ ______. But eventually, he _______ and ____ in ____ with the _____ of ______ __________ and _____ ______-_________.
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In sixth grade, Ivan’s Language Arts teacher exposed him to the _____ ____ ___ through class projects. Soon after, he set up his own ____ __________ _______ on _________ and has had a ___ presence ever since. His first non-personal _______ experience came the year after, when he was “________ Aide” for the same teacher to help manage and ______ the school’s _______.
Since ______ school, Ivan’s knowledge in ____ was entirely ____-______, whether it’s through ______ ________ or by _____ing “____ ______” thousands of times. Digging through ____ was a thrill for Ivan (for he loves _______ ________ and puzzles and __________ _________ and watching ____ ______ that still make perfect sense retroactively). In his ______ ____ of ____ school, Ivan created a ________ for his _____ project and passed the ______ and ______ levels to reach the _____ level for the annual National _______ ___ competition.
For some time, Ivan’s _____ in ______ and _____ ______ led him to place his ________ in ___ ___________ in the __________. But in ______ years, the _________ of ___ ___ ____________ and availability of ___ _________ and _____ rekindled Ivan’s _______ for ___________ and sparked new _____ and _____________ for __________ ___________ ________.
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ivanwlam.com is built with strict XHTML, CSS, Javascript (including jQuery and Ajax), PHP, and MySQL. All content, including designs, photographs, copy, and code, is created by Ivan W. Lam unless otherwise indicated. Current active blogs are created and managed with Wordpress, with themes custom-designed for this site.
This site strives to follow web and accessibility standards, though some pages may require browsers that have enabled JavaScript and/or installed plug-ins for Flash Player and Java for a fuller and richer user experience.
All pages on this site are built paper-free.
