Lana Huong

Lana Huong

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INTRODUCTION

I am a multi-disciplinary artist who fashions a world through costume, product, and illustration. The art that I design is created to inspire play and imagination in people of all ages. I aim to challenge the belief that fashion design can only take a single form. Fashion to me is a lifestyle, a way of being— in this world, or any other of my creation.
My life’s mission is to leave behind a space in which people have the courage to dream. To dream up a world for themselves more beautiful than the one they were given.

All elements of my creation harmonize to fashion my world, known as, Ocellus.
Video: "Ocellus", a stop-motion video

CREATIVITY

Creativity is tackled through the challenge of my own beliefs about fashion. Through puppetry, stop-motion, and film— I have learned that the medium in which fashion can be explored is boundless and limitless.
Image: Minions of Ocellus
Image: Lola, the ballerina
Image: Lola's concept art, watercolor on paper
Image: Tommy, the professional boxer
Image: Tommy's concept art, watercolor on paper
Image: Morphis, the spiritual advisor
Image: Ms. Veil, the antagonist
Image: Ms. Veil's concept art, watercolor on paper
Image: Ace, the doorman
Image: Ace's concept art, watercolor on paper
Image: Jaleen, the creature of flight
Image: Jaleen's concept art, watercolor on paper
Image: The Rhetorical Triangle, set design for stop-motion
Image: Behind the scenes
Image: The Rhetorical Triangle's concept art, watercolor on paper

IDENTITY

Identity is created through the physical manifestation of an original character within my universe. Linh is a lonesome matron o f an orphanage. At the orphanage, she collects baby orphans to nurture and protect. Linh’s motives for her peculiar behaviors remain a mystery to this day. I have embodied this character through traditional costume design.
I view each of my costume creations as a beautiful creature, whom I intend to capture the magnificence of by needle and thread.
Image: Linh, the orphange matron
Image: Linh's favorite pair of earrings
Image: Crafted in silver, plated with gold
Image: Linh's concept art, watercolor on paper
Image: Earring concept art, watercolor on paper
Image: Storyboard, scene of Linh and orphan, ink on paper
Image: Storyboard, scene of orphan in crib, ink on paper

PLAY

I explore the act of play through a custom chess set.
It is composed of modular wooden blocks, a space in which the player can customize their own battleground. The chess pieces have taken on a new form of character that exist within my world, allowing the player to play as a new identity.
Image: Ocellus Chess board
Image: Pawn
Image: Bishop
Image: Knight
Image: Rook
Image: King
Image: Queen
Image: Chess pieces concept art

IMAGINATION

To build a space that encourages imagination, I have created an illustrated children’s book.
It is a tale about an underestimated bunny who breaks free from the cage that he was once captured in. No matter how small or cute a bunny may seem, never underestimate his capacity for power and fury.
Image: Bad Bunny book
Image: Illustrated children's book
Image: Bad Bunny's concept art, watercolor on paper
Video: Ocellus, a full length stop-motion

Bio

Lana Huong is a Vietnamese-American multi-disciplinary artist and fashion designer based in New York City. Through costume, product, and illustration, she creates imaginative worlds that invite people of all ages to dream and play. Born in San Jose, California, Lana’s love for fantasy and storytelling led her to design as a way of world-building.

Her current project, Pride and Power: Tales of Ocellus, is a collaborative universe brought to life through original characters, narrative, and design. To Lana, fashion is more than form—it's a way of being, in this world or any other.

Website: lanahuong.comInstagram: lanas.anticsEmail: lanahnguyen@yahoo.com
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