Rock Fan 101s Zine
Personal/Collaborative Project
Year: 2022-2023
Category: Illustration,
Publication Design
Art Direction: Quang Nguyễn, Marc Đinh
Editorial Design, Illustration and Motion: Quang Nguyễn
Writing: Marc Đinh
Printing and Production: We Do Good (Wedogood)
Product and Showcase Photography: Sang Nguyễn, Cầm Lại (Chộp Production)
Model: Nam Vũ
Rock Fan 101s (RF101s) is a personal project made with my friend Marc Đinh, who shares the same passion for rock music. A faux how-to guide and love letter to the rock scene of the '60s and '70s, the project references the people and events that shaped these decades in music history — and took almost a year from development to print. The final outcome is a 32-page A5 zine, risograph printed in black and fluorescent pink ink, limited to 60 copies.
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Typefaces:
Frijole by Sideshow
Syne Mono by Bonjour Monde and Lucas Descroix
Paper stocks:
Natural 120gsm paper
Zine content overview
Left: the two authors on the zine cover. Right: Zine content samples
Riso print close-up
Some animated frames
AR integrated feature (which unfortunately is not working right now as Meta Spark was discontinued in 2025)
Multiple zine spreads illustrating the multiple "rock fan tips" and pop cultural references
RF101s zine in action.
Quang Nguyễn
Communication Designer
is a Vietnamese design practitioner/illustrator currently based in Naarm (Melbourne), and an ongoing Master’s student of Communication Design at RMIT University.
Previously held a Bachelor of Communication (Advertising) degree and throughout years of accumulated independent design learning and practice, Quang is currently focused on brand illustration, brand identity, and communication design, with some of past high-profile clients including Sovico Group, RMIT, and UNESCO. He also frequently collaborates with Hands Collective, an award-winning brand consultancy based in Hanoi, and produces works recognised and featured by Behance, Dieline, and Pentawards.
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Hanoi, Vietnam
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Naarm, Australia
As a Vietnamese currently residing and working on the stolen lands in the Kulin Nation, I acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung and Bunurong peoples as the Traditional Owners, and recognise their deep and ongoing connection to these lands and waters. I pay my respects to their Elders past, present, and emerging. Sovereignty has never been ceded. It always was and always will be, Aboriginal land.