About

The Name

This site is called NICZOUSHADZ for no specific reason.

The Person

I was born in Kelantan Darul Naim, Malaysia and spent the first 18 years of my life going to classroom and library. I never knew growing up that design was going to be such a big part of my life so I spent most of my younger years learning how to score good in studies and playing The Sims. After nine years of studying in hometown, I went to high-school in Perlis Indera Kayangan and began studying Mechanical Engineering at a university in Johor Darul Takzim. I moved to Kuala Lumpur after graduated in 2007.

The Designer

I first got into design as a sophomore in high school. I was designing flyers for a science project. I had always been interested in art, interior, architecture and design but I never pursued it. I wanted to be an architect for as long as I can remember, meanwhile there is no architect in my family but engineers. They very much encouraged me to be in engineering field. One day in university, at my residential college, a friend came up to me and asked if I would be interested in painting a banner of seventh anniversary celebration of Raudhatul Haq, a group of talented individuals passionate about art and design. I knew it was something I was into so I went out and got a copy of the latest Adobe Suite. I ended up having to make logos, flyers, banners and websites. I met some good friends and I had to learn how to continually be taking in new ideas to stay fresh. This lent itself well to helping me get an understanding of what it means to design with a specific audience in mind.

The Site

NICZOUSHADZ is a brand. It is also the personal blog and portfolio of Nik M Azreen. I am a 25 year old freelance designer and I spend most of my time in a small awesome apt. in a big, Kuala Lumpur city in Malaysia, outfitted with some IKEA furnitures and green plants. I love cats, amirluqman, Geri Halliwell, Britney Spears and Martha Stewart.