William Harald-Wong is an urban identity designer, working at the intersection of brand, culture, city and community. He collaborates widely with architects and branding agencies on cultural research, wayfinding, signage and environmental graphics, infusing a distinctive Asian and Southeast Asian aesthetic into projects and enhancing the human and cultural experience of a place.

Harald-Wong is the Founder and Chairman of The Design Alliance Asia and co-curator of Colours of Asia, which won the Special Award for Culture at the Design for Asia Awards 2014. He was awarded the International Design Achievement Award, China (2010), the Lifetime Achievement Award by DDEC Malaysia (2011), the Designomics Leadership Award, India (2012), and the Distinguished Chinese Award by China’s Who’s Who Society (2013). He served as Vice-President of Icograda from 2001 to 2013 and co-founded wREGA, the Graphic Design Association of Malaysia.

Speaker:

William Harald-Wong

Principal & Design Director, William Harald-Wong & Associates Sdn Bhd 

Moderator:

Kelley Cheng

Founder / Creative Director, The Press Room