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desmond wong

A recent graduate at Goldsmiths University doing something called Design.

This is the blog of design graduate Desmond Wong at Goldsmiths, University of London. This blog showcases the projects Desmond had been working on in the past recent years.

Thursday, 22 January 2009

Summer of Love: 2nd Year Project





During my exploration in relation to postcards, what I found most fascinating was notion of users creating their own format. In my research, I notice that all postcards are designed with designated areas for addresses, stamps and messages etc. However, many users often disregard these boundaries and write outside these designated areas, destroying these predetermined formats. These subconscious actions I feel, whether they are the smudging of the ink or the accidental coffee stains, provide a more interesting and personal response than any imagery could.

These folding postcards explore the idea of deconstruction of predetermined formats by allowing the users to first fold the postcards into their desired shape and write on them. Creating a pattern which the message can only be comprehend completely once the receivers re-fold the card upon arrivals.

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The odd jobs

  • Decode @ London Design Week, 2009 (Internship: 1 month)
  • Michael Sodeau Partnership, 2009 (Internship: 2 months)
  • Honduras, 2007 (Voluntary Work: 3 months)
  • United Colors of Benetton, 2006 (Full and Part Time Sales)
  • Wong and OuYang Architect/Civil Structure, Hong Kong, 2005 (Internship: 1 month) .

Things I think I'm good at

  • Communicate and read in Chinese/Mandarin
  • Native Cantonese and fluent English speaker
  • Very sociable
  • basic knowledge of textile related production (Sewing machines and prints)
  • Competent workshop, Adobe Suite and TechSoft user
  • Hardworking, enthusiastic, reliable and well organised