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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.

Friday, 11 June 2010

Clock Tower

This interactive clock tower aims to play with the idea how the people position themselves according to the time of 
day. In order to see the time, one has to put his/her hand on the touch sensitive switch and wrap directly under the indicating 
light. Inspire by children around trees in park, this hope to create unexpected encounters between strangers. 






Park Bench

This installation collects and translates your feet tapping motion into a rotary one. It then drives the wheels 
at the top, mimicking the soothing shadows of leaves. Each stepper drives two wheels and the more users use it, 
the more dramatic the experience.





Slide Away Part 3

This is a video documenting the idea of Entrainment involving users. Entrainment is the process whereby two 
interacting oscillating systems, which have different periods when they function independently, assume the same 
period. The two oscillators may fall into synchrony, but other phase relationships are also possible.

Slide Away pt.3 from Desmond Wong on Vimeo.

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