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• Featured Designer at Melbourne, Moscow, and Jakarta Fashion Weeks.
• Showcase Designer at "La Mode Sur La Seine" (Trocadero, Paris) & IFCO (Istanbul).
• Collaboration Partner, Mycotech Lab (MYCL) for "Mille Collection" at Melbourne Fashion Week.
• Cultural Fashion Ambassador, "Stories of Hope" (Indonesia-South Africa Fashion Initiative).
• Jury Member, IN2THENEXT Modest Fashion (Celebrities TV).

• Managing Director | United Development Melbourne (UDM)
• Managing Director | United Development Sydney (UDS)
• Managing Director | World Trade Centre Melbourne (WTC Melbourne)
• Business Partner | Creative Asia
• Executive Vice President | Oceania Business Council (OBC)

• Master’s Degree in Journalism (Women’s Media), Sophia University, Japan; former Editor-in-Chief of mina, with, and Man’s Style.
• President & CEO of Li Tang International Co., Ltd., and consultant to various international brands.
• Creative Director & Celebrity Stylist for Takuya Kimura, Mika Ninagawa, Naomi Watanabe, and others.
• Hult Prize judge, with leadership and curatorial roles for Japanese fashion brands KLD and MIZEN.
• Recipient of ZALORA “Stylist of the Year” (2016) and Sina Weibo “Fashion Star of the Year” (2019).

• Master Designer at Busan Metropolitan City, Korea.
• WDO Board Member.
• Jury Member of Red Dot Award: Product Design & Design Concept.
• Professor at Hongik University, Seoul, Korea.
• Distinguished Professor at Faculty of Innovation Design, City University of Macau.

• President, Taiwan Industrial Design Association (TIDA).
• Founder, AFTERAIN DESIGN PUBLISH CO., LTD.
• Jury Member, Taiwan Excellence Award.
• Jury Member, Golden Pin Design Award and Young Designers’ Competition.
• Curator, Taiwan Designers’ Week.

• B.F.A. in Crafts, Tokyo University of the Arts.
• General Manager of Toyota Design, Toyota Motor Corporation (Major Works: Lexus LS400, Lexus ES300, Toyota Crown, Supra, MR2).
• Former Executive Director, International Design Center NAGOYA.
• Board Member, ICSID/Icograda World Design Congress Nagoya 2003 & Autonomous Bus Designer for Expo 2005 Aichi.
• Best Award, New Bus Rapid Transit Design Competition, Federal Transit Administration (USA), 2001.

• CEO & Principal Designer, exiii design.
• Ph.D. in Engineering, Chiba Institute of Technology. Former Industrial Designer at Panasonic.
• Winners of the iF DESIGN AWARD Gold and multiple GOOD DESIGN GOLD AWARDs.
• Creator of the open-source myoelectric prosthetic hand HACKberry.
• Designer of the WF01TR Paralympic racing wheelchair and the Model-T next-generation retail robot.

• Founder and Chair, Good Design Australia
• Chair, Australian Good Design Awards
• Executive Director, Australian Design Council
• Senator, World Design Organization
• Adjunct Professor of Industrial Design, University of Canberra and University of New South Wales
• Board Member, Symbiocene Institute and Future Council

• Founder, MisoSoupDesign.
• M.S., Columbia University.
• Best 100 Good Design Award.
• WELL AP, LEED AP.

• Founder & CEO, RGBx Studio Singapore.
• Executive Committee Member, Design Business Chamber Singapore.
• Adjunct Professor, Raffles Design Institute.
• Former Director at M Moser Associates & Senior Associate at DP Architects (18+ years of APAC & Middle East experience).
• MBA & Master of Marketing (Melbourne Business School); MA in Architectural Design (University of Edinburgh).

• PExecutive Director, Aedas Ltd.
• President, American Institute of Architects Hong Kong Chapter
• Chairperson, Lighthouse Club Hong Kong, 2022–2024
• Registered Architect, USA, AIA
• Registered Architect, HK, HKIA.

•Taiwan’s Top 100 Outstanding Visual Designers.
• President of the Chinese Graphic Design Association (TGDA).
• Vice President of the Taiwan Poster Design Association.
• Winner of the Grand Prize at the Terras Gauda International Poster Competition in Spain; the Grand Prix as well as Gold, Silver, and Bronze Awards at the Poster Stellars International Poster Competition; Best Design of the Year at the Golden Pin Design Award; and Gold and Silver Awards in Graphis Protest Posters 2. His works have also been selected for major international design exhibitions and competitions, including the Toyama International Poster Triennial in Japan, the International Poster Biennial in Mexico, and the Golden Bee Moscow Global Biennale of Graphic Design.
• Curator of international invitational poster exhibitions including Regeneration, Fleeting Light: Design 30, and Love & Peace, and has been invited to participate in numerous international design exhibitions around the world.