Work Experiences

• Behalf Studio Creative Director / Founder (2018–current)

• Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT, SGS Campus) Associate Lecturer (2013–current)

Education

• Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Graduate Certificate of Teaching & Learning (2013–2015)

• Savannah College of Art & Design Master of Art (Graphic Design) (2011–2012)

• Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Bachelor of Design (Multimedia System) (2007–2010)

Exhibitions & Residencies

• “Im-persona-tion” at “Mind & Machine” (Group Exhibition), Vietnam Festival of Creativity & Design 2023 (2023) Hai An Gallery (HCMC, VN) & Vietnamese Women’s Museum (Hanoi, VN)
• “At Each Encounter, Imagine A Thousand Things” at ELLE Decoration Pop-Up Office (Group Exhibition) (2023) ****ELLE Decoration Pop-Up Office, Gallery Medium (HCMC, VN)
• “Republish: Chữ Là Chi… in Hanoi” (2022) Work Room Four (Hanoi, VN)
• “Republish: Chữ Là Chi…” (2021) The Nutshell Saigon (HCMC, VN)
• “Republish: Typography As…” (2021) RMIT University SGS Campus (HCMC, VN)
• “At Each Encounter, Imagine A Thousand Things” at “Solidarity Spores” (Group Exhibition) (2020) Asia Culture Centre (Gwangju, KR)
• “Khải” at Manzi (2020) Manzi (Hanoi, VN)
• Artwork Collection (2019) Leicester Design Season, LCB Depot (Leicester, UK)
• “Khải” at London Design Biennale (2019) London Design Biennale 2019, Somerset House (London, UK)
• “Letters from the Battlefront” at “A Present Retrospective” (2017) Work Room Four (Hanoi, VN)
• Door-to-Asia (2016) Design Residency (Tokyo/Tohoku, Japan)
• “Asia City Text/ure” at Typojanchi (2015) Typojanchi 2015, Station Seoul 284 (Seoul, Korea)

Talks

• “Digital Humanities: Human Sciences & Technology for Community” (Panel Talk) (2024) Fulbright University (HCMC, VN)
• “An Unserious Visualization of Human Data” (2023) Vietnam Festival of Creativity & Design 2023 (Hanoi, VN)
• “Mapping Artistic Paths” (2023) ELLE Decoration Playground (HCMC, VN)
• “Da Lat — City of Arts, Project Launch & Press Conference” (2022) Ana Mandaras Villas (Dalat, VN)
• “Designing Emotions” (2022) Vietnam Festival of Creativity & Design 2022 (HCMC, VN)
• “Designing Better Identities for Products” (2022) Vietnam Design Week (Hue, VN) ****
• “On Connecting” (2022) Pho Ben Doi (Dalat, VN)
• “Creativity Without Compromise” (Panel Talk) (2021) Vietnam Festival of Creativity & Design 2021 (Online)
• “From VFMD to VFCD: What We've Learned” (2021) Vietnam Festival of Creativity & Design 2021 (Online)
• TDC Type Drives Communities, “Typeseeing: Ho Chi Minh City” (2021) Type Directors’ Club (Online)
• “Republish: Typography As…” (2020) RMIT University SGS Campus (HCMC, VN)
• “Innovation of Tradition” (2019) Leicester Design Season, LCB Depot (Leicester, UK)
• “Republish: Typography as Cultural Artifact” (2019) Vietnam Festival of Media & Design 2019, VCCA (Hanoi, VN)
• “Saigon Artbook – A Gallery Between Covers” (2016) District Design Dialogue (Singapore)
• “Door-to-Asia 2016 Report” (2016) Tokyo Midtown Design Hub (Tokyo, Japan)
• “Communication Design in Vietnam” (2015) Spark 2015 — ASEAN Art & Design Talk (Bangkok, Thailand)
• “The Nước Mía Press Project” (2014) Singapore Art Book Fair 2014 (Singapore)
• Process-based Assessment Design (2014) RMIT Teaching & Learning Showcase (HCMC, VN)

Recognition

• ADC Awards
• The One Club
• World Brand Design Society Awards
• Tokyo Type Directors’ Club
• A’ Design Awards
• APD Asia-Pacific Design Annual Awards
• Hiii Typography
• American Advertising Awards
• Website of the Year
• Digital Label & Packaging Awards
• Hanoi Grapevine’s Finest

Press

• Type Directors’ Club (TDC)
• AIGA
• Visual Journal
• The Brand Identity
• The Dieline
• Packaging of the World
• World Brand Design
• Mindsparkle
• Awwwards
• Site of the Day
• Klikkentheke
• Design Everywhere
• Asia-Pacific Design
• Search: “Discovering South East Asian Design Studio”
• IDEA360 Magazine
• IDEA360 Yellow Pages “Ho Chi Minh City”
• VTV2
• Elle Decor
• Vietcetera
• L’Officiel
• Saigoneer
• Hanoi Grapevine