Min Wang

Min Wang is Chair Professor at School of Design, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, one of the top design schools in the world. Professor Min Wang has been the Dean of School of Design at China Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA). The Academy is the most prestigious and influential art school in China. Min Wang has been appointed by the Ministry of Education as Chang Jiang Scholars Chair Professor in 2007 and he is member of AGI (Alliance Graphique Internationale) and President of AGI China Chapter.

Min Wang was the Design Director for Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Committee from 2006 to 2008, responsible for the design of the Look of the Games. He has been also the Director of Art Research Center for Olympic Games (ARCOG) at CAFA since 2004. Under his leadership, the Center had created the medal, the pictogram, the color system, the image and identity guidelines, etc. for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

Min was elected and served as the Vice President (07-09) of ICOGRADA (the International Council of Graphic Design Associations, the world body for professional communication design). He was the key person for organizing the ICOGRADA World Design Congress 2009 in Beijing.

Min has been the Design Director at Square Two Design. Min joined Square Two in 1998 after serving 8 years as Design Manager, Senior Art Director, Graphic Designer at Adobe Systems. Min Wang received MFA from Yale University School of Art in 1988 and he had been a visiting fellow in Germany at Akademe der Bildenden Kunste, Munich and Hochschule der Kunste, Berlin. In 1989, he began lecturing in graphic design at Yale University School of Art, teaching graduate students until 1997. Min’s work has been exhibited internationally and in the collection of Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe in Hamburg; Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, etc.