Designers:

Monash University

Ian Wong is an industrial designer, collector, curator and senior lecturer at Monash University. He has curated award winning exhibitions about his research on Australian Design in galleries nationally and internationally for over 15 years. The Ian Wong Collection has been a work in progress associated with his research and currently has over 2800 objects designed by Australian designers. Ian has collaborated with the Robin Boyd Foundation on the production of eleven films and publishes as @ispyid on Instagram.

Project: ICONS - Australian Design

Commissioned as the feature exhibition for the inaugural Perth Design Week ICONS Australian Design would be located in the iconic Council House Building in Perth. The goal was to use the light filled gallery space and present iconic Australian designed objects to the Perth community for the first time. New acquisitions relating to industrial design in Western Australia were acquired and a feature Expo67 display case was commissioned to be manufactured in Perth. The final object (Kriesler Mini) to complete the set of Australian Design objects selected by Robin Boyd for Expo67 was acquired late in 2022 and presented the opportunity to exhibit the set for the first time ever on Australian soil.

Category: Interact

Designers and Project Team:
Ian Wong
Jo Pritchard
Dr Indae Hwang
Robin Boyd Foundation