William Harald-Wong is a designer based in Kuala Lumpur. Other than running his own design company, WHW Associates, he is also the Founder and Chairman of The Design Alliance (tDA), a collaborative network of Asian design consultancies, now represented in 11 Asian countries. Through tDA, he has participated in think-tank sessions with the Indonesian and Vietnamese Governments on design strategy and export promotion, and presently sits on the vetting committee of the Design for Asia Awards in Hong Kong.
William consults on the shaping of lifestyle experiences for new Asian cities, communities, public and brand spaces. He is an advocate of sustainable design and has recently introduced eco-technologies to his clients in Malaysia.
In his personal work, he investigates, from the broad context of Asia, the intersection between mythology and identity, shamanism and technology, nature, ritual and the built environment, all of which can be conceived and fused into one holistic whole.
