Christy Ing Chee Kong

My name is Christy, a multimedia designer specialising in motion and visual storytelling. I am proficient in creating 3D visuals, including environments and characters with designs tailored to their background stories.

I studied Multimedia Design at Swinburne University of Technology, Sarawak, for my first 2 years, and Motion Design at Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, for my last year. Throughout those years, I worked with a vast amount of people coming from different backgrounds, designed products and concepts covering graphics, games, UI/UX, communication and branding, photography and films. I am particularly proud of my design of games as I get to experience and learn valuable skills like programming, other than just design, entirely different concepts from another perspective, like the game logics. Other than that, I have also designed an industry-publishable annual report that catches some of the details others might not have noticed.

Outside of just academics, I got my hands on taking part in the high school projects, namely designing a mascot as the icon of my high school in future years. The mascot I designed went around penguins representing how I feel about my high school, and it ended up being the main character they used even years after my graduation and continuing. I also designed club merch, posters, social media posts, local stall brands, you name it. And I am still eager to learn more, as I see creativity as limitless, constantly expanding, much like the cosmos that we live in today.

If you read until here, you must at least be interested (that's way more than 250 words)! Please feel free to reach out or have a chat together discussing my design journey and how it could benefit you. To end my bio, I just wanted to say, I strive to make design my life passion and part of my main contributions to society. I believe that everything that we live in comfortably now is carefully and collectively designed with love, and I want to be part of it.

3D Character Design - TYRAINPH

"Where Forest Breathes, the Guardian Awakens"

Motion New Technologies - REBIRTH OF NATURE

"Awaken the lost wilderness and restore life to a world on the brink — nature’s rebirth begins with you."

Typography for Print and Interactive - MBTI FESTIVAL

"Every type shines in their own way"

Capstone Project - DELIRIUM EDUCATIONAL VIDEO FOR PETER MAC

"You are not alone, your families and the care team are always here for you."

Motion Graphic Design - EXQUISITE CORPSE

“Dreams are where our hearts wander when the world turns quiet.”

Acknowledgement of Country

The School of Design and Architecture respectfully acknowledges the Wurundjeri peoples of the Kulin Nation as the Traditional Owners and knowledge-keepers of the lands, waters and sky that surround us, where we work, learn, create, communicate and make place. We recognise that sovereignty has never been ceded and this always was and will always be Wurundjeri Country. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who continue to make a better world through design.

We extend our acknowledgement to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff, students, alumni, real-life clients, and knowledge keepers, who have contributed to our own education diversity and growth. We will continue to ensure that staff and students respectfully honour ancestral connection to Country and Place in everything that they do.

We are dedicated to the notion of design to make a better world and we acknowledge that making tools, shaping place, sharing stories, making meaning, wayfinding and collaborating have long been and continue to be both central and integral to First Peoples' cultures. We recognize that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ cultural contributions have continued relevance to design practice and commit to: reconciling ancestries of design and contemporary practice as well as pursuing culturally and professionally appropriate ways to engage with a diverse population of colleagues, industries and clients. In a time of treaty-making and voice we understand that there are overlaps between caring for Country and the sustainable production of goods, services, experiences, products and buildings.

Guided by the principles of respect, reconciliation, and reciprocity we undertake to indigenising and decolonising design practice by dismantling colonial structures and challenging biases that have marginalised Indigenous voices and design.

As students of SoDA you will be given opportunities to both engage with and educate yourself in Indigenous creative practices and cultural protocols through a lens of inclusivity, diversity, respect, mutual understanding, inter-cultural dialogue in all aspects of design practice. Indigenous people have been telling stories, making tools, and connecting to Country through visual media, placemaking and place marking for more than 60,000 years and these practices are part of an ongoing, evolving and live tradition.