Mr LEE Kwok Lang

Part-time Lecturer

I have over twenty years of industrial experience in Hong Kong and overseas, designing products for both consumer and industrial use, which I continue to be engaged in as part of my research output for the Institute.

For the past ten years I have been teaching product design and nurturing future design talent. I am also engaged in research with particular interest in sustainable design and vocational education.

As a part of my academic duties I have also set up and curated design exhibitions related to sustainable design.

TEACHING AREAS

Design Studio
CAID
Cultural Studies
Materials and Production Technologies

QUALIFICATIONS

2006	Master of Design, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
1990	Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Industrial Design, City of Birmingham Polytechnic

EMPLOYMENT

2012 - present	Assistant Professor, Technological Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong
2010 - 2012	Lecturer, Hong Kong Design Institute
2000 - 2010	Design Manager, Image 2020 Limited
1994 - 2000	Senior Industrial Designer, W. Haking industries Limited
1994 - 1994	Product Designer, Prod-Art Technologies (Holding) Limited
1991 - 1994	Product Designer, Galant Electronic Products Limited
1990 - 1991	Junior Product Designer, Plysu Plc

HONORARY APPOINTMENT

2019 – 2021

Honorable Consultant at JA Company Programme Design Consultation Session

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Material technology on product aesthetics
Surface finishing technology
Social and economic dynamics in Design

PUBLICATIONS

Lee, K. L., (2020). The role of the learning organization to effect successful change: VTC a case study VTC. In Applied Degree Education and the Future of Work. (pp. 97-117). Springer Singapore.
Lee, K. L., (2018). Encouraging deep learning through collaborative projects and public exhibition. In People: International Journal of Social Sciences, vol. 3, no. 3.

Available from: https://www.grdspublishing.org/index.php/people/article/view/1060
Choy, S.Y.H., Leung, B. & Lee, K. L., (2013). Education for Modern Chef - Adding Value through Design, BODW, Design Ed Asia Conference 2013, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong.

RESEARCH GRANT / INTERESTS

Lee, KL (Principal-Investigator) 2018, “Understanding student behaviour towards drinking water choices on campus in a Hong Kong context’, THEi Research Seed Grant. (Completed)
Lee, KL (Co-Investigator), 2017, ‘Sustainable Start-Ups – Seminars on Designing Innovation For Start-Ups And Crowd-Funding’, Inter-Institutional Development Scheme (IIDS) funding from Research Grants Council, Hong Kong. (Completed)

AWARDS

THEi Innovation and Entrpreneurship Award 2018/19

OTHERS

Doctor in Education (EdD) Candidate, University of Bristol