Research Interests |
Design Philosophy, Creative Thinking, Innovation Management, Creative and Cultural Industries Studies, Ageing Life planning and Design, Cross-Disciplinary Design Research |
Personal Introduction |
Professor, School of Art and Design, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, China Adjunct Professor, College of Planning and Design, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan Visiting Professor, College of Design, Dongseo University, Busan, Korea Program Assessor, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Selangor, Malaysia Advisory Board member, Hong Kong Design Institute, Hong Kong Chair, Design Innovation Management Association, Taiwan Chair, International Service Innovation Design Association |
Main Honors |
．Chair Professor, School of Art and Design, Guangdong University of Technology, China (2018) ．National “Thousand Talent Plan” Expert (Art and Cultural category, long-term), China (2017) ．Chair Professor and Dean, College of Creative Design, Asia University, Taiwan (2017) ．Distinguished Professor, National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), Taiwan (2015) ．Best paper award, Journal of Engineering Design, Taylor and Francis, London, UK. (2011) ．Best paper of the year, Chinese Institute of Industrial Engineering (2008) ．World Top 60 Design Schools, BusinessWeek, USA. (during his term as ID head, 2007) ．First Place Award in IPRO projects, The 2nd Annual Undergraduate Research and Presentation Conference, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA (1997) |
Main Achievements |
．Inventor, “Mirror Theory” (2014), original design philosophy for problem-solving and wish-making ．Co-Founder, University Design Research Alliance (2015), to be expanded from six founding members to all national universities with PhD programs in Design (2020) ．Founder, “International Journal of Creative and Cultural Industries” (2013), the first of its kind in Asia and the second in the world. ．Co-Founder, Cross-Strait Creative and Cultural Industrial Research Alliance (2010), as of 2018, with 268 organizational members. ．Founder, Institute of Creative Industries Design, NCKU (2007), the first Creative and Cultural Industries program completely taught in English ．Founder, “Innovation and Management of Arts” course (2003), the first course on cross-disciplinary entrepreneurship, practiced in the real world. |
