^{manfred.wang@ntnu.edu.tw
Product Design / Brand Design}

EDUCATION
– Master / German State Diplom-Designer, 1994
Industrial Design, State Academy of Art and Design Stuttgart, Germany
– Bachelor of Arts, 1989 / Applied Arts, Fu-Jen Catholic University, Taiwan

OCCUPATION
2013 ~ Present
– Professor, Department of Design, National Taiwan Normal University
– Principal Creative Advisor, BenQ / Qisda Corporation
2002 ~ 2013
– Chief Design Officer, BenQ Group
– VP & CDO, Lifestyle Design Center, BenQ / Qisda Corporation
– General Manager, QisDESIGN Lighting Business Unit ( Debuting in 2009 )
1994 ~ 2001
– 1996~2001, Design Director, Acer Brand Operation, Acer Group
– 1995, Project Leader, Conceptual Product Design, Industrial Technology Research Institute, Taiwan
– 1994, Karosserie Design, Dr. Ing. h.c.F. Porsche AG, Germany

HONORS
– Lead Acer, BenQ and Qisda design team have already won over 400 international major design awards such as iF, Red-dot, IDEA and G-Mark in the past 20 years.
– Juror, iF Concept Design Award 2011~2014, Germany
– Juror, G-Mark Good Design Award 2014~2016, 2019~Present, Japan
– Guest Speaker at the 2017 iF and IOD International Design Forum
– Guest Speaker at the 2010 JIDPO in Tokyo, Japan
– Guest Speaker at the“AGIdeas 2004”in Melbourne, Australia
– Guest Speaker at the“Fashion Week Milan 2004”, Italy
– Guest Speaker at the 2001 APEC“Product Design Seminar”